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The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation

The mission of the PenFed Foundation is to champion our military through investment, advocacy, and outreach.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2023 to 2024.

Human Services$353kHealth$205kPublic Benefit$183kEmployment$168kArts & Culture$130kFood & Nutrition$110kPhilanthropy$85kEnvironment$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 40 grants below total $1,022,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,324,266 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $302,266 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $715k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Green Beret foundation$50,000
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation$50,000
The COMMIT Foundation$50,000
NextOp Inc$50,000
SMART Heroes Foundation$50,000
FORCE BLUE INC$50,000
Veterans One Stop Center WNY$42,500
Travis Manion Foundation$35,000
The Aleph Institute INC$35,000
Pritzker Military Museum & Library$30,000
CreatiVets$25,000
US Naval Sea Cadet Corps$25,000
The 957 Project$25,000
National Military Family Association$25,000
Blue Star Counseling$25,000
02The need
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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 (FY23–24, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Canine Companions (Northeast Region): $25k → 7%Green Beret foundation: $50k → 9%Texas Family Life: $50k → 12%Scott's Wish Inc: $120k → 11%The COMMIT Foundation: $50k → 10%Foundation for Women Warriors: $15k → 11%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

WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
LA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 20% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 16%.

The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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.

1
National Veterans Hiring Association

The support of our sponsors allows veterans to empower veterans, military spouses, and transitioning service members to find meaningful employment opportunities each year. Committed to meaningful opportunity employment advisory councils…

Public Benefit
2
Vetality Corp

Services for veterans

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3
Military Officers Association of America

Preserve and protect earned benefits for our uniformed services, veterans, their families, and surviving spouses through advocacy, leadership, education and service. provide first-class service to our members. we are the leading voice on…

Public Benefit
4
Network for Exceptional Military Families
—
5
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
6
Military Family Building Coalition
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7
Womens Influential Network Foundati

Offer mentoring to army women minorities

Civil Rights
8
Military Wellness Initiative
Public Benefit
9
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…

Health
10
Veterans & Military Listening Post

Providing organized support to vetrans

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11
Support Our Soldiers

Provide financial support for veterans.

Human Services
12
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Colonel James N Pritzker Library of the Citizen Soldier. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
18/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $60,000 · Public BenefitPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICAMilitary Spouse Advocacy Network: $50,000 · Public BenefitMilitary Spouse Advocacy Ne…COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Public BenefitCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INCNextOp Inc: $50,000 · Public BenefitNextOp IncVETERANS ONE-STOP CENTER OF WNY INC: $42,500 · Public BenefitVETERANS ONE-STOP CENTER OF…NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · Public BenefitNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY AS…WEAR BLUE RUN TO REMEMBER: $25,000 · Public BenefitWEAR BLUE RUN TO REMEMBERMARINE RAIDER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public BenefitMARINE RAIDER FOUNDATIONARIZONA VETERANS HALL OF FAME SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitWOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · Public Benefit+1 more: $10,000 · Public BenefitSCOTT'S WISH INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesSCOTT'S WISH INCTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMIT FOUNDATIONTEXAS FAMILY LIFE: $50,000 · Human ServicesTEXAS FAMILY LIFEGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesGREEN BERET FOUNDATIONCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR IN…Blacksburg Refugee Partnership Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $15,000 · Human ServicesBlue Star Counseling: $25,000 · OtherBlue Star CounselingUS Naval Sea Cadet Corps: $25,000 · OtherUS Naval Sea Cadet CorpsThe 957 Project: $25,000 · OtherThe 957 ProjectHAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL ASYMCA: $25,000 · OtherHAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL ASYMCAAMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF PUERTO RICO: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF PU…REVEILLE GROUNDS: $25,000 · OtherREVEILLE GROUNDSContext Ventures: $15,000 · OtherARCADIA FOOD INC: $60,000 · OtherARCADIA FOOD INCForce Blue Inc: $50,000 · OtherForce Blue IncMILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION: $25,000 · OtherMILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITI…THE ALEPH INSTITUTE INC: $35,000 · OtherTHE ALEPH INSTITUTE INCHOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $25,000 · OtherHOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE IN…ADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Other+5 more: $49,727 · Other+5 moreSMART HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropySMART HER…Travis Manion Foundation: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTravis Ma…UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…OUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyOUR MILIT…GOLD STAR MOTHERS MARYLAND CHAPTER INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGOLD STAR…THE MISSION CONTINUES: $60,000 · EmploymentTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EmploymentWarriors Ethos Inc: $25,000 · EmploymentVETS - Beyond the Uniform Foundation: $7,500 · EmploymentCOLONEL JAMES N PRITZKER LIBRARY OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIER: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVETS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureOPERATION ENCORE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $15,000 · Health
Public Benefit$360,000Human Services$325,000Other$424,727Philanthropy$130,000Employment$117,500Arts & Culture$80,000Health$65,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSCOTT'S WISH INC: $120,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetTHE MISSION CONTINUES: $60,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetARCADIA FOOD INC: $60,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $60,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMilitary Spouse Advocacy Network: $50,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNextOp Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTEXAS FAMILY LIFE: $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetForce Blue Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSMART HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVETERANS ONE-STOP CENTER OF WNY INC: $42,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ALEPH INSTITUTE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLONEL JAMES N PRITZKER LIBRARY OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUS Naval Sea Cadet Corps: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCREATIVETS: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWarriors Ethos Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetWEAR BLUE RUN TO REMEMBER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION ENCORE: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMARINE RAIDER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBlacksburg Refugee Partnership Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA VETERANS HALL OF FAME SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE RISE UP EXPERIENCE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 42% of budgetWOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRI-COUNTY COUNCIL FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED THROUGH READING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGOLD STAR MOTHERS MARYLAND CHAPTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetVETS - Beyond the Uniform Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 7.0% 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…Rumsfeld FoundationVetsaid IncWounded Warrior Proje…Tee It Up for the Tro…Nora Roberts Foundati…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Charities Aid Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…The Chicago Community…Enterprise Holdings F…
Veterans United FoundationMO22.6× affinity9 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 · Rumsfeld Foundation · Vetsaid Inc · Wounded Warrior Project Inc · Tee It Up for the Troops Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Enterprise Holdings Foundation

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 The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 27%
  • Easter Seals Serving Dc Md Va Inc: 29% of income from government
  • United Way of Broward County Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Aleph Institute Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation 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 50 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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