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Several well-known veteran charities publicly report high percentages of donations directed to programs: Homes For Our Troops reports "nearly 90 cents" of every dollar to programs , Gary Sinise Founda...
Charity Navigator lists and rates many veteran charities; multiple independent roundups in 2024–2025 repeatedly identify organizations with top Charity Navigator ratings such as Homes For Our Troops, ...
Major independent evaluators—CharityWatch, Charity Navigator and Candid/GuideStar—flag a small group of veteran charities as top-rated for financial transparency and efficiency; Homes For Our Troops, ...
The claim that many charities are viable alternatives to the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is supported: multiple organizations regularly appear as top alternatives offering . Several analyses emphasi...
Charities that consistently report the highest percentages of donations spent on direct services include Fisher House Foundation and Homes For Our Troops, which each advertise program-spending rates n...
Charity watchdogs and aggregators identify several veteran charities that report very high program-spending ratios — for example, Charities for Veterans lists organizations spending 90%+ of budgets on...
The combined analyses identify a consistent set of highly rated charities serving veterans and, to a lesser extent, first responders: prominent names include the Gary Sinise Foundation, Homes For Our ...
A short list of veteran-focused charities report exceptionally high program expense ratios — Veteran Tickets Foundation (99.3%), several smaller groups over 90%, and larger, well-known organizations l...
Charity Navigator’s public pages show many veteran charities with high ratings, but the collected sources here do not provide a single, authoritative 2025 list of all veteran charities that held five‑...
Donors seeking accountable alternatives to the Wounded Warrior Project should prioritize organizations rated highly by independent watchdogs for financial health, governance, and transparency; example...
Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is described as a large, national organization focused on post‑9/11 wounded, ill, and injured veterans with programs ranging from mental‑health support to advocacy . Fish...
Charity watchdogs and several veterans’ organizations consistently highlight charities that spend a high share of revenue on programs; examples frequently named include Homes For Our Troops (about 90%...
Donald Trump and Barack Obama both donated at least portions of their presidential salaries, but their practices differ in timing, recipients, and scale, and each has been framed differently in public...