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.
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
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
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
Independent rating
Independent rating organization assessing financial health, accountability, transparency, leadership, and impact.
Verify: search "Wounded Warriors EIN 86-1336741" at charitynavigator.org
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
Phone health
Phone numbers in our directory are validated via Twilio Lookup at sample rate. Live carrier check ensures numbers are reachable.
FederalSource data
Source for our directory's VA-accredited attorney, claims agent, and VSO representative records. Bulk export from VA OGC.
FederalSource data
Source for our directory's FQHC records (sliding-fee-scale clinics that serve veterans on income-based sliding scale).
FederalSource data
Source for nursing-home, home-health, hospice, and dialysis records that accept veterans.
Every claim machine-readable. Foundation officers can verify any of these with a single curl:
Live dataset record counts, FIPS coverage, last verification timestamp, cron schedules.
Single-call complete catalog: org identity, every API endpoint, every MCP tool, every dataset, every discovery file.
Foundation-officer due-diligence packet in JSON. Org identity, mission, leadership, trust signals, public disclosures, impact, technology, grant readiness.
Auto-generated quarterly impact report backed by live data.
Multiple US 501(c)(3)s use the name "Wounded Warriors." Confirm EIN 86-1336741 to verify our organization. Distinct from:
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