Washington · Nonprofit
MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA
MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,973 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($83,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $411k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Minority Veterans of America does
Mission
The mission of Minority Veterans of America (mva) is to create belonging and advance equity for minority veterans.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Mva's people to people program was funded by a grant fund that completed in 2024. Mva evolved its programmatic offerings to provide a comprehensive suite of programs offered in king county and nationally.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
In 2024, mva acquired, renovated, and prepared a residential property in seattle, wa to operate as transitional housing for lgbtq+ service members and veterans experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. The program began serving participants in october 2024.
$296,821 spent44% of program spendingLaunched july 1, 2024, the community center provides minority veterans, service members, and their families with access to resources, technology, reservable workspaces, educational workshops, and community programming.
$177,175 spentof which $7,153 as grants26% of program spendingPeople to people (p2p) engages members through community-based programming. Provides human-centered case management services for minority and underrepresented veteran communities
$119,843 spentof which $100 as grants18% of program spendingEstablished july 1, 2024, this program delivers trainings to community providers and partners to improve services and programs for minority and underrepresented veterans. It also coordinates larger education efforts, including the annual equity, inclusion, and justice summit (formerly part of project thrive).
$37,381 spent6% of program spendingFormerly part of project thrive, this program became an independent program in 2024. Elp provides training, mentorship, and development opportunities for minority veterans preparing for leadership in their local communities.
$20,934 spent3% of program spendingOriginally created during the covid-19 relief program, this project continued in 2024 by providing gifts and essential items to veterans and families facing financial hardship during the holiday and winter season.
$10,416 spent2% of program spendingLocal communities host events, peer support, and community-building activities around the country, offering veterans opportunities to connect and engage at the local level.
$1,774 spent0% of program spendingThis program provides outdoor recreation opportunities for minority veterans to support healing, wellness, and community connection, while also addressing barriers to accessing outdoor spaces.
$7,169 spent1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $671,513.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $120k to $1.5M (+1169%).
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 32% · 2021 37% · 2022 49% · 2023 54% · 2024 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA’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 6 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
Lindsay Church
Executive director
Board chair
Melissa Bryant
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $28k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 MINORITY 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
MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA 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
77% 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 MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 35% · 2021 29% · 2022 55% · 2023 94% — 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
40% of MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $204k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 MINORITY 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA: 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 MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA?
- MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,973 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($83,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $410,973 in grants to MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA?
- SEATTLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $83,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 16 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