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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...
Tunnel to Towers reports a program-service ratio of about 90–93% (meaning 7–10% overhead) depending on the source and year: CharityWatch and Tunnel to Towers state 93% program spending / 7% overhead (...
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, ...
Most available data show that charitable giving to military and veterans’ organizations is small compared with total U.S. philanthropy: Indiana University’s Military & Veterans Community Index (MVCI) ...
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...
The Gary Sinise Foundation reports that 89% of every dollar donated in fiscal year 2025 went to programs (implying 11% to administrative/fundraising), while independent reviewers using the 2024 tax re...
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...
Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) presents audited financials and claims strong evaluator recognition — Charity Navigator gives WWP a 4‑star rating and WWP highlights a 2025 Platinum Seal from Candid and ...
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 ...
Donors seeking the Gary Sinise Foundation’s audited consolidated financial statements and recent IRS Form 990 filings can find those documents both on the Foundation’s own “Financials” web page — whic...
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...
Yes — a wide ecosystem of specialized charities serves firefighters, police officers, and other first responders, ranging from national foundations that pay funeral and mortgage costs to local union-b...
Large veteran and first‑responder charities often advertise program‑spending ratios in the 75–93% range, and independent watchdogs generally expect 75%–80% or more of budgets to go to programs; howeve...
Charitable veterans groups vary widely in reported overhead: some high-profile organizations advertise program-spending ratios (Gary Sinise Foundation reports 89% to programs) while sector-wide data s...
Which veteran charities spend the highest share of donations on direct programs depends on which rating or list you consult: watchdogs and charity sites repeatedly highlight organizations that spend 8...
Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) reported that more than 70% of its fiscal‑year 2024 expenses — "over $263 million" of $376 million total — were spent on programs and services (WWP’s claim) while indepen...
Independent evaluators differ in methods, but available reporting shows CharityWatch highlights "Top-Rated" veterans charities that generally spend 75%+ on programs and limit fundraising costs, while ...
The Gary Sinise Foundation, launched by actor Gary Sinise in 2011–2012, focuses on veterans, first responders and their families and is best known for its R.I.S.E. program that builds mortgage‑free, s...
Local and regional veteran nonprofits routinely earn high ratings on review sites and sometimes report program-spending ratios as high as — or higher than — large national groups; examples in the reco...