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Grants & institutional funding

Five direct-aid programs available for foundation, donor-advised fund, and corporate funding. Each landing page is built for foundation program officers, DAF advisors, and corporate CSR teams — with sourced statistics, a transparent program model, funding levels with use-of-funds, machine-readable reporting, and a single-click path to schedule a call or pull a proposal pack.

Warriors Fund · operating brand of Wounded Warriors · Texas 501(c)(3) public charity · EIN 86-1336741 · IRS ruling year 2021 · Candid 2026 Platinum Seal · four consecutive Form 990s on ProPublica · Kaufman Rossin & Co, P.A.–prepared returns (FY2024 audit underway).

Why fund Warriors Fund

Five reasons foundation officers, DAF advisors, and corporate CSR teams choose us — each independently verifiable in under a minute.

Candid 2026 Platinum Seal

Candid's highest transparency tier. Requires strategy, leadership, financials, and equity disclosure.

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Direct-to-vendor disbursement

Emergency grants pay landlords, utilities, and clinics directly — never the veteran. Eliminates fraud risk and ensures the gap actually closes.

Veteran-led leadership

Founded and run by a U.S. military veteran. Decisions made by people who have navigated the system themselves.

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No government funding

Zero federal, state, or VA dollars. Every grant supports work that isn't already being funded somewhere else.

Form 990 publicly available

Four consecutive Form 990s on ProPublica. FY2024 return prepared by Kaufman Rossin & Co, P.A. (top-100 CPA firm); FY2024 audit engagement currently underway.

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Restricted gifts honored

We accept gifts restricted by state, service era, demographic, or program. Restricted gifts $50K+ receive Board acknowledgment.

FY2024 financials & impact

Sourced from our IRS Form 990 Parts I and III. View full filing on ProPublica →

$571,632
Total revenue
Form 990 Part I Line 12
$702,604
Total expenses
Form 990 Part IX Line 25 (incl. $310,456 in grants)
$248,981
Direct grants paid
To individual veterans
$61,475
Partner-org grants
4 partner organizations
972
Individuals supported
Community outreach + care packages
156
Veterans assisted
Medical / HRT sponsorships

FY2024 expenses exceeded revenue ($130,972 deficit) — a deliberate disbursement from reserves built in prior fiscal years to meet a surge in emergency-aid demand. Reserves and operating runway are detailed in the Form 990 Schedule O narrative.

Five funding-ready programs

Each landing page includes a funder-grade problem statement with sourced statistics, a transparent program model, funding tiers with use-of-funds, Schema.org MonetaryGrant markup, and a machine-readable proposal pack endpoint.

Veteran emergency assistance / poverty alleviation
Emergency Financial Aid
Direct grants paid to landlords, utility companies, and medical providers — preventing eviction, utility shutoff, and medical-debt spirals for veteran families one missed paycheck from collapse. Median grant: $1,200. Fun…
$25,000–$500,000 underwrite the next 12 months of grants
NTEE P81 · Travelers Aid / Emergency Financial Assistance
LGBTQ+ veterans / health equity
HRT Sponsorships
Many transgender veterans face care gaps when transitioning between VA, civilian, and Medicaid coverage — or when their VA facility lacks a willing prescriber. HRT Sponsorships pay for clinic visits, labs, and prescripti…
$10,000–$250,000 underwrite the next 12 months of sponsorships
NTEE E70 · Public Health Programs
Veteran healthcare / hospital comfort programs
Care Packages for Hospitalized Veterans
Comfort items, hygiene supplies, books, blankets, and handwritten notes — delivered to veterans on extended VA Medical Center stays and inpatient mental-health units. Designed in coordination with VA volunteer services. …
$5,000–$100,000 underwrite the next round of packages
NTEE P82 · Developmentally Disabled Centers / Hospitalized Patient Services
Veteran housing / wealth-building / poverty alleviation
Housing Down-Payment Assistance
Direct grants that close the gap between a veteran's savings and a VA-loan-approved down payment. Pairs with VA-loan zero-down financing to handle closing costs, earnest money, and bridge gaps that would otherwise force …
$50,000–$1,000,000 underwrite the next year of down-payment grants
NTEE L40 · Low-Cost Temporary Housing / Housing Counseling
Veteran-supportive corporate CSR / employer matching / hiring
Corporate Partnerships
Three corporate-partnership tracks: matching-gift platform integration (we are listed in Benevity, YourCause, Cybergrants, Bright Funds, Millie), veteran-hiring partnerships (referral network from our 145,200-record dire…
$10,000–$1,000,000 multi-year corporate sponsorships
NTEE W30 · Military and Veterans Organizations - Multipurpose

Populations we serve

Foundations filter on populations. We accept restricted gifts to any of these — restrictions $50K+ require Board acknowledgment per our Gift Acceptance Policy.

Post-9/11 veterans

OEF/OIF/OND era. Highest disability-claims volume. Predominantly served via emergency aid + PACT-Act claims navigation.

Women veterans

Fastest-growing veteran cohort. Disproportionately affected by MST, housing instability, gender-specific VA care gaps.

LGBTQ+ veterans

Trans veterans served via HRT sponsorships. Gay/lesbian veterans facing discharge-upgrade and benefits-restoration needs.

Homeless / housing-unstable

Direct emergency aid + housing down-payment program + bridge to HUD-VASH / SSVF.

MST survivors

Military sexual trauma survivors needing claim support, MST-specialized counseling referrals, and emergency aid.

Hospitalized + inpatient

Care packages delivered via VA Voluntary Service to inpatient medical + psychiatric units. Post-discharge bridge support.

Tax-advantaged giving vehicles

Beyond cash grants — your DAF, IRA, appreciated stock, and crypto are all efficient paths to fund Warriors Fund.

Donor-advised funds

Listed at all major DAF platforms: Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, NPT, and 10+ others. Search by EIN 86-1336741.

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Qualified Charitable Distribution

If you're 70½+ with an IRA, the 2026 QCD limit is $111,000 (IRS Pub 590-B). One-time $55,000 QCD-to-CGA option under SECURE 2.0 §307.

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Appreciated stock (DTC)

Avoid capital gains, deduct full fair-market-value. Schwab Charitable DTC #0164. Wire instructions on request.

Stock transfer details →
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ other tokens accepted via The Giving Block. Receipt at fair-market-value at time of transfer.

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Planned giving / bequest

Charitable Remainder Trusts, Charitable Gift Annuities, retained life estates, life insurance, beneficiary designations.

Planned giving options →
Corporate matching

Pre-registered on Benevity, YourCause, Cybergrants, and Bright Funds. Search EIN 86-1336741 in your employer's matching-gift portal.

Employer match details →

What your grant underwrites

Per-tier use-of-funds across the five-program portfolio. Specific allocation can be restricted to one program or left unrestricted at funder preference.

$5,000
Funds ~4 emergency-aid grants or ~10 HRT sponsorships, or sponsors a quarterly care-package delivery to one VAMC unit. Funder acknowledged in our annual report.
$25,000
Underwrites a quarter of emergency-aid disbursement (~20 grants) or a full year of HRT sponsorships for ~50 veterans. Quarterly anonymized impact report.
$100,000
Underwrites a state-specific emergency-aid track for one year (4–6 awards per month) or scales housing down-payment assistance to a second metro. Funder logo on /transparency dashboard, quarterly briefing call.
$500,000+
Founding-funder underwrite of a program through 50-state scale-up. Disbursement automation, dedicated caseworker capacity, and influence over geographic + demographic prioritization. Annual on-site visit.

Our funder process

Predictable, time-bound, no theater. Most foundations complete diligence and a first disbursement within 60 days of initial contact.

1
Discovery call

30-minute call with the Executive Director, scheduled within 5 business days of inquiry. Goal: confirm program fit and restriction landscape.

2
Diligence packet

Form 990s, audit (if available), Form 1023 ruling letter, board roster, conflict-of-interest + gift-acceptance + records-retention policies, program logic model. Delivered within 3 business days.

3
Grant agreement

MoU / grant agreement matched to your foundation's template. Reporting cadence (quarterly, semi-annual, annual) set at signing. Restricted-gift acknowledgment from the Board if $50K+.

4
Disbursement + reporting

Funds disbursed per agreement. Reports delivered on cadence with anonymized case summaries + geographic + demographic breakdowns. Real-time machine-readable feed at /api/impact-report.

Press & recognition

Independent coverage of our work — verifying us alongside the IRS, Candid, ProPublica, and Charity Navigator.

Conroe News

Texas nonprofit Warrior Fund connects veterans with 109,400 resources.

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The Austin

Texas nonprofit connects veterans to faster help.

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The Houston

Bridging gaps in veteran support through faster access.

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Ready to talk?

Schedule a 30-minute discovery call with our Executive Director, request a proposal pack tailored to your portfolio focus, or download our charity-data file for your DAF or matching-gift portal review.

Schedule a discovery call → Request a proposal pack Charity data (DAF / portal review)