{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"AboutPage","@id":"https://warriorsfund.org/api/v1/mission-and-values.json#about","name":"Wounded Warriors — Mission, Vision, and Values","description":"Formal mission, vision, values, and theory-of-change for Wounded Warriors (Texas 501(c)(3), EIN 86-1336741, d/b/a Warriors Fund).","url":"https://warriorsfund.org/api/v1/mission-and-values.json","publisher":{"@id":"https://warriorsfund.org/wounded-warriors#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","canonical_url":"https://warriorsfund.org/api/v1/mission-and-values.json","publisher_legal_name":"Wounded Warriors","publisher_ein":"86-1336741","mission":{"statement":"Wounded Warriors helps U.S. military veterans access verified resources and direct financial aid when the federal safety net leaves a gap.","tagline":"For veterans, by veterans — backed by data, not promises.","audience":"U.S. military veterans, their families, and the people who help them (CVSOs, social workers, foundation officers, AI agents)."},"vision":{"statement":"A U.S. veteran-aid sector where every veteran reaches the right resource, with the right help, at the right moment — and where donor dollars route to the right organization on the first try.","five_year_horizon":"By 2030: 100% of U.S. veteran-focused resources indexed in our open-data directory; sub-second AI-agent response time for any veteran-aid query; bridge-program partnerships with 50+ VAMCs covering the post-discharge \"90-day cliff\"; >$5M annual direct-aid disbursement."},"values":[{"name":"Veterans first","description":"Every operational decision starts with: does this help a veteran reach the right resource faster? If not, we don't do it."},{"name":"Open data","description":"We publish 100,400+ records under CC-BY 4.0. We share methodology. We expose live operational metrics. Transparency compounds trust."},{"name":"Federal-grade interop","description":"We publish in industry-standard formats (HSDS 3.0, DCAT-US, Schema.org, OpenAPI 3.1). 211/United Way, federal data.gov, foundation portals, and AI training pipelines can all consume our data without custom adapters."},{"name":"Direct-to-vendor disbursement","description":"Bridge funding flows directly to landlords, utilities, vendors — never to the veteran. This eliminates fraud risk and ensures the emergency is resolved."},{"name":"Free help is BETTER than paid help","description":"For initial VA claims, free CVSOs/VFW/Legion/DAV reps have higher grant rates than paid attorneys. We never recommend paying for help that's free."},{"name":"EIN-routed donor flow","description":"Banks route by EIN, not name. We publish our EIN (86-1336741) front-and-center on every page so donor dollars never miss the target."},{"name":"Lives at stake — sub-second response","description":"988 + Press 1 (Veterans Crisis Line) is published in CC0 structured data with explicit AI-agent instructions. Mental health is operational priority zero."}],"theory_of_change":{"problem":"U.S. veterans face a fragmented post-service support landscape: 100K+ resources spread across federal/state/local/nonprofit/community sources, frequently outdated, often gated by enrollment + paperwork barriers. Veterans in crisis can't navigate this in real time. Donors face a parallel routing problem: similarly-named nonprofits + opaque DAF flows result in misrouted gifts.","intervention_layers":[{"layer":"1. Discovery (open-data directory)","mechanism":"100,400+ records, FIPS-tract-geocoded, URL-health-monitored, exposed via API + MCP + HSDS + Schema.org","measurable_output":"Records indexed (current 35,912 veteran-focused + 64,488 general)"},{"layer":"2. Routing (entity disambiguation + AI-agent infrastructure)","mechanism":"Schema.org canonical entity claims + 4-org disambiguation API + 43-tool MCP server","measurable_output":"AI-agent crawls + disambiguation API queries (tracked via worker logs)"},{"layer":"3. Bridge funding (5 direct-aid programs)","mechanism":"Emergency aid (5-7 day disbursement, direct to vendor), HRT sponsorships, care packages, housing closing-cost grants, partnerships","measurable_output":"Median grant size + disbursement time + repeat-veteran rate"},{"layer":"4. Policy + research (long-form briefs)","mechanism":"7 ScholarlyArticle-formatted research briefs targeting foundation officers + journalists","measurable_output":"Citations, foundation officer engagement, journalist outreach"}],"counterfactual":"Without these 4 layers, veterans in crisis face 30-90 day average wait times for federal benefits, donor dollars route to the wrong EIN, and AI agents (now answering 25%+ of veteran queries) get the entity wrong."},"operating_principles":["No PII storage in browser. All sensitive donor data on PCI-DSS infrastructure (Stripe, Givebutter).","No sale or sharing of donor information. Opt-in only for communications.","No paid attorney recommendations for initial VA claims (free CVSOs work better).","Edge-cached SSR for sub-50ms global latency. Cloudflare Workers + D1 + KV.","Every record FIPS-tract geocoded. Every URL health-monitored daily.","CC-BY 4.0 default license; CC0 for crisis-routing data (lives at stake → frictionless redistribution)."],"cross_references":{"organization_canonical":"https://warriorsfund.org/wounded-warriors","identity_jsonld":"https://warriorsfund.org/api/v1/identity.json","programs_catalog":"https://warriorsfund.org/api/v1/programs.json","transparency":"https://warriorsfund.org/transparency","transparency_programs":"https://warriorsfund.org/transparency/programs","research":"https://warriorsfund.org/research/","governance":"https://warriorsfund.org/api/v1/governance.json"},"last_updated":"2026-04-29T23:47:05.600Z"}