North Carolina · Charitable trust
The Special Forces Charitable Trust
THE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST (sfct) provides meaningful and sustainable support to the green berets and their families. The sfct supports timely, innovative, and comprehensive programs and services designed to enhance the well-being and health of both the special forces soldier and his family.
- $425k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $158k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Special Forces Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $158k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $119k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $508k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $493k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $183k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military Warriors Support Foundation | $340,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Gold Star Teen Adventures | $228,841 | 4 | 13% |
| Sound Off | $185,000 | 3 | 18% |
| The Gratitude Initiative | $70,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Patriots' Hall of Dripping Springs | $70,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Donovan & Bank Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Special Forces Association | $39,575 | 2 | 2% |
| Marine Reconnaissance Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Memorial Valor Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Operations Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 7% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military Warriors Support Foundation | $340,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Gold Star Teen Adventures | $228,841 | 4 | 13% |
| Sound Off | $185,000 | 3 | 18% |
| The Gratitude Initiative | $70,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Patriots' Hall of Dripping Springs | $70,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Donovan & Bank Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Special Forces Association | $39,575 | 2 | 2% |
| Marine Reconnaissance Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Memorial Valor Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Operations Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Secure America Now | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adopt-A-Soldier Platoon Inc | $11,250 | 1 | 3% |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | $10,010 | 1 | 0% |
| Secure America Now Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 10% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($386k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Special Forces Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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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: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Special Forces Charitable Trust
- How much does The Special Forces Charitable Trust give?
- The Special Forces Charitable Trust reported 7 itemized grants totaling $158,000, out of $425,173 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Special Forces Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (78%), Public Benefit (18%), Education (4%).
- Who are The Special Forces Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Military Warriors Support Foundation ($340k), Gold Star Teen Adventures ($229k), Sound Off ($185k).
- Does The Special Forces Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Special Forces Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Special Forces Charitable Trust based?
- The Special Forces Charitable Trust is based in NC.
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