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FY 2024

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2024EIN 43-1758998

Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation

KANSAS CITY, MONTEE: J20IFounded 1996Website

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Total Revenue

$6.2M

FY 2024

Program Spending

86.2%

of total expenses

Known Funders

162

2019–2025 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2024)

The Numbers

$23.6M

Total Assets

$23.3M net

39.95 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2024

Active Programs

FY 2024

Sector

NTEE J20I

Funding Track Record

Backed by 162 Institutional Funders

$8.2M raised across 480 grants · +$1K committed (2019–2025 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 38 states (2019–2025 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$1,955,256
Wounded Warrior Project Inc	Jacksonville, FL	$1,410,000
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$919,928
American Online Giving Foundation Inc	NEWARK, DE	$581,688
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States	KANSAS CITY, MO	$273,526
National Philanthropic Trust	JENKINTOWN, PA	$246,700
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program	SOUTHEASTERN, PA	$228,000
Christian Community Foundation Inc	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	$190,000
The US Charitable Gift Trust	Boston, MA	$178,706
George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation	GREENSBORO, NC	$150,000

Total tracked: $8,178,074 across 480 grants · +$1,226 committed across 9 commitments (2019–2025 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2024)

What They Do

$5.0M in expenses

Veterans Service Activities - The mission is to secure, manage and distribute resources to support veterans, active-duty personnel, the National Guard and reserve, their families, and communities. The VFW Foundation, in support of this mission, assisted over 12 military families in need of financial assistance with disbursements of $27,245 through the Un-Met Needs program to help families experiencing financial hardships with mortgage, car loans, utilities and other payments. The VFW Foundation provided grants of $200,000 that were used for recognition events for military members and their families and other programs to assist veterans. The VFW Foundation provided grants of $583,000 to the VFW that were or will be used to help veteran families impacted by natural disasters. The VFW Foundation expended $1,375,000 to provide scholarships for the VFW's Help-A-Hero Scholarship program. This program provides up to $5,000 in scholarships to veterans or current military personnel with a rank of E-5 or below. Additionally, the VFW Foundation expended $2,150,000 to support VFW Service Officers. These officers play 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 veterans and their dependents or survivors. This structure ensures that no veteran, dependent or survivor needs to deal with the agencies administering veteran's programs without expert representation. For the 2025 federal fiscal year, the Department of Veterans Affairs reported over 608,000 veterans and eligible dependents represented by VFW Service Officers received more than $16.2 billion in earned benefits.

$1.0M in expenses

Community Service & Public Awareness - The mission supports programs that foster patriotism, citizenship education and volunteerism, community improvement and youth development programs. The VFW Foundation made grants of $650,000 to assist VFW Posts and Auxiliaries with outreach projects in their respective communities, so that VFW Posts could continue to be a resource for their local communities. Additionally, the VFW Foundation provided a grant of $145,000 to help support a trip that recognizes high school students that were awarded scholarships based on essays they wrote on a patriotic theme.

Financial History