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LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,927 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($12,173). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$359k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$16k
Net assets
$281k
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Lone Star Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America does

Mission

The lone star chapter of paralyzed veterans of america is dedicated to taking those actions necessary to restore spinal coard injured or deceased veterans' bodies and life potentials as closely as is humanly possible to those americans not suffering spinal cord dysfunction.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Sports and recreation achievements: providing numerous programs (fishing, skiing, sporting, etc.) to improve the quality of life of paralyzed veterans and other persons with disabilities by expanding both the quality and quantity of opportunities in sports and recreation, sponsoring outings that bring members together in a family setting, promoting member participation in annual pva games.

    $41,907 spent
    18% of program spending
  2. Membership activities: providing meals to members, inpatients, and sci staff at va hospitals, hosting member events , supporting patient recovery and rehabilitations through va hospitals, providing educational assistance and grants to members and paraplegics seeking improved access and independence.

    $73,451 spent
    32% of program spending
  3. Communication achievements: maintaining programs to report activities to membership, other chapters, the national office, and national officers.

    $22,055 spent
    10% of program spending
  4. Legislative advocacy acheivements: working with all disabled citizens on issues that affect their indepencence, addressing federal and state legislatures to improve quality of life for the disabled community.

    $91,113 spent
    40% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $228,526.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($282k) Expenses 100 ($256k) Net assets 100 ($373k)2021 Revenue 116 ($328k) Expenses 120 ($306k) Net assets 106 ($396k)2022 Revenue 129 ($363k) Expenses 140 ($357k) Net assets 107 ($400k)2023 Revenue 132 ($374k) Expenses 163 ($416k) Net assets 96 ($358k)2024 Revenue 125 ($354k) Expenses 174 ($446k) Net assets 71 ($266k)2025 Revenue 127 ($359k) Expenses 135 ($345k) Net assets 75 ($281k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (127)Expenses (135)Net assets (75)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $390k to $289k (−26%).

$377k
$419k
$435k
$390k
$289k
$300k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$27k
’20
$22k
’21
$6k
’22
−$43k
’23
−$92k
’24
$15k
’25
5.9
months of
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed1111121188
Joined·+4+2+2+1+0
No longer listed·41340
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $105 → $841.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA’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

LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

83% 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 LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA.

76%
largest funder
98%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 2022 94% · 2023 74% — 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.

Where its funders are

83% of LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA'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 $3k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Texas funders.

NC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’19
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

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 Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 28%Fundraising 6%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

84%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Longhorn Group of Charities · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA?
LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,927 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($12,173). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $15,927 in grants to LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA?
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,173 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 5 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