Virginia · Nonprofit
NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 120 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,354,900 to it, the largest being WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ($6,905,009). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.3M
- Funders on record
- 120
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What National Military Family Association does
Mission
Improve life for military families through advocacy,programming and responsive solutions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Strengthening military families: nmfa is the preeminent organization dedicated to identifying and solving the challenges of military life for military families. For over 55 years, nmfa has worked to amplify military family voices, build solutions, and advocate for policies, laws, and programs military families need to thrive. We offer direct services to provide immediate support and we build long-termsolutions. This year, nearly 900 military-connected children attended operation purple camps nationwide, with nearly a thousand participating in virtual programs. Teen programming engaged military-connected teens in leadership development, community building, and storytelling. More than 680 spouses received scholarships or support for education or training to advance careers and strengthen financial security.
$2,634,847 spentof which $841,684 as grants69% of program spendingEngaging communities: military families move every 2-3 years, leaving their support systems and starting over again. We connect families with critical information and resources to make those transitions easier. Our in person and digital programming spaces provide forums where families can share their experiences, engage with vetted resources, and take action to strengthen their families, futures, and communities. Our annual state of the military family summit brings together senior leaders, policy makers, partners, and military family members to discuss emerging issues. Our teen program, bloom, engages and supports military teens to inform our programs and help them become the civic, community, and military leaders of tomorrow.
$604,675 spent16% of program spendingCreating change: policy and awareness: policy and awareness: nmfa advocates for military families by addressing the unique challenges of military life, from active duty service and on into civilian life. We work with thousands of military families every year to understand their experiences, develop programs, and advocate for their financial stability and physical and mental well-being. We work to improve support in all areas of military life, including addressing gaps in health care and mental health services, financial security, military spouse employment, housing, and respite care. Nmfa is also committed to advocating for families as service members move from active duty to veteran status, ensuring military families have the resources and support that they need to successfully navigate this critical period.
$502,463 spent13% of program spendingProviding research and insights: our research and insights work stands alone in the military community for its commitment to human-centered research initiatives. We generate actionable insights for understanding and improving the financial security and well-being of military families. With data from over 16,000 military families, nmfa uses mixed methods research techniques to understand the families we serve. We use both quantitative (numerical) and qualitative (descriptive) measures to capture a detailed, comprehensive state of the military family, supported with listening sessions and in-depth interviews to ensure our understanding is both broad and deep. Nmfa shares its research with partners, policy makers, and legislative leaders as part of its advocacy initiatives. Nmfa also uses the insights to inform its own programming, ensuring military families are getting the critical support they need.
$97,648 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,839,633.
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 2024 to 2025, from $6.3M to $8.7M (+37%).
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.
92% of NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Besa Pinchotti
Executive director/CEO
Board chair
Raquel Bono
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 39 funders to 42 funders, grant income fell $1.5M → $1.4M.
22 of 120 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 120 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
NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 88% · 2019 23% · 2020 28% · 2021 40% · 2022 34% · 2023 33% — 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 NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 29 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M 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
NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 543 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 543 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: 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 NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION?
- NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 120 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,354,900 to it, the largest being WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ($6,905,009). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 120 organizations giving $16,354,900 in grants to NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION, 71 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION?
- WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,905,009 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION 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.
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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 120 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