California · Private foundation
The Call of Duty Endowment
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $349,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,925,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Call of Duty Endowment funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $6.5M | 45% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $9.3M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $10M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $9.3M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $8.6M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $8.6M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $5.5M | 31% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $5.9M | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hire Heroes USA Inc | $15,343,200 | 9 | 21% |
| VetJobs Inc | $11,600,000 | 6 | 68% |
| Still Serving Veterans | $8,465,000 | 9 | 70% |
| United States Veterans Initiative | $4,889,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Veterans Inc | $2,691,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Amvets National Service Foundation | $2,540,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Career Learning Employment Center for Veterans Inc | $1,500,000 | 2 | 53% |
| Jvs Socal | $542,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Workshops for Warriors Inc | $480,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Amvets (American Veterans) | $452,000 | 2 | 15% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hire Heroes USA Inc | $15,343,200 | 9 | 21% |
| VetJobs Inc | $11,600,000 | 6 | 68% |
| Still Serving Veterans | $8,465,000 | 9 | 70% |
| United States Veterans Initiative | $4,889,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Veterans Inc | $2,691,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Amvets National Service Foundation | $2,540,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Career Learning Employment Center for Veterans Inc | $1,500,000 | 2 | 53% |
| Jvs Socal | $542,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Workshops for Warriors Inc | $480,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Amvets (American Veterans) | $452,000 | 2 | 15% |
| NextOp Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Forcesunited Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Four Block Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Corporate Partners | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Call of Duty Endowment supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Call of Duty Endowment
- How much does The Call of Duty Endowment give?
- The Call of Duty Endowment reported 11 grants totaling $6,468,825 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Call of Duty Endowment fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (70%), Human Services (25%), Housing & Shelter (4%).
- Who are The Call of Duty Endowment's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hire Heroes USA Inc ($15M), VetJobs Inc ($12M), Still Serving Veterans ($8.5M).
- Does The Call of Duty Endowment fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Call of Duty Endowment accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Call of Duty Endowment?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Call of Duty Endowment based?
- The Call of Duty Endowment is based in CA.
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