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Travis Manion Foundation

Tmf empowers veterans and families of fallen heroes to develop character in future generations.

$603k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$221kHuman Services$184kHealth$115kRecreation & Sports$72kEducation$63kPublic Benefit$51kCommunity Improvement$43kCrime & Legal$32kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $36,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $602,745 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $566,745 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.
$13,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTON$13,000
HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 341$13,000
OPERATION LONE STAR$10,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–25, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA: $16k → 17%HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $18k → 16%THE PATRICK RUDD PROJECT: $11k → 19%HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%THE PATRICK RUDD PROJECT: $8k → 19%THE PATRICK RUDD PROJECT: $7k → 19%VETERANS & ATHLETES UNITED: $6k → 7%THE PATRICK RUDD PROJECT: $7k → 19%HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%ASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTON: $18k → 16%ASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTON: $15k → 16%ASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTON: $13k → 16%CENTRAL BUCKS FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 6%ASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTON: $10k → 16%ASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTON: $10k → 16%ASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTON: $9k → 16%ASSIST THE OFFICER HOUSTON: $8k → 16%ASSIST THE OFFICER: $6k → 16%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

MN
IL
NY
IN
PA
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
AL
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$444k · 11 repeat orgs$374k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
30

Total granted

$444k
$374k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+54%

Still filing today

64%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPublic BenefitEducationHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DF
    DOYLESTOWN FIRE COMPANY NO 1
    7× · 2017–2024 · $53k · revenue +41%
  • HP
    HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $42k · revenue +368%
  • HC
    Hopkins County Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $33k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • IS
    Intentional Sports
    one grant, 2023 · $57k · revenue +10%
  • WS
    WORLD SERVANTS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $43k · revenue +4%
  • TF
    TRI-COUNTY FOP DISTRESSED OFFICERS FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $23k
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.

04Its 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
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
2
Texas Wounded Warriors

The mission of the texas wounded warrior foundation is to raise awareness, to honor, and to empower our wounded united state military warriors, enabling them to assimilate back to daily life upon their return from combat. we seek to…

Public Benefit
3
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Tx

Assisting veterans, military personnel and their families, advocacy for veterans and active duty personnel, historical education and commemoration, promoting patriotism, youth activities and community service. see supplemental information…

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4
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Incorporated

To serve the needs of veterans of foreign wars and their families.

Public Benefit
5
Virginia Veterans Foundation

The va veterans foundation is the official 501(c)(3) of the vfw . its mission is to support the programs and operations of the department and to support the military, veterans of the military, and their families.

Philanthropy
6
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
7
Carolina Veterans Association

Honor and remembrance of service, missions and histories of us armed forces members. promotion of patriotism.

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8
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nc

To foster camaraderie among united states veterans of overseas conflicts. to serve our veterans, the military and our communities. to advocate on behalf of all veterans.

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9
Soldiers of America
Human Services
10
Quick Reaction Foundation

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.…

Public Benefit
11
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Us

To serve living veterans through community service, national security and a strong national defense.

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12
Support Our Soldiers

Provide financial support for veterans.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Maryville Academy Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 43 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOYLESTOWN FIRE COMPANY NO 1: $53,000 · OtherDOYLESTOWN FIRE COMPANY NO 1HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 341: $47,000 · OtherHOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 341OPERATION LONE STAR A TEXAS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $43,916 · OtherOPERATION LONE STAR A TEXAS NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONSUMMERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT: $39,502 · OtherSUMMERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENTParalyzed Veterans of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter: $26,400 · OtherParalyzed Veterans of America Mid-Atlantic ChapterTRI-COUNTY FOP DISTRESSED OFFICERS FUND: $23,325 · OtherTRI-COUNTY FOP DISTRESSED OFFICERS FUNDMARYVILLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,950 · Other+18 more: $162,936 · Other+18 moreAssist the Officer Inc: $88,737 · Human ServicesAssist the Officer IncHOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $41,737 · Human ServicesHOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE…Hopkins County Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $32,965 · Human ServicesHopkins County Family You…IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETE…+2 more: $10,900 · Human Services+2 moreIntentional Sports: $56,854 · Recreation & SportsLINKS TO FREEDOM: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $29,175 · Public BenefitGLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Public BenefitCAPTAIN CONNOR J BEDNARZYK USA MEMORIAL FUND: $7,000 · Public BenefitWORLD SERVANTS INC: $43,145 · Community ImprovementCENTRAL BUCKS REGIONAL POLICE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Crime & LegalFBI NATIONAL CITIZENS ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationArmed Services Arts Partnership: $6,825 · EducationWINGS FOR VAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,300 · Education
Other$426,029Human Services$190,339Recreation & Sports$65,854Public Benefit$51,175Community Improvement$43,145Crime & Legal$35,000Education$27,125

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAssist the Officer Inc: $88,737 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetIntentional Sports: $56,854 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDOYLESTOWN FIRE COMPANY NO 1: $53,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetHOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $41,737 over 3y, 14% of budgetHopkins County Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $32,965 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL BUCKS REGIONAL POLICE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 5y, 53% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $29,175 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter: $26,400 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetMARYVILLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPine Ridge Fire Department: $14,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGentlemen of Vision Rites of Passage Enterprises: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetLINKS TO FREEDOM: $9,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetOPERATION RENEWED HOPE FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCharleston Co Vol Rescue Squad Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetArmed Services Arts Partnership: $6,825 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVETERANS AND ATHLETES UNITED INC: $5,900 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetALABAMA VETERANS MUSEUM & ARCHIVES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFBI NATIONAL CITIZENS ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetRIVER CROSSING YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Firehouse Subs Public…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation IncFL12.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Travis Manion Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Travis Manion Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report 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.

    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 43 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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