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Veterans United Foundation

Inspired, created and substanially funded by veterans united home loans employees, VETERANS UNITED FOUNDATION exists to enhance lives.

$15M
Granted FY2025still arriving
363
Grants FY2025still arriving
28
States reached
$1.2M
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 2025.

Human Services$31MHealth$11MPhilanthropy$9.4MHousing & Shelter$9.1MFood & Nutrition$3.8MPublic Benefit$3.7MEducation$3.2MEmployment$2.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 363 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 363 grants below total $12,468,078, the rows itemized in this filing. The $15,014,473 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,546,395 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k99 grants · $515k
  • $10k–50k201 grants · $3.5M
  • $50k–250k54 grants · $3.9M
  • $250k+9 grants · $4.5M
$10,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANDERSON HOMES FOUNDATION$1,200,000
COYOTE HILL$600,000
HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY$562,500
ARISE DWELLINGS OF MID-MISSOURI INC$500,000
FLOURISH$500,000
HEART OF MISSOURI CASA$335,000
TRUE NORTH OF COLUMBIA$330,000
UNITED COMMUNITY BUILDERS$250,000
KVC MISSOURI$250,000
HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY$187,500
WELCOME HOME INC$165,000
GRANNY'S HOUSE$130,000
GUARDIAN HILLS VETERANS HEALING CENTER$125,000
GUARDIAN HILLS VETERANS HEALING CENTER$125,000
TRUE NORTH OF COLUMBIA INC$120,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $18.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHEEP DOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE: $300k → 8%MILITARY SPOUSE CORPORATE CAREER NETWORK: $150k → 5%YMCA OF CALLAWAY COUNTY: $200k → 11%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $150k → 7%THE AVALON FUND: $200k → 7%SHEEP DOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE: $85k → 8%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $100k → 7%THE AVALON FUND: $200k → 7%SHEEP DOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE: $85k → 8%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $100k → 7%THE AVALON FUND: $125k → 7%SHEEP DOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE: $80k → 8%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE UNITED STATES: $90k → 7%THE AVALON FUND: $125k → 7%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $90k → 7%THE AVALON FUND: $100k → 7%COYOTE HILL CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME: $216k → 17%THE AVALON FUND: $100k → 7%COYOTE HILL CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HO: $100k → 17%THE AVALON FUND: $100k → 7%ELEVATE LIVES: $165k → 15%BOULDER CREST RETREAT FOUNDATION: $100k → 7%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $100k → 6%TRUE NORTH OF COLUMBIA: $330k → 17%LOVE INC OF COLUMBIA: $1.0M → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY BUILDERS: $1.0M → 17%FOSTERING LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES: $536k → 17%FLOURISH: $500k → 17%CITY OF REFUGE: $300k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY BUILDERS: $250k → 17%FLOURISH: $250k → 17%FLOURISH: $250k → 17%FLOURISH: $250k → 17%CITY OF REFUGE: $245k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF MISSOURI: $129k → 17%CITY OF REFUGE: $105k → 17%CITY OF REFUGE: $87k → 17%FOSTERING LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES: $1.0M → 17%COYOTE HILL: $600k → 17%JOB POINT: $450k → 17%FLOURISH INITIATIVE: $250k → 17%FLOURISH INITIATIVE: $250k → 17%FLOURISH INITIATIVE: $250k → 17%FLOURISH INITIATIVE: $250k → 17%LOVE INC OF COLUMBIA: $177k → 17%JOB POINT: $105k → 17%LOVE COLUMBIA: $90k → 17%MID-MISSOURI CENTER PROJECT INC: $78k → 17%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

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IL
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OR
NV
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PA
NJ
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MO
KY
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VA
MD
DE
AZ
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NC
SC
DC
HI
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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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$81M · 434 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

434 repeat relationships: 217 still active in FY2025, 217 since wound down; 58 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

434
519

Total granted

$81M
$9.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+19%

Still filing today

84%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M 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 BenefitPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • HO
    HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.1M · revenue +22% · 28% of their budget
  • FL
    FOSTERING LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES
    7× · 2019–2025 · $3.8M · revenue +230% · 95% of their budget
  • VA
    VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +731% · 36% of their budget

Funded once

  • FO
    Friends of Mid Missouri Fisher House Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue -86%
  • CM
    CENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue +104%
  • CT
    COMO TRAIL ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $381k · revenue -58%
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
Companions for Heroes

To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.

Human Services
2
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc

Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…

Human Services
3
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
4
Usvets - Texas

The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Human Services
5
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
6
Veterans Recovery Resources

Our mission is to remove barriers to care, deliver quality integrated health care, and build a better community through recovery and connection. our vision is to build a thriving community where service members, veterans, first responders,…

Public Benefit
7
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
8
Priority Veteran Inc

Priority veteran, inc. is engaged in providing supportive services to veterans and their families, primarily in the area of housing.

Housing & Shelter
9
Usvets - Arizona

The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Housing & Shelter
10
Veterans & Community Housing Coalition

To provide housing opportunities for low income households, to serve the needs of homeless military veterans through case management, advocacy, employment opportunities, temporary and permanent housing to advocate for all military veterans.

Housing & Shelter
11
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
12
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc; the most unlike its peers is La Cosecha Project. 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

817 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. 817 of the 1,024 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.

52
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
241
Early backer (in before they grew)
779/817
Grantees still filing
504/817
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC: $6,063,509 · OtherHEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INCWELCOME HOME INC: $1,715,567 · OtherCOLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY: $1,575,000 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $1,440,915 · OtherCHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $1,176,046 · OtherTHE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI: $1,348,128 · OtherHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,097,500 · Other+85 more: $18,104,731 · Other+85 moreFOSTERING LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES: $3,843,712 · Human ServicesFOSTERING LIFE-CHANGING OPPO…TRUE NORTH OF COLUMBIA INC: $1,972,715 · Human ServicesTRUE NORTH OF COLUMBIA INCLove Columbia Corp Love Columbia: $1,772,517 · Human ServicesLove Columbia Corp Love Colu…BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $1,570,000 · Human ServicesBOULDER CREST FOUNDATIONUNITED COMMUNITY BUILDERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CO: $1,288,066 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY BUILDERS CO…Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries: $1,271,750 · Human ServicesCoyote Hill Foster Care Mini…Sheep Dog Impact Assistance: $1,250,901 · Human ServicesSheep Dog Impact AssistanceCITY OF REFUGE: $1,144,028 · Human ServicesCITY OF REFUGEARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $980,500 · Human ServicesJOB POINT: $895,000 · Human Services+28 more: $3,812,760 · Human Services+28 moreGuardian Hills Veterans Healing Center: $1,550,000 · HealthGuardian Hil…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MID MISSOURI INC: $1,113,000 · HealthRONALD MCDON…THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $927,600 · HealthTHE GIVE AN …The Battle Within Inc: $525,000 · HealthThe Battle W…Easter Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $440,000 · HealthINDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER OF MID-MO: $398,054 · HealthTHE COMFORT CREW FOR MILITARY KIDS: $380,050 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $380,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $350,000 · HealthTHOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT: $305,000 · HealthHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $290,000 · Health+15 more: $2,018,593 · Health+15 moreVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $1,867,990 · Public BenefitVETERANS C…HEROES CARE INC: $1,427,800 · Public BenefitHEROES CAR…Friends of Mid Missouri Fisher House Inc: $1,000,000 · Public BenefitFriends of…UNITED THROUGH READING: $805,000 · Public BenefitUNITED THR…THE BOOT CAMPAIGN INC: $677,306 · Public BenefitTHE BOOT C…BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $475,000 · Public BenefitBLUE STAR …+10 more: $1,233,088 · Public Benefit+10 moreVOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER: $2,325,881 · PhilanthropyVOLUNTARY…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $2,050,818 · PhilanthropyGARY SINI…ANDERSON HOMES FOUNDATION INC: $1,200,000 · PhilanthropyANDERSON …POWERHOUSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATON: $240,000 · Philanthropy+9 more: $866,497 · Philanthropy+9 moreTHE MISSION CONTINUES: $682,000 · EmploymentALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX): $616,662 · EmploymentLOVE MY JOB TRAINING CENTER: $458,500 · EmploymentCONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS: $177,500 · EmploymentDOG TAG INC: $140,000 · Employment+1 more: $65,000 · EmploymentMILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION: $597,000 · EducationFIRST CHANCE FOR CHILDREN: $441,401 · EducationNora Stewart Early Learning Center: $251,000 · EducationMARY LEE JOHNSTON COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $147,660 · EducationCOLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $84,860 · EducationCOLUMBIA COLLEGE: $84,355 · EducationMANNA CAFE MINISTRIES: $75,000 · EducationCOLUMBIA STEM ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $67,500 · Education
Other$32,521,396Human Services$19,801,949Health$8,677,297Public Benefit$7,486,184Philanthropy$6,683,196Employment$2,139,662Education$1,818,776

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetHEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC: $6,063,509 over 9y, 28% of budgetFOSTERING LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES: $3,843,712 over 7y, 95% of budgetVOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER: $2,325,881 over 9y, 36% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $2,050,818 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetTRUE NORTH OF COLUMBIA INC: $1,972,715 over 9y, 39% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $1,867,990 over 9y, 11% of budgetLove Columbia Corp Love Columbia: $1,772,517 over 8y, 22% of budgetWELCOME HOME INC: $1,715,567 over 9y, 17% of budgetBOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $1,570,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetGuardian Hills Veterans Healing Center: $1,550,000 over 4y, 91% of budgetHEROES CARE INC: $1,427,800 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI: $1,348,128 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY BUILDERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CO: $1,288,066 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetCoyote Hill Foster Care Ministries: $1,271,750 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetSheep Dog Impact Assistance: $1,250,901 over 8y, 18% of budgetANDERSON HOMES FOUNDATION INC: $1,200,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetCHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $1,176,046 over 8y, 75% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $1,144,028 over 9y, 32% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MID MISSOURI INC: $1,113,000 over 9y, 20% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,097,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $980,500 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $927,600 over 9y, 9.7% of budgetJOB POINT: $895,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetUNITED THROUGH READING: $805,000 over 9y, 10% of budgetHEART OF MISSOURI CASA: $700,020 over 8y, 17% of budgetTHE MISSION CONTINUES: $682,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BOOT CAMPAIGN INC: $677,306 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetCENTRAL MISSOURI COMMUNITY ACTION: $658,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $642,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $638,100 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX): $616,662 over 6y, 11% of budgetMILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION: $597,000 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $597,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetColumbia Center for Urban Agriculture: $570,850 over 9y, 10% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $545,892 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE COLUMBIA AREA: $530,550 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetThe Battle Within Inc: $525,000 over 7y, 64% of budgetIN2ACTION: $509,975 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetCENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY: $500,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $490,050 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND INC: $480,000 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $475,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHIDDEN JEWELS: $464,975 over 9y, 47% of budgetLOVE MY JOB TRAINING CENTER: $458,500 over 5y, 30% of budgetFIRST CHANCE FOR CHILDREN: $441,401 over 7y, 23% of budgetEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $440,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSHOW-ME CENTRAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $406,250 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetINDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER OF MID-MO: $398,054 over 9y, 3.0% 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.

  • Who funds HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERING LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUE NORTH OF COLUMBIA INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Love Columbia Corp Love Columbia ↗
  • Who funds WELCOME HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Guardian Hills Veterans Healing Center ↗
  • Who funds HEROES CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY BUILDERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CO ↗
  • Who funds Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Sheep Dog Impact Assistance ↗
  • Who funds ANDERSON HOMES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT EMERGENCY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF REFUGE ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MID MISSOURI INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Mid Missouri Fisher House Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA ↗
  • Who funds THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JOB POINT ↗
  • Who funds UNITED THROUGH READING ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF MISSOURI CASA ↗
  • Who funds THE MISSION CONTINUES ↗
  • Who funds THE BOOT CAMPAIGN INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL MISSOURI COMMUNITY ACTION ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) ↗
  • Who funds MILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE COLUMBIA AREA ↗
  • Who funds The Battle Within Inc ↗

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.

Boone Electric Commun…Allen P and Josephine…Heart of Missouri Uni…Orscheln Industries F…Stafford Family Chari…Boone County Communit…Missouri Children's T…Fred V & Dorothy H He…Wounded Warrior Proje…Commerce Bancshares F…United Way of Central…Mfa Oil Foundation
Boone Electric Community TrustMO102.5× affinity54 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boone Electric Community Trust · Allen P and Josephine B Green · Heart of Missouri United Way Inc · Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc · Stafford Family Charitable Trust · Boone County Community Trust · Missouri Children's Trust Fund · Fred V & Dorothy H Heinkel Charitable Foundation · Wounded Warrior Project Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · United Way of Central Missouri Inc · Mfa Oil 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 Veterans United Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Veterans United Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Easter Seals Serving Dc Md Va Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
57report 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 United Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Veterans United 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 1024 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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