Arizona · Nonprofit
VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC
VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC (Arizona) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,966 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($5,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $74k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $28k
What Veterans Breakthrough Inc does
Mission
Veterans Breakthrough is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that empowers veterans through personal growth, peer support, and purpose-driven programs. We help veterans transition to civilian life using modalities like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, personal development coaching, and healing retreats. Our mission is to support veterans in growing from the inside out so they can live with purpose-on purpose. We provide scholarships, mentorship, and community events that promote healing, discipline, and resilience.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During 2024, Veterans Breakthrough introduced new program services including immersive healing retreats focused on emotional wellness, community-building events that connect veterans with local supporters, and created a Jiu Jitsu scholarship offering veterans up to one year of Jiu Jitsu. These new services are designed to deepen our impact by supporting veterans in their personal growth and transition to civilian life through structured, purpose-driven experiences.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Jiu Jitsu Scholarship Program Purpose Achievement: Provided scholarships to veterans to begin training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, fostering discipline, mental health support, and community engagement. Each recipient received mentorship throughout the scholarship period to support personal growth and reintegration into civilian life.
$15,204 spentof which $2,911 as grants$63,890 earned by the program49% of program spendingPurpose Achievement: Hosted multi-day retreats and public community events to promote veteran healing, connection, and growth. Activities included workshops, physical training, and group sessions aimed at building trust, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose.
$16,024 spentof which $4,999 as grants$1,764 earned by the program51% of program spendingPersonal Development Coaching & Peer Support Purpose Achievement: Delivered structured one-on-one coaching and peer support to veterans focused on mindset, goal-setting, and emotional healing. These sessions helped veterans improve self-awareness, reduce stress, and develop tools for thriving post-service.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,228.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $13k to $28k (+126%).
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: 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% 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
Chris Howard
Founder, CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $24 → $193.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC’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
VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% 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
75% 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 VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
75% of VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Arizona, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,247 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC: 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 VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC?
- VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC (Arizona) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,966 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($5,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,966 in grants to VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC?
- ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VETERANS BREAKTHROUGH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2020–2024), 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