Maryland · Nonprofit
AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION
AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,032,189 to it, the largest being THE CALL OF DUTY ENDOWMENT ($2,540,500). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 78
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Amvets National Service Foundation does
Mission
Amvets National Service Foundation provides support to veterans through service programs as well as providing community and youth-oriented programs designed to promote unity and patriotism. It counsels and represents veterans and their dependents before the veterans administration at no charge to the veteran or their dependent.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Thrift stores operations: the foundation operates thrift shops, which sell donated clothing and merchandise to war veterans, as well as the general public. Its aim is to provide low-cost second-hand goods to war veterans and the public. The net proceeds of the operation of such stores are used to help fund the other programs of the foundation.
$12,605,826 spentof which $145,210 as grants$13,540,877 earned by the program84% of program spendingService to veterans: the purpose of this program is to inform veterans and their dependents of potential benefits. Amvets national service officers (nso), who are funded by the foundation, act as educators, counselors and advocates assuring that veterans and their dependents receive all the benefits to which they are entitled under the current law. To support these functions, amvets nsos worked during the year at veterans administration (va) regional offices, military bases and the board of appeals in washington, d.c. Who provided services to the active-duty military, veterans, members of the reserves and surviving family members without any charge whatsoever. Additionally, amvets department service officers and accredited state and county government service officers provide services to veterans at various veterans administration medical centers and community based out-patient clinics.
$2,105,861 spentof which $800,000 as grants14% of program spendingAmericanism: the americanism program operates to heal the wounds of war and promote the unity of patriotism. These flags were distributed without charge. We also offer the schools and youth organizations resources to teach children from kindergarten through 12th grade about their american heritage, civics and citizenship.
$155,830 spentof which $62,880 as grants1% of program spendingCarillon program: the carillon program operates to honor all those devoted men and women who served with honor and are now deceased. The bells are a "living" memorial and serve to remind us of our legacy and of our debt to those who fought to preserve freedom throughout the world. These chimes are heard throughout many national cemeteries in the country.
$70,380 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,937,897.
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 2022 to 2023, from $26M to $33M (+30%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Joseph Chenelly
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 22 funders, grant income fell $530k → $155k.
7 of 78 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $884k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Amvets National Service Foundation); $574k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Amvets Charities Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 78 funders by total. 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
AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 64% · 2019 65% · 2020 63% · 2021 68% · 2022 72% · 2023 17% — diversifying over time.
“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
37% of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 27 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $279k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 269 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 269 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Amvets Charities · exempt
- Amvets National Headquarters · exempt
- Amvets Ladies Auxilliary · exempt
- McLean County Memorial Amvets Post 270 · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION?
- AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,032,189 to it, the largest being THE CALL OF DUTY ENDOWMENT ($2,540,500). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 78 organizations giving $4,032,189 in grants to AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION?
- THE CALL OF DUTY ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $2,540,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 78 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