California · Nonprofit
THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC
THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,693,966 to it, the largest being NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ($4,981,555). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 109
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $8.4M
What The Honor Foundation Inc does
Mission
Assists u.s. Special operation forces transition from active duty military to private sector careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The honor foundation, inc. ("thf") provides a career transition program for u.s. Special operations forces that translates their elite military service to the private sector and helps create the next generation of corporate and community leaders. Thf provides a clear process for their professional development and offers a diverse ecosystem of world-class support and technology. Every step is dedicated to preparing these outstanding men and women to realize their maximum potential after their military service. Headquartered in san diego, ca, the thf has additional campuses in virginia beach, va; southern pines, nc; wilmington, nc; tampa, fl; niceville, fl; tacoma, wa; clarksville, tn; colorado springs,co and two virtual campuses.
$7,681,568 spentof which $41,250 as grants$13,504 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,681,568.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.8M to $5.7M (+48%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 10% · 2023 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Matthew P Stevens
CEO - director
Board chair
Jon Skinner
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $96k → $3.6M.
30 of 109 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $315k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Honor for Life Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 109 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
THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
86% 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 THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 70% · 2019 78% · 2020 49% · 2021 36% · 2022 29% · 2023 20% — 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
41% of THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC'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
THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 290 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 290 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $189 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $189
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 THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 11 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC?
- THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,693,966 to it, the largest being NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ($4,981,555). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 109 organizations giving $16,693,966 in grants to THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC?
- NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,981,555 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 109 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