Texas · Nonprofit
SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION
SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,097,990 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($148,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $46k
What Special Forces Foundation does
Mission
The Special Forces Foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
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$151,835 spentof which $84,135 as grants11% of program spendingTragedy assistance and wounded support when a specail forces member is injured or becomes ill, we provide immediate financial and logistical support so the service members focus can be on healing. We also provide support for the warrior who suffers the loss of a family member. In cases of permanent injury, we provide assistance in retrofitting the warriors home to their needs.
$475,405 spentof which $475,405 as grants36% of program spendingWarrior and family support to help warriors and their families meet the demands of their high stress environment, we provide programs that contribute to the maintenance of the mind and body, and, provide acute and ongoing support in resolving psychological, emotional and relationship issues before they become chronic.
$234,277 spentof which $234,277 as grants18% of program spendingThe Special Forces Foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.
$470,374 spent35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,331,891.
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 2021 to 2022, from $526k to $60k (−89%).
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.
48% of SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $189k → $227k.
16 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
75% 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 SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 53% · 2020 52% · 2021 25% · 2022 54% · 2023 34% — 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 SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
54% of SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION'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 $501k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $597k arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION: 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 SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION?
- SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,097,990 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($148,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $1,097,990 in grants to SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $148,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 43 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