Virginia · Public charity
Special Operations Fund
The Special Operations Fund (the "Fund") is a nonprofit organization that provides educational grants and support to the families of special mission unit warriors killed in action, killed in training, died in the line of duty, suicide, and Medal of Honor recipients. We also support the families of current and veteran special mission…
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $240k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Special Operations Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $240k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $243k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $212k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $178k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $95k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $140k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Scholarship Fund Inc | $265,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Vigilant Torch Foundation | $255,000 | 6 | 75% |
| The Night Stalker Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Rangers Scholarship Fund Inc | $225,000 | 6 | 31% |
| Mayo Clinic | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Association | $52,000 | 4 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Special Operations Fund
- How much does Special Operations Fund give?
- Special Operations Fund reported 6 itemized grants totaling $240,000, out of $1,625,839 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Special Operations Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (95%), Health (5%).
- Who are Special Operations Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Unit Scholarship Fund Inc ($265k), Vigilant Torch Foundation ($255k), The Night Stalker Foundation Inc ($250k).
- Does Special Operations Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Special Operations Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Special Operations Fund based?
- Special Operations Fund is based in VA.
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