Texas · Nonprofit
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,704,246 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($3,670,746). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX does
Mission
Assisting veterans, military personnel and their families, advocacy for veterans and active duty personnel, historical education and commemoration, promoting patriotism, youth activities and community service. See supplemental information attachment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Veterans service activities - the texas vfw mission includes the mandate to preserve and strengthen comradeship among veterans and to provide assistance to them, their widows and orphans. To meet this obligation, the texas vfw delivers a broad range of programs and services to veterans through an organizational structure that extends to posts in communities throughout the country. At the state level, the department service officer plays a key role in assisting veterans in dealing with the department of veterans affairs and other agencies. These officers are formally trained and accredited to represent both member and non-member veterans and their dependents or survivors in applying for and obtaining department of veterans affairs (va) benefits. See attachment for additional information.
$1,409,953 spent100% of program spendingFraternal activities and member services - fraternal activities and member services are vital support components to the texas vfw state headquarters as it works to accomplish the vfw mission at state and local levels. This support includes grants of $80,824 and training to provide leadership and administration with the information and incentives needed to mobilize volunteer efforts in local communities around the state of texas. These efforts include patriotic activities, community projects, youth activities and support of active duty military personnel, guard and reserves. The texas vfw state headquarters also provides dues processing services, fundraising services, and other administrative support to allow the district and local levels to focus their resources on veteran service and community service activities. See supplemental information attachment.
Community service and public awareness - community service is a major priority of the texas vfw. The texas vfws mission includes maintaining true allegiance to the government of the united states of america and fidelity to its constitution and laws, fostering true patriotism and love of country, and maintaining and extending the institutions of american freedom. To fulfill these objectives, the texas vfw has a comprehensive set of educational and informational programs, materials, and activities that reach out to every american virtually every day of the year. The major elements of texas vfw community service include community activities, citizenship education, safety programs, and youth activities. See supplemental information attachment.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,409,953.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $7.5M to $11M (+53%).
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: 2019 13% · 2020 5% · 2021 11% · 2022 5% · 2023 4% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $386k → $409k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $271k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Dept of TX VFW Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX raised.
From the IRS filings of Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
100% 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 of Foreign Wars Dept of TX.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — diversifying over time.
“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
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 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.
Organizations like Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
12% 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 of Foreign Wars Dept of TX: 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 of Foreign Wars Dept of TX?
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,704,246 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($3,670,746). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,704,246 in grants to Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX?
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States is the largest funder on record, with $3,670,746 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 4 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