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The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation has generated supporting 9/11 first responders, veterans, and fallen-first-responder families, while also attracting specific governance and transaction ...
Charity watchdogs rank all three organizations highly: Tunnel to Towers earns an A+ from CharityWatch and a 4‑star score from Charity Navigator, with CharityWatch saying it spent 93% of cash expenses ...
Tunnel to Towers reports that only a small percentage of donations go to fundraising and administrative (overhead) costs; independent charity evaluators quantify that overhead in the single digits — C...
Independent charity evaluators Charity Navigator and CharityWatch both rate the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation highly: Charity Navigator gives the organization a top 4‑star rating (includi...
The core, verifiable claim is that the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation holds a top-tier Charity Navigator rating: multiple analyses state it has earned a rating from Charity Navigator for s...
Tunnel to Towers (officially the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation) is funded mainly by public donations — individual gifts, event registration proceeds, corporate partners and gift-in-kind p...
Charity watchdogs rate the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation highly: CharityWatch gives it an “A+” and reports it spent 93% of cash expenses on programs in 2022 (overhead 7%) . Charity Naviga...
Charity Navigator currently lists the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation with a four‑star (4/4) overall rating; Tunnel to Towers itself says it has maintained a four‑star rating for multiple c...
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 ...
Donors to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation can claim charitable tax deductions because the organization is documented as a tax-exempt public charity and a 501(c), but the existing summar...
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...
Charity watchdogs that appear in the provided reporting generally give the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation high marks: Charity Navigator shows a four‑star rating and a 97% finance/accountab...
The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation uses EIN (Federal Tax ID) 02-0554654 for donations; the foundation lists that number repeatedly on its own materials and on third‑party charity databases...
Over the last several years the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation has reported a low overhead share—charity evaluators and the foundation itself report program-service percentages in the low ...
The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation reports that the large majority of its spending goes to programmatic work rather than overhead; independent evaluators and watchdogs put program spending...
Charity Navigator currently lists the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation with a top 4/4 star rating, signaling strong performance under its financial and accountability metrics, while also not...
Tunnel to Towers (Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation) holds Charity Navigator’s top overall score — a 4‑star rating — and has earned perfect marks in Accountability & Transparency in past repo...
Available reporting and public documents in the provided sources show no recent lawsuit or whistleblower complaint explicitly filed against the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation or its execut...
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 who gave to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation (commonly “Tunnel to Towers”) claim charitable deductions on their 2025 federal returns the same way they claim gifts to any IRS-recog...