California · Nonprofit
VETERANS FIRST
VETERANS FIRST (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being DEACON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $621k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $100
- Net assets
- $-307796
What Veterans First does
Mission
Veterans First is the only 501c (3) organization in orange county that works to provide services exclusively to our region's homless and at-risk veteransour organization provides a multitude of serivces including housing, meals, case management, life skills, mental health counseling, benefit counseling, transportation, as well asjob training and employment placement assistance.Veterans First works with many reginal and national orgnaizations such as the national coalition of homeless veterans (nchv) vietnam veterans of america (vva) the american legion, elks club, am vets, veterans of foreign wars (vfw) disabled american veterans (dav) wounded warrior battalion - mcb camp pendleton, soldiers project and the orange county continium of care.one of Veterans First's founding ebliefs is that the most effective way to assist the veteran in our program is a "veterans helping veterans" strategy, through this model we place incoming vets with a structured substance free environment with those v
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
To provide food, clothing, transportation, training and housing or housing reimbursements to disabled veterans.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of VETERANS FIRST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.
Where its funders are
100% of VETERANS FIRST's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Organizations like VETERANS FIRST
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 VETERANS FIRST: 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 FIRST?
- VETERANS FIRST (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being DEACON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VETERANS FIRST have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $100 in grants to VETERANS FIRST.
- Who is the largest funder of VETERANS FIRST?
- DEACON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VETERANS FIRST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 2 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