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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 of donations go to program services, a figure echoed by its FAQs, CharityWatch analysis, and other summaries; this indicates that are reported as funding programmatic sup...
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...
The analyses consistently state that the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s , meaning ; this figure appears across multiple summaries and ratings cited. These findings are presented as CharityWatch and Cha...
Tunnel to Towers operates two linked but distinct housing efforts: a mortgage-free home program that pays off mortgages or delivers mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families...
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has been the subject of documented controversy centered on its , with subpoenas and reporting alleging the charity sponsored Giuliani’s livestreams and radio programmin...
Tunnel to Towers (T2T) reports that roughly 93% of funds raised go to its programs, a figure cited by both the foundation and trade reporting about its 2024 events . CharityWatch’s analysis also highl...
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 (...
Tunnel to Towers reports very high program spending: independent watchdog CharityWatch calculates the foundation spent 93% of its cash expenses on programs and 7% on fundraising/administration in the ...
Tunnel to Towers reports very high program spending: CharityWatch calculates that the foundation spent 93% of its cash expenses on programs (7% on overhead) in its most recent analysis, and CharityWat...
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation directs the bulk of donations into housing and direct support programs for fallen first responder families and catastrophically injured veterans and first responders, r...
Tunnel to Towers’ own public materials and third‑party charity evaluators show the foundation consistently reports very high program‑service ratios: CharityWatch says 93% of cash expenses went to prog...
Tunnel to Towers funds its mortgage-free home program through charitable contributions raised largely from public fundraising (including nationwide charity runs and monthly donations), substantial rev...
Tunnel to Towers reports very high program spending — CharityWatch calculates 93% of cash expenses went to programs (7% overhead) and other auditors report program ratios around 90–94% for recent year...
Publicly available watchdog and charity summaries show Tunnel to Towers spends the vast majority of its cash expenses on programs: CharityWatch reports 93% to programs (7% overhead) , while Charities ...
Tunnel to Towers reports it delivered 50 mortgage‑free homes during its 2025 “Season of Hope” between December 1 and Christmas Eve, and separately announced packages of 21 homes for fallen first‑respo...
Tunnel to Towers reports very low overhead and strong efficiency: CharityWatch calculates it spent 93% of cash expenses on programs with a cost-to-raise-$100 of $5 in its fiscal 2022 analysis, and oth...
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was founded and is led by Frank Siller in memory of his younger brother, FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who died on September 11, 2001; the foundation’s name and sign...
The available records do not report a definitive percentage for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s ; the most recent public filings and charity analyses cover fiscal years through 2023 and 2022 and sho...
Tunnel to Towers reported delivering multiple rounds of mortgage-free homes in 2024: one April 2024 release says the foundation delivered mortgage-free homes to five Gold Star families (April announce...