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Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation

The vfw foundation's mission is to serve and enhance the lives of military veterans, service members, and their families by securing resources to promote positive outcomes.

$5.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5.6M
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.

Human Services$26MEducation$103kPublic Benefit$35kHousing & Shelter$27kHealth$20kRecreation & Sports$15kArts & Culture$13kEmployment$5k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $250k+1 grant · $5.6M
$5,606,270
Median grant
2
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States$5,606,270
WeBe Life Foundation Inc$40,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $179k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WARRIORS HELPING WARRIORS: $10k → 10%FULL CIRCLE HOME: $5k → 14%OPERATION NEW UNIFORM: $5k → 14%BURGER KING MCLAMORE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 15%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $10k → 11%OPERATION RAMP IT UP: $35k → 12%POTOMAC HIGHLANDS WOUNDED WARRIOR OUTREACH: $5k → 15%AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 13%UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%WHEELCHAIRS FOR WARRIORS: $15k → 14%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $5k → 11%AMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $15k → 18%OPERATION RAMP IT UP: $34k → 12%AMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $5k → 18%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

VT
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
WY
SD
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
MD
DE
KS
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26M · 7 repeat orgs$348k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
36

Total granted

$26M
$308k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+31%

Still filing today

86%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 ServicesHealthPublic BenefitEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • VO
    Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States
    9× · 2017–2025 · $26M · revenue +13%
  • OR
    OPERATION RAMP IT UP FOR VETERANS
    2× · 2020–2021 · $69k · revenue +164% · 28% of their budget
  • CE
    CHAPS EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES
    2× · 2017–2020 · $15k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • PH
    PURPLE HEARTS REUNITED INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -93%
  • TG
    THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +22%
  • AA
    AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +73%
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
Hookin Veterans
Public Benefit
2
Military Wellness Initiative
Public Benefit
3
Waypoint Vets Inc

Waypoint vets is a 501c3 with the mission of uniting and empowering veterans through camaraderie and adventure. comprised of volunteers with a passion to serve. we are actively combating post traumatic stress, military sexual trauma and…

Public Benefit
4
American Soldier

To give assistance to discharged military veterans and their families.

Human Services
5
Vetality Corp

Services for veterans

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6
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
7
Wellness 4 Warriors Inc

Improving the life of Veterans

—
8
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
9
Vets Community Connections

The VCC mission is to assist veterans, military, and their families in successfully integrating into their community by connecting them with local individuals and organizations that can assist them in building thriving lives.

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10
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
11
Support Our Soldiers

Provide financial support for veterans.

Human Services
12
Horses for Heroes - New Mexico Inc

The organization provides a free program of unique horsemanship, wellness, and skill set restructuring that is open to all post 9/11 veterans as well as active military personnel who have sustained post-traumatic stress, combat trauma, or…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Operation Troop Appreciation; the most unlike its peers is WeBe Life Foundation Inc. 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

35 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. 35 of the 44 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $25,837,514 · OtherVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States+16 more: $170,919 · OtherOPERATION RAMP IT UP FOR VETERANS: $68,900 · Human ServicesAGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesAMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesWHEELCHAIRS FOR WARRIORS: $15,000 · Human ServicesCAMP WOOD YMCA INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesWARRIORS HELPING WARRIORS: $10,000 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $10,000 · Human Services+4 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesPARK UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · EducationTHE GRATITUDE INITIATIVE: $18,000 · EducationWeBe Life Foundation Inc: $40,000 · HealthTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 · HealthWarriors Ascent: $10,000 · HealthWAR HORSES FOR VETERANS INC: $7,500 · HealthBENILDE HALL: $5,000 · HealthPURPLE HEARTS REUNITED INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $5,000 · Public BenefitOPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION: $5,000 · Public BenefitFort Worth Airpower Foundation: $5,000 · Public BenefitHOMES FOR FAMILIES: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCENTRAL UNION MISSION: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterCHAPS EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureAmericans for the Arts Inc: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$26,008,433Human Services$178,900Education$98,000Health$82,500Public Benefit$40,000Housing & Shelter$17,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Arts & Culture$12,500

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 budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $25,837,514 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetPARK UNIVERSITY: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION RAMP IT UP FOR VETERANS: $68,900 over 2y, 28% of budgetWeBe Life Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetPURPLE HEARTS REUNITED INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetAMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWHEELCHAIRS FOR WARRIORS: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCHAPS EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES: $15,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF OKLAHOMA: $15,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCAMP WOOD YMCA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFORCESUNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHOMES FOR FAMILIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWARRIORS HELPING WARRIORS: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetUNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWarriors Ascent: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWAR HORSES FOR VETERANS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT VFW MASS: $7,394 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL UNION MISSION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENILDE HALL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPATRIOT BOOT CAMP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBURGER KING FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPotomac Highlands Wounded Warrior Outreach: $5,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS OF ILLINOIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFull Circle Home of Rochester NY Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetOPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAmericans for the Arts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCOTT VALLELY SOLDIERS MEMORIAL: $5,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetOPERATION NEW UNIFORM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Veterans of Foreign W…Veterans United Found…Greater Kansas City C…Disabled American Vet…Bnsf Railway Foundati…The Community Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…
Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United StatesMO23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States · Veterans United Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Operation New Uniform Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Warriors Helping Warriors: 18% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 44 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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