#5 DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Charitable Service Trust
Formed in 1986, The Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust supports many programs for veterans and their families, including rehabilitation, research, and education toward improving mobility and physical and/or psychological limitations. Its grant program fulfills the needs of sick, wounded, homeless, or at-risk veterans.
#4 Fisher House Foundation
Since 1990, the Fisher House Foundation has built comfort homes where military and veteran families can stay free of charge, while a loved one is in the hospital. The Foundation also operates the Hero Miles program and manages a grant program that supports other charities and scholarship funds for military children, spouses, and children of fallen and disabled veterans. With over 96 Fisher Houses in operation within military and VA medical centers, the foundation has provided 455,000 families with lifesaving support.
#3 Hire Heroes USA
Founded in 2004, Hire Heroes USA provides personalized employment assistance to military personnel and their spouses. The free services provided by this non-profit include career coaching, resume writing, mock interviews, and mentoring. The organization also works with companies to hire and retain veterans. Hire Heroes USA has shown its effectiveness by confirming over 85K hires, recruiting 1450+ volunteers, and sharing 36K+ jobs on its board since its inception.
#2 Gary Sinise Foundation
The Gary Sinise Foundation is a charity and veterans service organization that offers a variety of programs, services and events for wounded veterans of the military. It operates as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Among its programs is the construction of specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded veterans that are provided mortgage-free. From 2011 to 2021 the Gary Sinise Foundation has raised over $300 million for wounded veterans, first responders, and their families.
To date, the Gary Sinise Foundation has built 81 specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded heroes, served more than 1,000,000 meals to America's defenders across the country, and about 500 support concerts for our troops, sponsored by the foundation.
#1 Special Operations Warrior Fund
The Special Operations Warrior Foundation’s enduring promise to America’s Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps Special Operations Personnel is to honor the fallen, and all Medal of Honor Recipients, by providing full educations and additional opportunities, “cradle to career” (preschool – college), to their children, ensuring:
(1) Comprehensive educational support including, but not limited to, academic advocacy, preschool and private school grants, tutoring, support for students with disabilities, college readiness programs, full financial assistance for up to a four-year post-secondary degree, access to our college to career transitions program, a commitment to cover educational costs for the surviving children of Special Operations Personnel whose spouses perish while the Special Operator is actively serving, while providing a variety of other practical programs and services.
(2) Provide immediate financial grants to severely combat-wounded, ill, and injured Special Operations Personnel who require hospitalization.
NOTE: A percentage of all Lance Bear Wolf signed books goes to this foundation When my Code Name Snowman series publishes, I will add it to my yearly contribution.