Maryland · Public charity
Troops First Foundation Incorporated
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 enhanced understanding of their relevant needs.
- $495k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $223k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $77,767
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $77,767
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Troops First Foundation Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k 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 | 3 | $223k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $334k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $140k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $71k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Texas Pga Foundation | $223,845 | 3 | 2% |
| Defenders of Freedom | $213,545 | 3 | 11% |
| Folds of Honor - North Texas Inc | $169,186 | 2 | 2% |
| Cohen Veterans Bioscience Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forsyth Cty Veterans Treatment Court Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 47% |
| The Mental Health Association in Forsyth County Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Texas Warrior Golf Assoc | $18,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Brendan Looney Foundation Inc | $16,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation Dba Strait to the Kids | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gold Star Teen Adventures | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Texas Pga Foundation | $223,845 | 3 | 2% |
| Defenders of Freedom | $213,545 | 3 | 11% |
| Folds of Honor - North Texas Inc | $169,186 | 2 | 2% |
| Cohen Veterans Bioscience Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forsyth Cty Veterans Treatment Court Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 47% |
| The Mental Health Association in Forsyth County Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Texas Warrior Golf Assoc | $18,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Brendan Looney Foundation Inc | $16,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation Dba Strait to the Kids | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gold Star Teen Adventures | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Peace Love and Horses Lucky Star Farm | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Troops First Foundation Incorporated supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Troops First Foundation Incorporated
- How much does Troops First Foundation Incorporated give?
- Troops First Foundation Incorporated reported 3 itemized grants totaling $223,001, out of $495,489 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Troops First Foundation Incorporated fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (31%), Health (27%), Education (24%).
- Who are Troops First Foundation Incorporated's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northern Texas Pga Foundation ($224k), Defenders of Freedom ($214k), Folds of Honor - North Texas Inc ($169k).
- Does Troops First Foundation Incorporated fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Troops First Foundation Incorporated?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Troops First Foundation Incorporated based?
- Troops First Foundation Incorporated is based in MD.
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