Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION
CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 108 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,524,369 to it, the largest being WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ($5,350,000). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.2M
- Funders on record
- 108
- Grants received
- $27M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation does
Mission
The Elizabeth Dole Foundation's mission is to empower military and veteran caregivers, their families, and their communities through programs, partnerships, and advocacy that drive innovation and sustainable solutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Outreach & Awareness:The Foundation's Outreach and Awareness initiatives help bring the stories, service, and sacrifice of America's military and veteran caregivers and their families to light. Too often, the family, loved ones, and friends of our nation's wounded and ill service members and veterans do not know that they have taken on a new role - that of caregiver. This can exacerbate the challenges caregivers face and often leaves caregivers feeling isolated, misunderstood, and alone. Our outreach and awareness efforts help caregivers recognize this new role that they have assumed. Self-identification is the first step to accessing programs and finding a community that understands and can offer support. The Hidden Helpers initiative supports children, youth, and young adults up to age 18 who are involved in caring for wounded, ill, or aging service members or veterans. Through collaboration with nonprofit, corporate, and government partners, the Hidden Helpers program aims to create a positive collective impact for military-connected youth caregivers and their families. The subject of military children - and the impact of caregiving on their development and growth - has…
$3,012,868 spentof which $37,000 as grants46% of program spendingSystemic Support: The Foundation has made transforming and improving national systems of care through systemic change a pillar of its organizational priorities. -Campaign for Inclusive Care: The Foundation partnered with the Department of Veteran Affairs to create the Campaign for Inclusive Care program, a national initiative to integrate military and veteran caregivers into their veteran's care team from day one of the care process. Holistic, family-based, caregiver inclusive teams are essential for the health and recovery of our nation's service members and veterans. Health systems must recognize, affirm, understand, and acknowledge the unique value and skills of caregivers. -Since its founding, the Foundation has advocated for policy improvements to support caregivers, their veterans, and their children. Dole Caregiver Fellows engage with their legislators at the federal and local levels to ensure that the needs of caregivers are met through inclusive policy. The National Convening is an annual event to unite government, nonprofits, corporate leaders, and caregivers around achieving policies and priorities that will create a better future for caregivers.
$1,162,606 spent18% of program spendingDirect Support: The Foundation's Direct Support programs provide caregivers with a national network that supports and facilitates sharing of best practices and peer-based support. -The Financial Wellness Programming (specifically through The Hope Fund for Critical Financial Assistance) provides financial relief to all areas of military and veteran caregivers through grants that aim to put military families on the path to financial wellness. These grants provide high-impact financial assistance to prevent or address a significant crisis or to improve the quality of life of the caregiver family. This financial relief fills the gaps that other programs may not cover, such as medical bills, natural disaster assistance, emergency transportation for appointments, or loss of income. -The Hidden Heroes Fund was established in 2016 to award grants to non-profit organizations that serve military caregivers. This fund is dedicated to supporting innovative programs that make a direct impact in the lives of America's Hidden Heroes. -Through its Mental Wellness programming, the Foundation provides military caregivers with essential mental health resources, support and coping strategies and aims…
$833,892 spentof which $403,946 as grants13% of program spendingCommunity Engagement and Peer Support
$1,244,514 spentof which $18,147 as grants19% of program spendingResearch and innovation
$352,206 spent5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,606,086.
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 2021 to 2022, from $8.5M to $11M (+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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
111% of CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $193k → $4.9M.
19 of 108 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 108 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
CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
56% 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 CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 43% · 2019 26% · 2020 50% · 2021 40% · 2022 22% · 2023 26% — 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
43% of CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 27 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION?
- CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 108 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,524,369 to it, the largest being WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ($5,350,000). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 108 organizations giving $26,524,369 in grants to CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION?
- WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 108 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing