Maryland · Nonprofit
TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED (Maryland) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,054,344 to it, the largest being THE STEPHEN & RENEE BISCIOTTI FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $8.7M
What Troops First Foundation Incorporated does
Mission
To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and enhanced understanding of their relevant needs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Operation warrior call:continuing communications between "battle buddies" redeployed home may be essential to transition out of the stress endured downrange. The comfort of knowing that a trusted friend who has also been "outside the wire" is a phone call away could mean the difference between a good decision and a bad decision on any given day. However, the call needs to be placed and the phone needs to be answered. Operation warrior call is an awareness campaign that beckons our brave warriors to reach out to one another in hopes that reconnecting will facilitate honest dialogue, create a desire to stay in contact and for some warriors help define a viable pathway forward. Three "pillars" constitute the warrior pledge:1. Make the call: the best advocate for a warrior is another warrior and lessons learned are valuable assets.2. Answer the call: this is the best way to continue looking out for the warriors on your left and right.3. Be honest: situational awareness can lead to a positive course of action.operation warrior call also calls on american citizens to make their own "civilian pledge" to create awareness of the initiative among service members, active and retired, within…
$1,290,065 spentof which $36,300 as grants63% of program spendingOperation reintegration:beyond our larger programs and initiatives, the foundation interacts on a daily basis with injured service members. Time spent meeting warriors and their families, building relationships and gaining trust so as to facilitate meaningful future assistance during the many stages of recovery has enabled us to develop a network within the warrior care landscape. Operation reintegration serves as a catch-all for these daily activities with in-patients, out-patients and those who have returned home and their families. Because each individual has varying needs, the foundation assists with everyday situations such as grocery shopping and buying gym clothes for physical therapy that fit over their prosthetics. The foundation's goal is to be available for the needs of our warriors as they arise.24/7 battle buddies:24/7 battle buddies is a program that matches canines to wounded military veterans who have served in iraq and afghanistan. Each 24/7 battle buddy is carefully selected for their partner. The training is then specific to the warrior's needs and intended to assist in successfully navigating everyday life.
$485,940 spentof which $459,189 as grants24% of program spendingLeroy petry village of honor:most often when a warrior is severely wounded in combat, a protracted recovery process begins. There are many stages in the recovery process, and each recovery is unique to the individual warrior. However, all must go through a medical evaluation known as the med board. This usually starts when most medical procedures are complete and therapeutic services are well underway. The med board can take from nine months to almost two years. This is when many warriors most often need and seek additional housing options. In an effort to continue with the foundation's mission of developing relevant initiatives to assist warriors with reintegrating back to civilian life, the leroy petry village of honor has been built. This is a transitional housing program that consists of seven single family accessible homes. These homes are available for a one to two year period to warriors and their families who are transitioning out of the military after injuries sustained in combat.warrior call ranch:as the warrior call initiative grows through in-person and virtual engagements, individualized responses providing various types of assistance and the planned launch of…
$284,062 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,060,067.
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 2018 to 2019, from $6.4M to $8.4M (+31%).
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.
97% of TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED’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. 1 of the last 5 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
Richard C Kell
Chief executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 11 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $257k → $386k.
7 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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
TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
42% 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 TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 51% · 2019 99% · 2020 81% · 2021 34% · 2022 35% · 2023 83% — growing more concentrated.
“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
20% of TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $580k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED holds deeper cash reserves 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 TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
- TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED (Maryland) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,054,344 to it, the largest being THE STEPHEN & RENEE BISCIOTTI FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $3,054,344 in grants to TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
- THE STEPHEN & RENEE BISCIOTTI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 35 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