Connecticut · Nonprofit
VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA
VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,750 to it, the largest being SY SYMS FOUNDATION ($45,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $86k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $355k
What Veteran Feminists of America does
Mission
The purpose of the Veteran Feminists of America is to honor, record and preserve the history of the accomplishments of women and men active in the feminist movement, to educate the public on the importance of the changes brought about by the women's movement, and to preserve the movement's history for future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To record and preserve the accomplishments of women and men active in the feminist movement
$69,365 spentof which $25,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $69,365.
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 2020 to 2021, from $294k to $0 (−100%).
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.
88% of VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Muriel Fox
Chair Person
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 95% · 2022 96% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,043 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA: 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 VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA?
- VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,750 to it, the largest being SY SYMS FOUNDATION ($45,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $50,750 in grants to VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA?
- SY SYMS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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