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Tee It Up for the Troops Inc

Tee it up for the troops is a non profit organization created to help support the men and women of the us military and their families, with an emphasis given to the fallen and disabled members of our armed forces.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$237k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$2.4MRecreation & Sports$1.1MPublic Benefit$347kArts & Culture$336kHousing & Shelter$214kReligion$160kHealth$129kPhilanthropy$91kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $626,908, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,757,966 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,131,058 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $240k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $372k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FISHER HOUSE$236,908
MOVE UNITED$135,000
WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION$40,000
SALUTE MILITARY GOLF ASSOCIATION INC$35,000
CREATIVETS$35,000
THE WARRIORS JOURNEY$35,000
MEDAL OF HONOR FOUNDATION INC$25,000
PURPLE HEART HOMES$20,000
PROJECT SANCTUARY$20,000
BLUE STAR FAMILIES$15,000
COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS$15,000
ON COURSE FOUNDATION$7,500
VETERANS HERITAGE PROJECT$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $776k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BELIEVET CANINE SERVICE PARTNERS: $5k → 11%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $77k → 11%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%SHEEP DOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE: $10k → 8%COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS: $20k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $5k → 10%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $21k → 11%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $10k → 16%PHOENIX COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: $9k → 14%CODE OF SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%BELIEVET CANINE SERVICE PARTNERS: $5k → 11%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $60k → 11%DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM: $10k → 14%COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS: $20k → 10%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $15k → 11%GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES: $5k → 16%SOUTHSIDE OFFICE OF CONCERN: $7k → 14%BELIEVET CANINE SERVICE PARTNERS: $5k → 11%ARMED SERVICES YMCA CAMP PENDELTON: $22k → 11%DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM: $8k → 14%COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS: $15k → 10%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SOUTHSIDE OFFICE OF CONCERN VETERANS HOME: $6k → 14%ORG FOR FAMILIES OF ACTIVE MILITARY: $18k → 10%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $53k → 11%COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS: $15k → 10%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%ORG FOR FAMILIES OF ACTIVE MILITARY: $14k → 10%ARMED SERVICES YMCA CAMP PENDELTON: $17k → 11%COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS: $15k → 10%FURNISHING HOPE: $12k → 10%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $20k → 11%COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS: $15k → 10%FURNISHING HOPE: $9k → 10%ARMED SERVICES YMCA CAMP PENDELTON: $15k → 11%COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS: $14k → 10%STAND UP AND PLAY FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS: $8k → 10%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $40k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $35k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $30k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $30k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $25k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $15k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
SD
IN
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
OK
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 59 repeat orgs$480k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
40

Total granted

$5.3M
$480k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+46%

Still filing today

85%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public BenefitHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +32%
  • MU
    MOVE UNITED
    8× · 2017–2025 · $891k · revenue +106%
  • WF
    WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION
    4× · 2017–2021 · $209k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TF
    TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2017 · $99k · revenue -30%
  • AB
    ARS BELLUM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • BT
    Beyond The Burn Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $23k · revenue -45%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
2
Hookin Veterans
Public Benefit
3
Warfighter Outfitters

Warfighter Outfitters believe in the healing power of the outdoors. Since 2014, we have provided free fishing, hunting, and engagement trips to disabled veterans. On the water or in the woods, these veteran-only trips help service men and…

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4
Support Our Soldiers

Provide financial support for veterans.

Human Services
5
Wounded War Heroes

Wounded War Heroes was founded to show our appreciation to the men and women who have been wounded or injured as a result of serving our country, by providing them therapeutic outdoor experiences upon their return home from fighting for…

Public Benefit
6
Homes for Heroes Foundation
Housing & Shelter
7
American Soldier

To give assistance to discharged military veterans and their families.

Human Services
8
Soldiers of America
Human Services
9
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
10
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc

Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…

Human Services
11
A Soldier's Journey Home

The mission is to build homes for soldiers injured during the line of duty.

Human Services
12
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Green Beret Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Illinois Valley Fuller Center for Housing. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

84 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 84 of the 99 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
81/84
Grantees still filing
61/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,194,908 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCVFW DEPT OF MN 210 LAKEVILLE POST VFW: $75,500 · OtherMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $89,031 · OtherK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $71,500 · Other+39 more: $669,174 · Other+39 moreMOVE UNITED: $891,000 · Recreation & SportsMOVE UNITEDSalute to Military Golf Association Inc: $234,500 · Recreation & SportsSalute to Military Golf …WESTERN NEW YORK SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $48,312 · Recreation & Sports+5 more: $86,127 · Recreation & Sports+5 moreA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $132,000 · Public BenefitA Sanctuary for M…BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $131,500 · Public BenefitBLUE STAR FAMILIE…PURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $117,500 · Public BenefitPURPLE HEART HOME…TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $98,971 · Public BenefitTROOPS FIRST FOUN…FISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $90,000 · Public BenefitFISHER HOUSE SOUT…ON COURSE FOUNDATION USA: $89,000 · Public BenefitON COURSE FOUNDAT…ARMED FORCES SERVICES CENTER: $48,050 · Public BenefitARMED FORCES SERV…MARINE RAIDER FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Public BenefitADOPT A SOLDIER DOOR COUNTY: $43,000 · Public Benefit+10 more: $98,682 · Public Benefit+10 moreWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $208,939 · Human ServicesWARRIOR FOUNDAT…WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CANINE …COMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS INC: $121,825 · Human ServicesCOMBAT VETERANS…ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $52,939 · Human ServicesARMED SERVICES …WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $45,850 · Human ServicesWOUNDED VETERAN…FOR FAMILIES OF ACTIVE MILITARY INC BLEHM: $31,975 · Human Services+10 more: $139,600 · Human Services+10 moreCREATIVETS: $207,000 · Arts & CultureMedal Of Honor Foundation Inc: $115,000 · Arts & CultureIMPRINTS OF HONOR: $32,500 · Arts & CultureHONOR FLIGHT TWIN CITIES: $23,100 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNETWORK 211 INC: $195,016 · ReligionHope For The Warriors: $62,000 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $49,000 · PhilanthropyBeyond The Burn Foundation: $23,050 · PhilanthropyTHE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropySOUTH FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican Legion Charities Inc: $5,700 · Philanthropy
Other$2,100,113Recreation & Sports$1,259,939Public Benefit$893,703Human Services$776,128Arts & Culture$397,600Religion$195,016Philanthropy$155,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,194,908 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMOVE UNITED: $891,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetSalute to Military Golf Association Inc: $234,500 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $208,939 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetCREATIVETS: $207,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetNETWORK 211 INC: $195,016 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $175,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $132,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $131,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOMBAT VETERANS TO CAREERS INC: $121,825 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $117,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMedal Of Honor Foundation Inc: $115,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetTROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $98,971 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetFISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $90,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $89,031 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetON COURSE FOUNDATION USA: $89,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetVFW DEPT OF MN 210 LAKEVILLE POST VFW: $75,500 over 4y, 19% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $71,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $62,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION SURF: $56,600 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $52,939 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $49,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $48,312 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $48,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetARMED FORCES SERVICES CENTER: $48,050 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetWOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $45,850 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMARINE RAIDER FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetADOPT A SOLDIER DOOR COUNTY: $43,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $38,182 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIllinois Valley Fuller Center for Housing: $32,600 over 4y, 50% of budgetIMPRINTS OF HONOR: $32,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFOR FAMILIES OF ACTIVE MILITARY INC BLEHM: $31,975 over 2y, 11% of budgetUSO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Texas Warrior Golf Assoc: $27,602 over 3y, 13% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT TWIN CITIES: $23,100 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetBeyond The Burn Foundation: $23,050 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBUNKERS IN BAGHDAD: $22,500 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetSouth Side Office of Concern: $21,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFURNISHING HOPE INC: $21,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation: $20,588 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHEARTS AND HAMMERS - TWIN CITIES INC: $19,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $18,177 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA WARRIORS ICE HOCKEY: $18,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetDefenders of Freedom: $17,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetWarrior Built Foundation Inc: $16,500 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetIRONWOOD SPRINGS CHRISTIAN RANCH INC: $16,400 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSeal Legacy Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBELIEVET CANINE SERVICE PARTNERS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Veterans United Found…Bob Woodruff Family F…Enterprise Holdings F…Xcel Energy FoundationGary Sinise FoundationFisher House Foundati…Disabled Veterans Nat…Pledgeling FoundationCalifornia Foundation…American Express Foun…The Pentagon Federal …Disabled American Vet…
Veterans United FoundationMO22.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Veterans United Foundation · Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Gary Sinise Foundation · Fisher House Foundation Inc · Disabled Veterans National Foundation · Pledgeling Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · American Express Foundation · The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation · Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tee It Up for the Troops Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tee It Up for the Troops Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Vantage Health System Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Move United: 16% of income from government
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Tee It Up for the Troops Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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