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THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION
To assist fellow veterans and their families in fortune and distress, in every proper and legitimate manner; and to represent them when matters affecting their rights and interests are under evaluation.
$414k
Granted FY2019
8
Grants
7
Communities
$60k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2019 · 8 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2019
- $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $351k
$60,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
- MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS$60,000
- A SANCTUARY FOR MILITARY FAMILIES$60,000
- FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION$60,000
- UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS$60,000
- MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR$60,000
- THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION$50,901
- PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS$30,000
- PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS$30,000
02The need
02
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Your human-services grants (FY19–19, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6% — the area typically sits at 6%. 67% of those dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
Companions for Heroes
To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.
Human Services
2
United States War Dogs
To support military working dog teams who are deployed through operation military care k9. assist in the adoption and placement of retired military dogs. assist in the procuring of rescued dogs to train with soldiers who are dealing with…
Animals
3
Leashes of Valor
Leashes of valor is a national nonprofit that provides highly-trained service dogs to post-9/11 veterans to help with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) or military sexual trauma (mst), an…
Public Benefit
4
Canines for Service Inc
CFS seeks to inspire veterans through life-changing canine partnerships.
Human Services
5
Usvets - Arizona
The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.
Housing & Shelter
6
Pets for Vets Inc
Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…
Public Benefit
7
Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America
advocate for disabilities
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8
Patriots and Paws
Patriots and Paws help veterans and their families with furniture and small necessities needed, and provides them with a small animal for companion.
Human Services
9
Hero Dogs Inc
Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.
Human Services
10
Amvets (American Veterans)
Provide support for vets/ military that enhance the quality of life for citizens/vets alike.
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11
Paws Assisting Veterans
Our organization is dedicated to improving the lives of veterans suffering from mental and/or physical disabilities through trained service dogs; empowering them and their families to achieve lifelong successes and to pave their way home.
Animals
12
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
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Patriot Paws Service Dogs and the most unlike its peers is United Service Organizations Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network
8 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Public Benefit$150,000Other$110,901Human Services$90,000Employment$60,000
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR ↗
- Who funds A SANCTUARY FOR MILITARY FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ↗
- Who funds MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS ↗
- Who funds THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS ↗
- Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
high risk
~1 months of operating runway; revenue contracted over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 840537947 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- FlagFinancial stability— Roughly 1 months of cash on hand.
- WatchSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue contracted over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 5% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
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Find your warmest path to The Retired Enlisted Association through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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