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Recognition for the work — independently verified.

Every award and recognition listed here is independently verifiable. Foundation officers and major donors can confirm any of these in 30 seconds.

Independent watchdog ratings

2026

Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency

Highest tier offered by Candid (formerly GuideStar). Recognizes financial transparency, governance disclosure, mission clarity, impact reporting, and constituent voice. Approximately 10% of US 501(c)(3)s have any Candid seal. Far fewer reach Platinum.

Verify: search "Wounded Warriors" or EIN 86-1336741 at candid.org

2026

Charity Navigator Rated Nonprofit

Independent rating organization assessing financial health, accountability, transparency, leadership, and impact reporting.

Verify: search "Wounded Warriors EIN 86-1336741" at charitynavigator.org

Federal recognitions

2021 (ruling year)

IRS 501(c)(3) Public Charity Ruling

Recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. The IRS ruling was issued in 2021, the year of our founding.

Verify: apps.irs.gov/app/eos · search EIN 86-1336741

2022 onward

4 Consecutive Form 990 Filings on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

Four consecutive years of public Form 990 filings, available for independent diligence on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Filings include financial details, governance disclosures, executive compensation, and program breakouts.

Verify: projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/861336741

Technology firsts

April 2026

First US Veteran Nonprofit to Operate a 41-Tool Model Context Protocol Server

Wounded Warriors became the first US veteran-serving 501(c)(3) to operate a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with 41 specialized tools — making verified veteran-aid data directly accessible to AI assistants like Anthropic Claude and OpenAI ChatGPT.

Verify: /api/discovery · 41 tools listed at /.well-known/agent-card.json

April 2026

Highest FIPS-Tract Geocoding Resolution of Any US Veteran Nonprofit (99.92%)

100,352 of 100,437 veteran-aid resources in our directory are geocoded to FIPS Census tract level — neighborhood-grain precision, accurate to ~4,000-person resolution. No other US veteran-serving organization has reached this resolution at this scale.

Verify: /api/health-status shows live FIPS coverage statistics.

April 2026

Largest Open Veteran-Data Layer in the United States

Four datasets totaling approximately 265,000 records published under CC-BY 4.0: 100,437 verified veteran resources, 84,365 ACS demographic tracts, 78,815 CDC PLACES health-prevalence tracts, 80,147 ACS housing-burden tracts. All FIPS-tract keyed, machine-queryable, indexed in Google Dataset Search via Schema.org markup, and harvestable by federal Data.gov via Project Open Data v1.1 catalog.

Verify: /data · /data.json

Press & notable coverage

2026

The Austin — Texas Nonprofit Connects Veterans to Faster Help

www.theaustin.org/austin-news/texas-nonprofit-connects-veterans-to-faster-help

2026

The Houston — Bridging the Gap in Veteran Support

www.thehouston.org/news/bridging-the-gap-in-veteran-support

2026

Conroe News — Texas Nonprofit Connects Veterans with 100,000+ Verified Resources

www.conroenews.org/article/texas-nonprofit-connects-veterans-with-100-000-verified-resources

2026

Veterans News — Resources Directory

veteransnews.org/resources

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