Virginia · Nonprofit
Hope For The Warriors
Hope For The Warriors (Virginia) receives grants from 187 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,607,448 to it, the largest being COHEN VETERANS NETWORK INC ($4,478,422). 100 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 187
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Hope For The Warriors does
Mission
The mission of the Hope For The Warriors is to enhance the quality of life for United States Service Members and their families who have been adversely affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. See Schedule O for continuation
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Well-Being: HOPE's overarching goal is to enhance the quality of life for the entire post-9/11 Warrior Community. HOPE views well-being, or wellness as positive and affirming; an active process in which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more prosperous and purposeful life. HOPE's well-being model integrates six well-being domains that were developed to meet the complex needs of the Warrior Community. See Schedule O for continuation
$3,268,945 spentof which $769,201 as grants46% of program spendingCohen Veterans Network: The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Hope for The Warriors provides confidential, high-quality behavioral health care services at little to no cost without long wait times to post-9/11 veterans, active duty service members with a TRICARE referral, and military families. The Clinic is a local resource connection for the community, including Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, and the greater Onslow County area. See Schedule O for continuation
$1,325,106 spentof which $3,115 as grants$352,049 earned by the program19% of program spendingCultural Awareness: HOPE's communications team drives the initiative to bridge the military-civilian divide through understanding of the needs of the veteran community and military families, and how the public at large can support them. The team facilitates dialogue, primarily through digital platforms, that brings awareness of and respect for the existing cultural differences and experiences. Additionally, sustained awareness of the needs of the military community results in effective programming for the DOD, Department of Veteran's Affairs, and socially-responsible corporate entities. This team informs HOPE and its partners with metrics and engagement strategies that continue that connection.
$607,919 spentof which $23 as grants9% of program spendingCommunity Engagement:HOPE works directly at the community level to engage both military and civilian communities, uniting corporate and civil leaders, school districts, military agencies, and more to work together with a shared goal of embracing the military families within their communities. HOPE provides education and resources, both in person and virtually, to service members and their families as they transition out of the military. By developing relationships within the community - through both events and program work - HOPE establishes connectedness to community that is also a key component of the warrior culture.
$684,814 spentof which $15,443 as grants10% of program spendingCommunity Development:HOPE strives to build educated communities that understand the unique needs and challenges of today's military family. HOPE collaborates with military organizations, corporations, civic groups, foundations, and individuals to improve military and veteran education and engagement. HOPE's corporate partners enjoy a rich relationship that is beneficial to their culture and feeds their military employee programs, while HOPE's individual supporters derive a personal touch to their giving.
$864,422 spentof which $13,854 as grants12% of program spendingOther Programs:The Executive Team plays an integral role in the near fight and far fight of HOPE. Participating in conversations that drive change to protect the future of HOPE military families, while maintaining a personal touch with those HOPE serves, is critical in developing and maintaining relevant programming. The excellence of the HOPE team stems from the daily focus on team development. Specifically addressing the nature of HOPE work, advances in support, and the vision of HOPE, every staff member is immersed in opportunities to enhance their skill sets and work laterally across the spectrum providing a cohesive and consistent experience for HOPE service members and their families.
$306,194 spentof which $18,769 as grants4% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,057,400.
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 2017 to 2018, from $6.3M to $3.9M (−38%).
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 15% · 2021 11% · 2024 8% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of Hope For The Warriors’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Robin Kelleher
President/CEO
Board chair
Jack Marin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 38 funders to 54 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $2.3M.
24 of 187 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 Hope For The Warriors’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 187 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
Hope For The Warriors has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
48% 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 Hope For The Warriors.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 57% · 2019 63% · 2020 38% · 2021 37% · 2022 25% · 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
33% of Hope For The Warriors's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
Hope For The Warriors draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 35 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
Hope For The Warriors's funding base is broadening — from 38 funders to 54 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Hope For The Warriors receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $912k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $912k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Hope For The Warriors
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 47 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hope For The Warriors: 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 Hope For The Warriors?
- Hope For The Warriors (Virginia) receives grants from 187 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,607,448 to it, the largest being COHEN VETERANS NETWORK INC ($4,478,422). 100 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Hope For The Warriors have?
- IRS filings report 187 organizations giving $23,607,448 in grants to Hope For The Warriors, 100 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hope For The Warriors?
- COHEN VETERANS NETWORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,478,422 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hope For The Warriors find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 187 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