Minnesota · Nonprofit
23RD VETERAN
23RD VETERAN (Minnesota) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,122,372 to it, the largest being THE JAMES M STANTON FOUNDATION ($545,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $462k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $-288508
What 23rd Veteran does
Mission
Provide happier, healthier lives for veterans living with trauma.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
23V Recon Program: 12 week reconditioning program to train military and veterans to live comfortably and successfully in civilian society. The program encompasses positive psychology, fitness, camaraderie, outdoor wellness and active exposure trigger retraining. In 2024, 23V Recon Groups XV, XVI, and XVII positively impacted the lives of veterans and civilians
$341,823 spent65% of program spendingCommunity Engagement: Education for community groups, universities, military units, and employers. Training post-traumatic stress, why its common in military culture and how to create an environment more conducive for veterans. Ruck Life Ruck March: The Duluth Ruck Life held on June 1, 2024 had 306 ruckers. The Twin Cities Ruck Life held on September 7, 2024 had 330 ruckers.
$119,800 spent$40,942 earned by the program23% of program spendingBladesmithing: Sharp-art therapy program designed to motivate isolated veterans to take part in a weekly team event while creating a piece of usable art. The bladesmithing program is a way for 23V Recon Graduates to remain engaged and share their experience in 23V Recon with other veterans who may be in need of our immersive 14-week program.
$63,421 spent12% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $525,044.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $260k to $703k (+171%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 17% · 2022 0% · 2023 6% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of 23RD VETERAN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Michael Waldron
Executive Director
Board chair
Nathan Helder
Secretary/Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $38k → $136k.
8 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 23RD VETERAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
23RD VETERAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
33% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 23RD VETERAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 53% · 2019 87% · 2020 51% · 2021 42% · 2022 50% · 2023 55% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
27% of 23RD VETERAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
86% of 23RD VETERAN's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $238k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
23RD VETERAN has grown faster than half of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like 23RD VETERAN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 23RD VETERAN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 23RD VETERAN?
- 23RD VETERAN (Minnesota) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,122,372 to it, the largest being THE JAMES M STANTON FOUNDATION ($545,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 23RD VETERAN have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $1,122,372 in grants to 23RD VETERAN, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 23RD VETERAN?
- THE JAMES M STANTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $545,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 23RD VETERAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing