Virginia · Nonprofit
The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation
The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,093,587 to it, the largest being Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust ($1,350,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the PenFed Foundation is to champion our military through investment, advocacy, and outreach.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Military Heroes Program:The Military Heroes Program supports the military community in three ways: 1. Funding for projects that have a significant positive impact on a specific military community or more broadly across the entire military family. 2. Support to individuals experiencing a life changing emergency. 3. Support to our allies through the Afghan Rescue and Resettlement Program, which resettled Afghan refugees in the United States after the fall of Kabul.
$1,486,975 spentof which $1,304,050 as grants79% of program spendingVeteran Entrepreneur Investment Program (VEIP):VEIP provides veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs with education, mentorship, and connection to capital to build and grow their businesses.
$357,967 spentof which $19,716 as grants19% of program spendingOther Programs
$49,238 spentof which $500 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,894,180.
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 2021 to 2022, from $5.1M to $8.7M (+69%).
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.
105% of The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation’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. 1 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Deborah Lee James
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $332k → $336k.
16 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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 Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 79% · 2019 87% · 2020 60% · 2021 65% · 2022 18% · 2023 46% — 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
24% of The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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 Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $749k 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
The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like The Pentagon Federal Credit Union 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Pentagon Federal Credit Union · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Pentagon Federal Credit Union 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 The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation?
- The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,093,587 to it, the largest being Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust ($1,350,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $3,093,587 in grants to The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation?
- Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 41 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