Grant Programs & Foundation Funding

Tailored grant proposals by focus area.

Foundation grant officers — pull a proposal pack for your specific focus area. Each pack is auto-generated from our live data: tract-level service deserts, our matching program, verification sources, contacts. Paste straight into your worksheet.

Mental Health

17 veteran suicides per day · ~1.5x adult rate

Tract-level depression-prevalence data joined with veteran density. Mental-health resource gaps surfaced for outreach. 988 + Press 1 integration in our AI agent stack.

  • 78,815 CDC PLACES tracts with depression data
  • Vet Centers + crisis lines + private mental-health providers in directory
  • Crisis-detection in MCP server always surfaces 988 first
Mental Health Proposal Pack →

Housing

~32,000 veterans homeless on any given night

HUD-VASH and SSVF program eligibility joined with ACS rent-burden tracts. Veterans-paying-50%+-of-income mapped at neighborhood scale.

  • 80,147 ACS tracts with rent-burden data
  • Housing Down-Payment Assistance program (Wounded Warriors-operated)
  • HUD-VASH/SSVF facility lookup nationwide
Housing Proposal Pack →

Employment

Disabled veteran unemployment ~1.7x adult rate

DVOPs, LVERs, SkillBridge programs, American Job Centers — geocoded across all states. Veteran-friendly employer matching.

  • ~6,000 employment-services records in directory
  • ~50 known-matcher employer programs (Microsoft, JPMC, etc.)
  • Tract-level joined ACS unemployment data
Employment Proposal Pack →

Healthcare Access

8% of veterans report no health insurance

VA hospitals, clinics, FQHCs, Medicare-certified providers nationwide. Tract-level no-insurance prevalence joined with veteran density.

  • ~16,000 VA medical facilities + clinics
  • ~13,000 HRSA FQHCs (sliding-fee scale, accept veterans)
  • 78,815 tracts with no-insurance prevalence data
Healthcare Proposal Pack →

Women Veterans

~11% of US veterans are women · fastest-growing cohort

Women-veteran-specific resources: Women Veterans Health Clinics at VA, MST counselors at Vet Centers, Yellow Ribbon for spouse education.

  • VA Women Veterans Health Centers
  • Vet Centers (free MST counseling for any veteran regardless of discharge)
  • RAINN partnership for sexual-assault crisis support
Women Veterans Proposal Pack →

Rural Veterans

25% of US veterans live in rural areas

Rural service-desert detection at tract level. Rural-specific outreach for VA Telehealth, vet-specific CCBHCs, transportation grants.

  • Tract-level detection for rural service deserts
  • FQHCs in rural counties
  • VA Telehealth deployment data (joined with Census rurality)
Rural Veterans Proposal Pack →

MST & PTSD

~25% of women veterans + ~1% of male veterans report MST

Vet Centers (FREE MST counseling regardless of discharge or VA enrollment), private MST-trained therapists, PTSD residential programs.

  • ~250 Vet Centers nationwide (Readjustment Counseling Service)
  • VA PTSD residential treatment programs
  • VA Form 21-0781a markers-as-evidence MST claim path
MST/PTSD Proposal Pack →

PACT Act & Toxic Exposure

PACT Act 2022: 20+ presumptive conditions added

Veterans previously denied for now-presumptive conditions can refile via Supplemental Claim. Burn-pit, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, Gulf War, radiation exposure all covered.

  • 84-condition presumptive catalog
  • Supplemental Claim (Form 20-0995) workflow
  • CVSO + accredited representative routing
PACT Act Proposal Pack →

Education

Post-9/11 GI Bill + VR&E + DEA + Yellow Ribbon

Veteran education benefits navigation: chapter selection, school comparison, transfer to dependents, Yellow Ribbon participating schools.

  • GI Bill chapter eligibility checking
  • VR&E (Chapter 31) screening
  • DEA (Chapter 35) for survivors
Education Proposal Pack →

How our grant proposals work

Each proposal pack is auto-generated from our live D1 database + curated narrative. It contains:

Generate a custom proposal pack: /api/grantmaker/proposal-pack?focus=X&state=Y

Foundation outreach support

Need a personalized cold-email pitch for a specific foundation? /api/foundation-pitch generates a ready-to-send email template tailored to foundation name + focus area + grant size.

Direct contact

Foundation grant inquiries: partnerships@warriorsfund.org

Phone: +1-254-322-6525 · Mailing: 1790 Hughes Landing Blvd Ste 400, The Woodlands TX 77380