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Veterans Support Foundation

The foundation is a non-profit now based in detroit, mi.

$511k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$511k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$893kHuman Services$281kHealth$244kCommunity Improvement$225kAnimals$135kHousing & Shelter$126kCrime & Legal$70kFood & Nutrition$65kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$511,450
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL VETERAN BUSINESS$511,450
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 (FY17–20, $349k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES IN: $10k → 9%FOR THE LOVE OF VETERANS INC: $10k → 9%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $15k → 7%Bridges: $25k → 14%Guardian Angels Medical Service Dog: $44k → 16%Freedom Foundation: $10k → 9%UNITED MILITARY CARE INC: $10k → 8%HEALING WARRIORS PROGRAM: $25k → 11%New Ground Inc: $10k → 6%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $15k → 7%Bridges: $25k → 14%Guardian Angels Medical Service Dog: $44k → 16%HEALING WARRIORS PROGRAM: $25k → 11%New Ground Inc: $10k → 6%Guardian Angels Medical Service Dog: $25k → 16%New Ground Inc: $10k → 6%Bridges: $14k → 14%Guardian Angels Medical Service Dog: $22k → 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

VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 16 repeat orgs$523k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
33

Total granted

$2.1M
$523k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+41%

Still filing today

88%
79%

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
Public BenefitHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • GA
    GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $135k · revenue +60%
  • OT
    OPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $65k · revenue +28%
  • RI
    ROCKLAND INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER INC DBA BRIDGES
    3× · 2018–2020 · $64k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • PP
    PROJECT PLASE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +32%
  • RF
    Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $40k · revenue +143%
  • PA
    PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue +110%
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
Helping Heroes Inc

Helping Heroes provides support services and resources to homeless and near homeless veterans, in order to transition them to, or maintain self-sufficiency. The goal is reintegration into society as men and women who currently feel…

Human Services
2
Vetality Corp

Services for veterans

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3
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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4
National Veterans Hiring Association

The support of our sponsors allows veterans to empower veterans, military spouses, and transitioning service members to find meaningful employment opportunities each year. Committed to meaningful opportunity employment advisory councils…

Public Benefit
5
Support Our Soldiers

Provide financial support for veterans.

Human Services
6
Vets Returning Home Inc

Veterans services in the form of referrals and other assistance while providing transitional housing to those in need.

Philanthropy
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
Disabled American Veterans Dept of Utah

We are dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. We accomplish this by ensuring that veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them;…

Public Benefit
9
Veterans Non Profit

Provide services to veterans

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10
Vets Advocacy Inc

Vets advocacy is a privately-funded, non-profit advocacy organization established to facilitate the revitalization of the west los angeles veterans affairs campus as a condition of the valentini vs. shinseki settlement. vets advocacy is…

Housing & Shelter
11
Wellness 4 Warriors Inc

Improving the life of Veterans

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12
Usa Project Valor

Non-Profit Charity to provide housing for homeless veterans

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Operation Troop Appreciation; the most unlike its peers is Support Siouxland Soldiers. 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

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 49 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/45
Grantees still filing
30/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $752,462 · Public BenefitVIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INCOPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION: $65,000 · Public BenefitOPERATION TROOP APPRECIATIONNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Public BenefitSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC: $35,000 · Public Benefit+5 more: $65,750 · Public Benefit+5 moreNATIONAL VETERAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $711,450 · EducationNATIONAL VETERAN BUSINESS DEVEL…+2 more: $21,160 · EducationGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANGEL…ROCKLAND INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER INC DBA BRIDGES: $64,000 · Human ServicesROCKLAND INDEP…HEALING WARRIORS PROGRAM: $50,000 · Human ServicesHEALING WARRIO…New Ground Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesNew Ground IncPATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPATIENT AIRLIF…+4 more: $39,500 · Human Services+4 moreWARRIORS TRUST FUND: $54,500 · OtherWARRIORS TRUST FU…Dentists Donating Smiles to Oklahomans INC: $33,000 · OtherDentists Donating…Elysian Fields Trans: $27,000 · OtherElysian Fields Tr…NAMI OF CONNECTICUT INC: $25,000 · OtherNAMI OF CONNECTIC…SOLDIER ON SERVICE DOGS INC: $23,500 · OtherSOLDIER ON SERVIC…DELAWARE FINANCIAL LITERACY INSTITUTE: $20,340 · OtherDALLAS WARRIORS HOCKEY: $20,000 · OtherLA PUENTE HOME INC: $20,000 · OtherRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc: $40,000 · OtherRegional Food Ban…MICHIGAN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC: $33,544 · OtherMICHIGAN HISTORY …MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherMAKING A DIFFEREN…+10 more: $92,740 · Other+10 morePROJECT PLASE INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterRobins Home Inc: $20,625 · Housing & ShelterVETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterNORTH OLYMPIC REGIONAL VETERANS HOUSING NETWORK: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterCONNECTICUT VETERANS LEGAL CENTER INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalCAPACITY BUILDERS INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL WOMEN VETERANS UNITED: $20,000 · Community Improvement
Public Benefit$968,212Education$732,610Human Services$348,500Other$414,624Housing & Shelter$95,625Crime & Legal$50,000Community Improvement$45,000

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 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
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.

Bob Woodruff Family F…Disabled American Vet…Disabled Veterans Nat…Enterprise Holdings F…Baird Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…Good360Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodRenaissance Charitabl…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Veterans Support Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Veterans Support Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Project Plase Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report 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.
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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.

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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home