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Veterans Support Foundation

The foundation is a non-profit now based in detroit, mi. Its dual functions are providing funds to nonprofit organizations to support community-based, veteran-related projects in the u.s. And running several houses as transitional and permanent residences for homeless veterans.

$511k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
2
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$511,450
Largest grant, FY2025
$511,450
Organizations funded a year
1 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Veterans Support Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$511k0%
FY20242$210k50%
FY20231$12k0%
FY20221$12k100%
FY20212$22k0%
FY202014$335k36%
FY201928$710k68%
FY201814$424k71%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$893kHuman Services$281kHealth$244kCommunity Improvement$225kAnimals$135kHousing & Shelter$126kCrime & Legal$70kFood & Nutrition$65kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Veterans Support Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Vietnam Veterans of America Inc$752,46253%
National Veteran Business Development Council$711,450230%
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc$135,00042%
Operation Troop Appreciation$65,00037%
Rockland Independent Living Center Inc Dba Bridges$64,00030%
Warriors Trust Fund$54,5003n/a
Project Plase Inc$50,00011%
Healing Warriors Program$50,00027%
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc$50,00021%
National Military Family Association$50,00021%
Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc$40,0001n/a
Support the Enlisted Project Inc$35,00021%
Michigan History Foundation Inc$33,54435%
Dentists Donating Smiles to Oklahomans INC$33,0003n/a
New Ground Inc$30,00032%
Patient Airlift Services Inc$30,00012%
Elysian Fields Trans$27,0002n/a
Making a Difference Foundation$25,00011%
Nami of Connecticut Inc$25,00012%
Capacity Builders Inc$25,00011%
Soldier on Service Dogs Inc$23,500111%
Robins Home Inc$20,625216%
Delaware Financial Literacy Institute$20,34015%
Veterans Legal Institute$20,00012%
Dallas Warriors Hockey$20,0001n/a
La Puente Home Inc$20,00020%
National Women Veterans United$20,000116%
Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council of Mohave County$15,00014%
Merging Vets and Players$15,00012%
Friends of Veterans$15,000111%
Ride 2 Recovery dba Project Hero$12,50011%
Reboot Recovery Inc$12,00011%
Josephine Herrick Project Inc$11,60014%
Helping Our Veterans Inc$11,0001n/a
Support Siouxland Soldiers$10,7501n/a
University of Central Oklahoma Foundation$10,60010%
Institute for Music and Neurological Function$10,56018%
Senior Citizens Services Inc$10,00011%
For the Love of a Veteran Inc$10,00012%
Veterans Outreach Center Inc$10,00010%
Veteran Tickets Foundation$10,00010%
United Military Care Inc$10,0001n/a
The Freedom Foundation$9,50014%
Find Your Fins Inc$8,6401n/a
Grace After Fire$7,50012%
Heidrea for Heroes Inc$7,50012%
Greater Nashua Dental Connection Inc$7,00011%
Farnam Neighborhood House Inc$5,00011%
North Olympic Regional Veterans Housing Network$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Veterans Support Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVietnam Veterans of America Inc: $752,462 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetNational Veteran Business Development Council: $711,450 over 2y, 30% of budgetGuardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc: $135,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetOperation Troop Appreciation: $65,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetRockland Independent Living Center Inc Dba Bridges: $64,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetProject Plase Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHealing Warriors Program: $50,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetConnecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNational Military Family Association: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSupport the Enlisted Project Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMichigan History Foundation Inc: $33,544 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetNew Ground Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPatient Airlift Services Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMaking a Difference Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNami of Connecticut Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCapacity Builders Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSoldier on Service Dogs Inc: $23,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetRobins Home Inc: $20,625 over 2y, 16% of budgetDelaware Financial Literacy Institute: $20,340 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetVeterans Legal Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLa Puente Home Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNational Women Veterans United: $20,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetJerry Ambrose Veterans Council of Mohave County: $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetMerging Vets and Players: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFriends of Veterans: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetRide 2 Recovery dba Project Hero: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetReboot Recovery Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJosephine Herrick Project Inc: $11,600 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUniversity of Central Oklahoma Foundation: $10,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInstitute for Music and Neurological Function: $10,560 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetSenior Citizens Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFor the Love of a Veteran Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetVeterans Outreach Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVeteran Tickets Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Freedom Foundation: $9,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGrace After Fire: $7,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHeidrea for Heroes Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGreater Nashua Dental Connection Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFarnam Neighborhood House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNorth Olympic Regional Veterans Housing Network: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Bob Woodruff Family Foundation IncNY21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc · Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust · Disabled Veterans National Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Good360 · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Renaissance Charitable Foundation 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.

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How do I get to Veterans Support Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Veterans Support 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.

About Veterans Support Foundation

How much does Veterans Support Foundation give?
Veterans Support Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $511,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Veterans Support Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (42%), Human Services (13%), Health (11%).
Who are Veterans Support Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vietnam Veterans of America Inc ($752k), National Veteran Business Development Council ($711k), Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc ($135k).
Does Veterans Support Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Veterans Support Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust, Disabled Veterans National Foundation.
Where is Veterans Support Foundation based?
Veterans Support Foundation is based in MI.

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 49 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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