The only US veteran nonprofit operating like a research institute.
Wounded Warriors (Texas EIN 86-1336741, d/b/a Warriors Fund) is a 501(c)(3) public charity that publishes the largest open-data veteran-resource directory in the country, runs the first nonprofit Model Context Protocol server, and joins federal Census, CDC, and ACS datasets to surface tract-level service deserts where veterans are dying for help. Foundation officers can move on this in a week, not a year.
By the numbers
Why your foundation should fund this work
Most veteran nonprofits aggregate cash and write checks. We do that — five direct-aid programs operate today (Emergency Aid, HRT Sponsorships, Care Packages, Housing Down-Payment Assistance, Community Partnerships). But we're also building infrastructure no other veteran-serving organization in the country has built:
- A 100,437-record veteran-resource directory, FIPS-tract geocoded to 99.92% precision, that we publish openly under CC-BY 4.0.
- A Model Context Protocol server with 41 specialized tools that AI assistants like Anthropic Claude and OpenAI ChatGPT call directly when helping a veteran. Zero other US veteran nonprofits operate one.
- Federal data overlays joining the directory with Census ACS demographics, CDC PLACES health prevalences, and ACS housing-burden data — across 84,365 / 78,815 / 80,147 census tracts respectively.
- A Project Open Data v1.1 (DCAT) catalog at
/data.jsonthat federal Data.gov harvesters can pull. Schema.org Dataset markup for Google Dataset Search.
For your foundation, this means three things:
- Reach. Every dollar your foundation grants moves through infrastructure that scales to every veteran in the country, not just our 1-on-1 caseload.
- Defensibility. Open-data infrastructure compounds. The directory we built is a moat. Veterans search Google or ask ChatGPT and our data answers.
- Auditability. Every claim we make is API-verifiable in 30 seconds.
/api/health-status,/api/datasets,/api/grantmaker/snapshot,/api/insights— your due-diligence team gets machine-readable transparency. /transparency shows live data.
What we want to fund
Direct aid programs
- Emergency Financial Aid — rent / utilities / vehicle repair grants for veteran families in crisis
- HRT Sponsorships — hunting/recreational therapy retreats for combat veterans (PTSD-evidence-based)
- Care Packages — for hospitalized veterans
- Housing Down-Payment Assistance — bridges veteran families from renters to homeowners
- Community Partnerships — local outreach
Open data + AI infrastructure
- Continued federal data integration (HUD AMI, VA SAIL hospital quality)
- Spanish-language content + crisis line integration
- State-level outreach pilots in service-desert tracts
- Veterans-Day-class research reports + foundation-grade impact dashboards
- Academic research partnerships
How we compare
| Feature | Wounded Warriors / Warriors Fund | Typical veteran nonprofit |
|---|---|---|
| Open-data directory | 100,437 records, CC-BY 4.0 | Closed, paywalled, or none |
| FIPS-tract geocoding | 99.92% coverage | Rarely tract-level |
| Federal data joins (Census ACS, CDC PLACES, ACS housing) | ~265K joined records | No |
| AI agent integration (MCP server) | 41 tools, public, free | No |
| Schema.org Dataset markup | 4 datasets indexed | No |
| Project Open Data v1.1 catalog | /data.json published | No |
| Public API + OpenAPI 3.0 spec | 62 endpoints | Limited or none |
| Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency (2026) | Yes | ~10% of 501(c)(3)s have any seal |
| 4 consecutive Form 990s on ProPublica | Yes | Some |
Get the proposal pack
One endpoint returns a complete grant-proposal data pack — service deserts ranked by your focus area, our matching programs, verification sources, contacts. Foundation officers paste straight into proposal worksheets.
Sample: TX mental-health proposal pack → Grantmaker snapshot →
For confidential foundation outreach: partnerships@warriorsfund.org · +1-254-322-6525 · live transparency dashboard
Diligence-grade resources
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (4 consecutive Form 990s)
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search (search EIN 86-1336741)
- Live health/status dashboard — datasets, FIPS coverage, last verification
- Full machine-readable catalog
- Org timeline (founding to current)
- Open data catalog + academic citations
- Press kit