· Private foundation
The Marc Bulger Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FOLDS OF HONOR | $7,500 |
| SEMPER FIDELIS SOCIETY | $6,750 |
| THE GAMECHANGER FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| ALLEGHENY COUNTY FEDERATION OF THE SOCIETIES OF WAR VETERANS | $2,000 |
| CREATIVETS | $2,000 |
| WV KIDS CANCER CRUSADERS INC | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PFPATRIOT FOUNDATION2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue -80%
- SFSEMPER FIDELIS SOCIETY5× · 2022–2026 · $28k
- WVWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC2× · 2020–2021 · $26k · revenue -2%
Funded once
- JRJW RUBY MEMORIAL HOSPITALone grant, 2019 · $100k
- OROUR RESCUEone grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -16%
- CMCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKone grant, 2025 · $25k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
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…
To ensure comprehensive educational support including, but not limited to, academic advocacy, preschool and private school grants, tutoring, support for students with disabilities, college readiness programs, full financial assistance for…
The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.
NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.
Quick reaction foundation (qrf) is a non-profit organization founded by veterans to provide rapid response to the developing needs of elite operators and their families from within select u.s. special operations command ("ussocom") teams.…
The commit foundation empowers those who have served and their families to create purposeful and fulfilling transitions by providing personalized programs, resources, and the support of community.
Provide interest-free loans and grants for undergraduate education to children of former, active, and retired commissioned or warrant officers of the seven uniformed services, and to children of active or retired enlisted members of the…
The Medal of Honor Foundation's mission and purpose is to provide funds to support the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. In doing so, the Foundation supports the Society in advancing their mission to perpetuate the Medal of Honor's…
To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…
Assist "marsoc" personnel who are injured or wounded in combat, contingency operations or training with special needs. assist the families of "marsoc" personnel with health & welfare challenges. support memorials & services that…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
- Who funds PATRIOT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Motor Racing Outreach Inc ↗
- Who funds THE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
- Who funds CREATIVETS ↗
- Who funds HM3 PARTNERS INDEPENDENCE FUND INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Marc Bulger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marc Bulger Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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