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V3gate Foundation

V3GATE FOUNDATION's primary mission is providing funds to pay for treatment and other medical expenses incurred by war verterans and the family members of war veterans who are dealing with mental health issues and related health problems.

$98k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$195kHuman Services$96kArts & Culture$28kEducation$25kPublic Benefit$15kHousing & Shelter$10k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $79,180, the rows itemized in this filing. The $98,356 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $19,176 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 $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$110k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE$30,000
COMEBACK YOGA$20,000
ALIGNED ALLIANCEGUARDIAN REVIVAL$15,000
OPERATOR RELIEF FUND$8,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL$6,180
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 (FY21–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $30k → 8%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $30k → 8%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.
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 3 repeat orgs$146k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$223k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+55%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TA
    TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $151k · revenue +57%
  • OF
    OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue -44%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL COLORADO INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $12k

Funded once

  • S
    SONGWRITINGWITHINCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $28k · revenue +55%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +83%
  • VV
    VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +33%
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
Peaceful Warrior Foundation

The peaceful warrior foundation is a non-profit organization with the aim of connecting our nation's warriors with the support and care they need.at peaceful warrior we strive to help our active-duty operators & veterans be at their very…

Human Services
3
Freedom Revived

Freedom Revived is here to bring a proactive approach to serving those who serve us. We provide support and encouragement through a variety of services that revitalize mind, body, and spirit to our Frontline.

Human Services
4
Triple Bravo Initaive

To empower and support veterans.

Public Benefit
5
Warfighter Scuba

To provide scuba instruction for veterans with ptsd. the weightlessness of scuba provides a peaceful respite from the pressures and trauma of military service. scuba for amputees provides a freedom of movement not experienced for years…

Public Benefit
6
Military Wellness Initiative
Public Benefit
7
For Veterans Sake Foundation

For veteran's sake foundation is here to provide an alternative solution to dealing with pts (post traumatic stress). we use a combination of a (non-therapeutic) neuro-traumatic resourcing, service dogs and consulting. working with the…

Health
8
Team Viac

WORKING TO HELP REDUCE VETERAN SUICIDE We are currently serving 55 local veterans and a growiing number from the country.

Public Benefit
9
Head Strong Project Inc

The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.

Health
10
Arise Veteran Foundation
Public Benefit
11
Warfighter Outfitters

Warfighter Outfitters believe in the healing power of the outdoors. Since 2014, we have provided free fishing, hunting, and engagement trips to disabled veterans. On the water or in the woods, these veteran-only trips help service men and…

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12
Trauma and Resiliency Resources Inc

Multi-faceted trauma intervention & ongoing support services to individuals who have experienced severe stress or trauma as a result ofline of duty responsibilities, including, but not limited to: uniformed& non-uniformed workers who…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Guardian Revival Inc; the most unlike its peers is Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition. 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

11 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. 11 of the 12 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $150,931 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INCCOMEBACK YOGA: $20,000 · HealthCOMEBACK YOGATHE LILABEAN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthColorado Veterans Resource Coalition: $10,000 · HealthOPERATOR RELIEF FUND INC: $8,000 · HealthOPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION FIRST RESPONSE IN…VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesVAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION IN…QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesQUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION …SONGWRITINGWITHINC: $28,028 · Arts & CultureSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationGUARDIAN REVIVAL INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL COLORADO INC: $12,180 · Other
Health$198,931Human Services$90,000Arts & Culture$28,028Education$25,000Public Benefit$15,000Other$12,180

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $150,931 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC: $60,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetSONGWRITINGWITHINC: $28,028 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMEBACK YOGA: $20,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetVAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetQUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetGUARDIAN REVIVAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LILABEAN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetColorado Veterans Resource Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetOPERATOR RELIEF FUND INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH8.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 V3gate Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from V3gate Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to V3gate Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to V3gate 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 12 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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