Verification Trail

Every external source backstopping Wounded Warriors.

Foundation officers and major donors verify in 30 seconds. Every claim we make on the homepage, in our press kit, or in a grant proposal is backed by a third-party authority below. Our entire operation is auditable.

Government / IRS

IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search (Master File)

AuthoritativeSearchable

The IRS's own database of every recognized 501(c)(3) public charity. Search EIN 86-1336741 to confirm our status, name, address, and IRS ruling year.

Verify: apps.irs.gov/app/eos · search "Wounded Warriors" or EIN 86-1336741

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

Audit-gradeForm 990

Independent source for our annual Form 990 filings. Includes financial details (revenue, expenses, executive compensation, program breakouts), governance disclosures, and historical comparisons. Four consecutive 990s on file.

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

Charity Watchdogs

Candid (formerly GuideStar) — 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency

Highest tier

Candid's Platinum Seal 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" at candid.org

Charity Navigator

Independent rating

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

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

Federal Data Sources We Integrate

US Census Bureau — ACS 5-year (2022)

FederalAuthoritative

Source of veteran demographics across 84,365 census tracts in our directory: total population, population 18+, veteran count, veteran share, poverty count + percentage, unemployment, median household income.

Source: api.census.gov · Free, public, no auth required

US Census Bureau — Geographic Encoding (Geocoder)

FederalAuthoritative

Source of FIPS state/county/tract codes for every record in our directory. We achieve 99.92% tract-level resolution through the Census batch geocoder + reverse-geocoder.

Source: geocoding.geo.census.gov

CDC PLACES (BRFSS-modeled tract estimates)

FederalHealth prevalence

Source of tract-level health prevalence estimates for 78,815 census tracts: depression, poor mental health, no insurance, any disability, smoking, binge drinking, obesity, diabetes.

Source: chronicdata.cdc.gov · Free, public

HUD User (cost-burden methodology)

FederalMethodology

HUD defines rent-burdened (30%+ of income on rent) and severely rent-burdened (50%+) — the thresholds our housing-context endpoints use. We compute these against ACS Census housing data for 80,147 tracts.

Methodology: huduser.gov

Resource Directory Verification Stack

Google Safe Browsing API

URL health

Every website URL in our directory is checked against Google's threat database. Phishing, malware, social-engineering, and unwanted-software flags are removed before publication.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine

URL healthFallback

When a resource's primary URL is temporarily down, we fall back to the most recent Wayback snapshot. Veterans always get to a working answer.

Twilio Lookup (phone validation)

Phone health

Phone numbers in our directory are validated via Twilio Lookup at sample rate. Live carrier check ensures numbers are reachable.

VA Office of General Counsel (OGC) Accredited Representative List

FederalSource data

Source for our directory's VA-accredited attorney, claims agent, and VSO representative records. Bulk export from VA OGC.

HRSA Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)

FederalSource data

Source for our directory's FQHC records (sliding-fee-scale clinics that serve veterans on income-based sliding scale).

CMS Provider Data (Medicare/Medicaid)

FederalSource data

Source for nursing-home, home-health, hospice, and dialysis records that accept veterans.

Live Verification Endpoints

Every claim machine-readable. Foundation officers can verify any of these with a single curl:

Health Status

Live dataset record counts, FIPS coverage, last verification timestamp, cron schedules.

/api/health-status

Discovery Catalog

Single-call complete catalog: org identity, every API endpoint, every MCP tool, every dataset, every discovery file.

/api/discovery

Grantmaker Snapshot

Foundation-officer due-diligence packet in JSON. Org identity, mission, leadership, trust signals, public disclosures, impact, technology, grant readiness.

/api/grantmaker/snapshot

Quarterly Impact Report

Auto-generated quarterly impact report backed by live data.

/api/impact-report

Distinct From

Multiple US 501(c)(3)s use the name "Wounded Warriors." Confirm EIN 86-1336741 to verify our organization. Distinct from:

Banks route charitable transfers by EIN, not by name.