Colorado · Nonprofit
VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC
VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,286,290 to it, the largest being FRECHETTE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($495,000). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 102
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What Vail Veterans Foundation Inc does
Mission
Vail veterans foundation provides military injured and their families innovative and transformational programs that build confidence and improve lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Winter recreational programs (including skiing, snowboarding, and cross country skiing) for severely wounded veterans and their families, provided at no cost to participants.
$425,755 spent30% of program spendingCaregivers programs support caregivers of wounded service members, through participation in self-awareness programs, yoga, meditation, outdoor recreation, spa treatments, and group meals; all provided at no cost to participants. The caregivers retreat program encourages caregivers of wounded veterans to connect with others experiencing similar challenges, provides them with sustainable tools to incorporate into their daily lives, and offering them the opportunity to relax and rejuvenate in a safe and comfortable environment. Caregivers retreat alumni are invited back to continue their healing journey, and build upon the skills and communities gained during the caregivers retreat.
$191,266 spent13% of program spendingSummer recreational programs (including whitewater rafting, ziplining, horseback riding, fly fishing, golf, and mountain biking) for severely wounded veterans and their families, provided at no cost to participants.
$412,030 spent29% of program spendingOther program services include vail veterans program, which allows for individual families to continue in the healing process by returning as a participant; all provided at no cost to participants. Our mission continues supports alumni and others through the covid-19 pandemic by enhancing the well-being of wounded veterans at home and lets them know the foundation is there for them as they continue their journey of healing.
$395,909 spent28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,424,960.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.2M to $4.4M (+98%).
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: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Jennifer Brown
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $259k → $561k.
23 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 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
VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
52% 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 VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 27% · 2019 21% · 2020 21% · 2021 16% · 2022 39% · 2023 22% — 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
46% of VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $226k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$226k
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 VAIL VETERANS 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 Colorado
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
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC?
- VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,286,290 to it, the largest being FRECHETTE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($495,000). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $4,286,290 in grants to VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC, 63 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC?
- FRECHETTE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $495,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 102 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