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Tunnel to Towers (Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation) reports that a high share of donations funds programs — independent charity graders show program-service ratios around 90–93% and Charity ...
The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation was founded after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to honor FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller and to assist military, veterans and first responders; its programs...
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 ...
The official 2025 IRS Form 990 for Turning Point USA (EIN 80‑0835023) is publicly obtainable from federal and third‑party aggregators that republish IRS filings — principally the IRS bulk downloads an...
Public financial records are partly available and partly fragmented: the political arm “American Freedom PAC / AFPAC” files regular campaign finance reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) ...
Charity Navigator, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, and GuideStar/Candid occupy distinct niches: Charity Navigator is a numerical rater focused on financial health plus evolving outcome measures, BBB Wise Gi...
A definitive list of named donors and gift amounts appearing in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) annual report and its IRS Form 990 cannot be compiled from t...
No, the available reporting does not show recent downgrades of St. Jude by major watchdogs; Charity Navigator currently lists ALSAC—St. Jude’s fundraising arm—as a 4‑out‑of‑4 star charity and multiple...
Donors seeking verification of a veteran charity’s financial transparency should go beyond a single star rating and triangulate data from multiple watchdogs, government filings, the charity’s own audi...
News organizations and institutions pursue impartiality through rules, editorial guidelines and oversight, but scholars and recent scandals show those systems can fail or be interpreted differently (e...
Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) presents itself as a major funder of veteran services and reports transparency and program spending through its annual reports and financial pages; third‑party profiles a...