California · Nonprofit
HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC
HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC (California) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,004,998 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($257,500). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.1M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Help Hospitalized Veterans Inc does
Mission
Heal vet's primary mission is to enrich the lives of veterans and military personnel.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Therapeutic craft kits and materials:during fy 24.25, heal vets shipped 181,567 therapeutic items consisting of arts and crafts kits, with a total retail value of $4,091,130, averaging 15,100 kits monthly. Kits were distributed across 45 states, washington d.c., and puerto rico.the breakdown and value of these materials are as follows:recipients:# sent $ valuecraft kits to 32 department of veterans affairs medical ctrs42,629 $1,007,622craft kits to 3 heal vets community arts & craft centers83,291 $1,917,429craft kits to other programs*48,728 $1,006,611craft kits to patient home rehabilitation program2,144 $49,936craft kits to 4 military medical and other military facilities1,520 $38,878craft kits to 8 state veterans homes2,451 $55,938craft kits to miscellaneous other locations **824 $14,717*50+ other veterans' programs such as elks national service commission, sons of amvets, military order of the cooties, volunteers of america, heroes at home, american red cross, american legion, amvets and veterans of foreign wars posts, as well as disabled american veterans chapters.**miscellaneous other locations include craft kits sent to individual veterans as requested but not as part of…
$2,011,284 spentof which $1,468,896 as grants67% of program spendingVeterans assistance and awareness:heal vets conducted extensive public outreach to raise awareness of veterans' needs and therapeutic craft interventions.mail and digital outreach:1,867,145 letters sent to prior supporterstopics included ptsd, suicide prevention, partnerships, craft therapy, and veteran success storiessocial media and digital campaigns:educational content was shared across facebook, linkedin, instagram, twitter, and email marketing. Facebook videos provided insight into kit production and distribution.google ads:as a google ad grant recipient, heal vets promoted awareness and support for veterans through targeted keyword advertising.outreach to active-duty military:kits were distributed to military hospitals and traumatic brain injury treatment centers. A craft care specialist was assigned to brooke army medical center to support therapeutic programming.
$568,817 spent19% of program spendingCraft care specialists (ccss) program:craft care specialists-employees of heal vets-support program execution at community centers, military hospitals, and state veterans' homes. Ccs employees assist in distributing kits, working directly with patients, collaborating with staff, recruiting volunteers, and supporting community events.4 active ccs positions142 regular volunteers3,902 volunteer hours, valued at $135,750ccss ensure that veterans receive hands on guidance and tailored therapeutic support.
$442,724 spent15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,022,825.
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 2019 to 2020, from $6.2M to $4.6M (−26%).
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 3% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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 S Mcclain
CEO
Board chair
Jim Scatena
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $33k → $178k.
11 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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
HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
84% 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 HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 40% · 2019 66% · 2020 75% · 2021 39% · 2022 42% · 2023 51% — 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
31% of HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
73% of HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $271k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from funders outside California, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $734k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC?
- HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC (California) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,004,998 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($257,500). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $1,004,998 in grants to HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $257,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 55 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