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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,796,619 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($1,796,619). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$758k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$3.1M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Veterans of Foreign Wars State of Virginia does

Mission

To carry on programs to perpetuate the memory of deceased veterans and members of the armed forces and to assist needy war veterans

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Buddy Poppy distribution - To provide awareness of the VFW and its missions. To raise money for veterans and their family members who find themselves in need of financial assistance.

  2. Military Assistance Program - To financially assist members of the military that have been deployed. To help fund farewell and welcome home gatherings for military units and to give one time grants to qualifying service members and their families experiencing financial hardship.

  3. Virginia VFW state conventions - Annual conference of all members to advocate awareness of the programs administered by the Organization. New programs, election of officers, and promotion of veterans issues are key functions of the convention.

The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($789k) Expenses 100 ($729k) Net assets 100 ($2.6M)2018 Revenue 115 ($905k) Expenses 111 ($808k) Net assets 98 ($2.6M)2019 Revenue 105 ($825k) Expenses 95 ($694k) Net assets 102 ($2.7M)2020 Revenue 91 ($716k) Expenses 88 ($638k) Net assets 105 ($2.7M)2021 Revenue 90 ($710k) Expenses 79 ($576k) Net assets 107 ($2.8M)2022 Revenue 98 ($776k) Expenses 100 ($725k) Net assets 109 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 106 ($834k) Expenses 110 ($805k) Net assets 110 ($2.9M)2024 Revenue 104 ($819k) Expenses 105 ($764k) Net assets 113 ($3.0M)2025 Revenue 118 ($931k) Expenses 120 ($873k) Net assets 115 ($3.0M)2026 Revenue 96 ($758k) Expenses 88 ($640k) Net assets 119 ($3.1M)
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Revenue (96)Expenses (88)Net assets (119)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $3.0M to $3.1M (+4%).

$2.6M
$2.6M
$2.7M
$2.7M
$2.8M
$2.9M
$2.9M
$3.0M
$3.0M
$3.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$61k
’17
$97k
’18
$130k
’19
$78k
’20
$134k
’21
$51k
’22
$30k
’23
$55k
’24
$57k
’25
$118k
’26
4.0
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Listed15131366710111110
Joined·+6+2+3+3+1+4+3+3+3
No longer listed·8210301234
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $197k → $199k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA’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

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

MO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA

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 Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

23
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA?
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,796,619 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($1,796,619). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,796,619 in grants to VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA?
Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States is the largest funder on record, with $1,796,619 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing