Grants for veteran organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to military and veterans organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,152 military and veterans organizations received at least $9.5 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,557 grants made from 1,171 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $900. Of these 1,171 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to vertan orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more vertan orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$9,470,667

Total grant dollars given to veteran organizations

1,557

Number of grants made annually to veteran organizations

1,171

Number of grantmakers funding veteran organizations

$900

Median grant size to veteran organizations

Foundations that support military and veterans organizations

Out of all grants made to veteran organizations, 86% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 77% of the dollar-value of grants to vertan orgs. Foundations funding vertan orgs also made grants to food banks, homeless shelters, specialty hospitals, animal shelters, and trade / professional associations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,006
Medium	90
Large	73

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	29
Private	969
Corporate	69
Other	104

Grants made

Grants made to vertan orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,008
2-3	132
4-10	23
11+	8

Top 10 foundations supporting military and veterans organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to vertan orgs	Number of grants made to vertan orgs	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	26	$131
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.0%	24	$50
Texas VFW - Vfw-Tex	TX	State	24.6%	18	$2,532
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	14	$50
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.1%	13	$200
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	12	$810
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	12	$500
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	11	$34
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	10	$717
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	10	$350

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Military and veterans organizations grantees

Veteran organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 54% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 60% of all vertan orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,555
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,400
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$1,100
>$5M	$500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Florida	582
California	117
District of Columbia	107
Texas	83
Other	668

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Jacksonville, FL	526
Washington DC	180
Santa Rosa	59
New York City	44
Other	633

Top 25 grants made to veteran organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Disabled American Veterans (DAV)	$4,101,800	National Service Programs	Disabled American Veterans - 107 Aliquippa
Veterans Ambulatory Center Development Corporation	$3,016,386	Unrestricted for Operations	Dorothy B Davis Foundation
Veterans Expeditions	$5,000	Program Support	Veterans Passport To Hope
Vail Veterans Foundation	$5,000	Program Support	Veterans Passport To Hope
MT Carmel Veterans Service Center	$5,000	Program Support	Veterans Passport To Hope
VFW Department of Washington - 9430 Skyway	$5,000	Veterans Service Activities	Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)
Kansas City Warriors Ice Hockey Program	$5,000	Veterans Service Activities	Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)
National Association of Minority Veterans of America	$5,000	To Provide Grant for Operating Support	The Kahlert Foundation
Veterans Bridge Home	$5,000	Program Assistance	Albemarle Foundation
Ohio Honor Project	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
American Veterans Appreciation Events	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Central Oregon Veterans and Community Outreach	$5,000	Contribution for Charitable Efforts	Homes for Heroes Foundation
Grand Strand Chapter MOAA	$5,000	Contribution for Charitable Efforts	Homes for Heroes Foundation
Central Oregon Veterans and Community Outreach	$5,000	General Purpose	James H Stanard Foundation
Wounded Warrior Project	$5,000	General Donation To Support Organization Or Program	The Colorado Health Foundation
Dogs For Our Brave	$5,000	Veterans Program	The Dr Martin L Stone Charitable Foundation
David Ketchum American Legion Post #115	$5,000	Social Services	J.A. Wedum Foundation
Veterans Yoga Project	$5,000	General Operating Support	J M Kaplan Fund
Haven for Heroes	$5,000	General Support	Advisors Charitable Gift Fund
Paralyzed Veterans of America - Cal-Diego	$5,000	General Operating Support	The Community Foundation
Hire Heroes USA	$5,000	General Support	CompTIA
Wounded Warrior Project	$5,000	General Support	CompTIA
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps	$5,000	General Operating Support	Virginia B Toulmin Charitable Foundation Charitable Foundation III
Wounded Warrior Project	$5,000	General	Mudra Foundation Eames Ogle and Carder Trustees
Iwo Jima Association of America	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	Nys Troopers Pba Signal 30 Fund

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Veteran organizations" category for this page is determined by the "W30: Military, Veterans Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.