Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,446,951 to it, the largest being LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ($20,407,610). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $291k
What Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program does
Mission
To provide free legal assistance to appellants before the u.s. Court of appeals for veterans' claims and provide training and mentoring on veterans law to volunteer attorneys who provide this representation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cavc program - this component screens cases of pro se (unrepresented) appellants before the u.s. Court of appeals for veterans claims (cavc) for merit and places cases with program trained volunteer attorneys. During the year, we trained 505 volunteer attorneys and continued to mentor them after case placement. The cavc sent appeals program information to 1905 potential veterans clients and screened 620 cases. Program outreach and educational materials such as "your appeal for veterans benefits" pamphlet, were produced and distributed. This component includes several sub-functions (case screening, case placement, litigation, a national hotline to assist unrepresented clients, outreach to veterans/dependents/survivors, and collaboration with law school clinic programs). The cavc program has a lifetime success rate of 88%.
$4,017,834 spent78% of program spendingDischarge upgrade program - this component recruits, trains, mentors and supports pro bono volunteer attorneys regarding the practice of veterans law for submission of cases to the respective military service discharge review boards and board for correction of military records. During the year, the discharge upgrade (du) program received 2733 client requests who were provided either direct legal assistance or helpful information. The du program conducts intake clinics with outside law firms and provides training to the volunteers attorneys on the client screening process. The du program has a lifetime success rate of 82%.
$733,376 spent$566,667 earned by the program14% of program spendingLegal assistance programs- this component leads and manages the veterans naturalization assistance program (vnap), the women veterans legal assistance program (wvlap) and two legal advice and referral clinics (larc) in the greater washington dc region- one of which is specific to women veterans. During the year, vnap assisted in the attainment of 62 u.s. Citizenships and wvlap achieved over $1.4 million in back va disability benefits for women veterans. The larcs assisted 474 veterans including 155 women veterans.
$394,202 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,145,412.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.5M to $4.5M (+81%).
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: 2017 96% · 2018 94% · 2019 89% · 2020 83% · 2021 76% · 2022 76% · 2023 80% · 2024 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Stephen W Jordon
Executive director
Board chair
William S Foster Jr Esq
CHAIR/Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $5.2M.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Consortium Pro Bono Program’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 Consortium Pro Bono Program leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 Consortium Pro Bono Program.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 98% · 2019 67% · 2020 97% · 2021 95% · 2022 92% · 2023 64% — 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
33% of Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
85% of Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $99k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 Consortium Pro Bono Program's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program?
- Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,446,951 to it, the largest being LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ($20,407,610). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $24,446,951 in grants to Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program?
- LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,407,610 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 22 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