This is an organization that sends out non solicited junk to make people feel guilty enough to donate.
They have a 2/4 star review on charity navigator: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/261446183
They do not meet the standards of give.org: https://give.org/charity-reviews/veterans-and-military/disabled-veterans-national-foundation-in-lanham-md-18693
They send fake checks and if people get frustrated after receiving the junk they send the check will bounce and often cause them an additional fee.
Their expense ratio has been listed at .77 meaning they spend 77cents per every dollar they take in which is very bad. This means that even if they gave 100% of that money they would only be sending 23 cents of every dollar to veterans. Several stories expose that they don't even give that much
Furthermore they have been found guilty of fraud in the past and haven't changed their ways:
https://blog.charitywatch.org/f-ratings-veterans-charities-to-avoid-this-veterans-day-2024/
Avoid at all costs, find a charity that actually gives most of their money to their cause and help save our landfills from more junk.
The other ratings on this site seem like they are from the few people that they actually give money to just so they can get reviews..... Do the research this is the only site that says they are good and it seems rigged.
DVNF has granted funds to Semper K9 to help us provide military support dogs to facilities that work with disabled veterans. Thank you for helping us continue this life changing work for our military families! Semper Fi!
DVNF has given Veterans Yoga Project $9,000 in grant support needed to expand our communication software, streamlining our task management process and therefore better meet the demands and needs of our veterans through Mindful Resilience. Veterans Yoga Project is grateful for the valuable work done by DVNF.
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We at Veterans Yoga Project honor the work Disabled Veterans National Foundation does to provide critically needed support to disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded—physically or psychologically—after defending our safety and our freedom. And, we are most grateful to have the partnership of Disabled Veterans National Foundation as we bring forward our mission to support recovery and resilience among our veterans, families, and communities.
Funding from Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) supports new online, web-based components to further Veterans Yoga Project’s reach and ability to help the military veteran community. It supports the development of a professionally produced online Practice Library as a resource for continued education and support and will allow at-risk and disabled veterans to access valuable Mindful Resilience self-regulation tools and skills on-demand from any of their electronic devices.
We applaud DVNF's vision and are thankful for its recognition of the value of offering veterans mobile and online access to the resources we provide.
Queen of Hearts Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. (Queen of Hearts) is very humbled and honored to be selected as a recipient of a $15,000 from Disabled Veterans National Foundation in 2019 for Queen of Hearts Equine Services for Heroes (ES4H) program.
Queen of Hearts serves many veterans, from recent deployments and deployments as far back as the Korean War, who face a wide variety of issues and disabilities ranging from mild to severe, including traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, missing limbs or appendages, paralysis and re-adapting to civilian society. These are all conditions that have been demonstrated as treatable or can be ameliorated with the activities and staff of the ES4H program.
DVNF is helping Queen of Hearts expand and sustain its existing service, improve outreach to the veteran community, and motivate participants to keep coming to their sessions. This is important because the veterans' continuing commitment to come for help has proven to be an insurmountable challenge. Certified PATH Intl therapeutic riding instructors, certified certified peer support specialists, and horses are able to be the veterans' partners to encourage them along their individual paths to not only healing and stability, but to thriving in their daily lives.
Thank you DVNF for you very generous support.
Homes 4 Families is grateful to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for its support of our trauma-informed programming for low-income veterans and their families. The contribution from DVNF will help fund vet-to-vet art, writing, and music workshops, tutoring for military children, a veteran mentorship program, and more. These workshops will help veterans and military families address and cope with their invisible wounds of war such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), Secondary Trauma, and more. Thank you Disabled Veterans National Foundation for supporting the healing of our veterans and families!
DVNF has generously provided Helios Warriors (helioswarriors.com) with a $9,825 grant to acquire movable room dividers, massage tables, portable zero gravity loungers and other equipment to turn an empty room into a flexible space that can create three private treatment rooms or be opened up to accommodate yoga, tai chi and other classes. We provide holistic health care services and education/career counseling and coaching to to help veterans and their families soar in Western North Carolina. We focus on serving the low-income and homeless veterans...and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds.
Our entire team and the military and veteran families we serve at Eagle Rock Camp give a HUGE THANK YOU to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for becoming our newest funding partner! Because of your generosity, we are able to expand our program to reach even more families than before. Our week-long retreats use interactive workshops and therapeutic outdoor recreation to bring our military families together and show them how to thrive while struggling with the after-effects of combat deployments. Our warriors return home with physical, PTS, invisible and moral/spiritual wounds. Our programs bring them together, show them a new way to heal and emerge as empowered family units. Love and purpose are restored - families and lives are saved.
You can check out their work at www.dvnf.org and our work at www.eaglerockcamp.org. #wehelpmilfams #Thank you!
DVNF is a tremendous organization making an incredible impact on the disabled veterans community. As a recent recipient of a generous grant from DVNF, the EQUI-VETS program at EQUI-KIDS is gearing up for an incredible year of serving our wounded service members. The grant will allow us to accomplish many goals set for the program, ultimately resulting in the organization's capacity to serve additional members of our armed services community with various equine-assisted activities and enhance the quality of our programs. The disabled veterans community deserves the best possible care while battling their physical and emotional scars, as they have sacrificed so much for our country. Thank you, DVNF, for helping us serve those who have served us!
Many thanks to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for their generous grant award for the Sunny Creek Ranch Equine Services “Horses For Heroes” Program located in Montgomery County, Texas. The DVNF charitable donation enables the “Horses for Heroes” Professional Team to expand its services to provide equine assisted psychotherapy sessions, certified by EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association), free of charge for active duty military, Disabled Veterans, Veterans, and their military families.
Licensed mental health professionals and certified equine specialists, deliver focused, experiential, action-oriented psychotherapy, by utilizing therapy horses. Research evidence indicates that equine assisted therapy participants, especially combat Veterans and those with PTSD, experience a greater reduction in symptoms with equine assisted therapy versus traditional talk therapy and anti-depressants and benzodiazepine medications. Therapeutic sessions (small group and individual) are held weekly, free of charge. As a 501(c)3 organization, the “Horses For Heroes” Professional Team works to provide psychotherapeutic services, in a confidential and private ranch setting, whereby our Veterans can heal from their physical and/or psychological wounds and move forward.
The “Horses For Heroes” Program is operated BY Veterans and their families, FOR Veterans and their families. Our Disabled Veteran participants represent all branches of the U.S. Military – Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, National Guard, as well as Department of Defense contractors exposed to combat, spouses, and children of Disabled Veterans. Presently our clients range in age from 24 to 71 years of age.
We are deeply grateful for the support and work the DVNF conducts for our Disabled Veterans. Without this substantial grant award, we would be unable to provide expanded equine assisted therapies for Veterans and their family members seeking this recent research-based intervention. We value our partnership with DVNF! We look forward to providing greater numbers of Disabled Veterans with solutions that meet them squarely on their own terms, and provide them with powerful breakthroughs and life-changing insights. We are not defined by our scars, but by what we do when our wounds close. Our mission is to get our Disabled Veterans all the way home through the horse-human connection.
HeartStrides Therapeutic Horsemanship is thankful to receive a grant from DVNF to support our Warrior Horsemanship: The Next Mission program for veterans. This 6-week program utilizes Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies (EAAT), a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, certified peers, and equine peer supports to guide veterans and active duty military personnel through activities and discussions that foster post-traumatic growth, promote positive relationship skills and teach core values in an effort to overcome barriers related to mental health and/or substance use issues. We are grateful for the work DVNF does to support our veterans, and forever thankful for their support of our program! Thank you for helping us to help our veterans!
-Kristy Dees, Founding Director of HeartStrides Therapeutic Horsemanship
Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) is making meaningful change in the lives of veterans. Thank you for all of your great work!
In particular, thank you to DVNF for helping Garden-Raised Bounty's Victory Farm and Garden Project support over 50 military veterans through their generous grant!
With their support, veterans will be growing healthy food, themselves and the community at the veteran designed and led farm in Lacey, WA. These self proclaimed Victory Farmers are working shoulder to shoulder to grow food for themselves and the Lacey Food Bank Hub, learn and teach technical career skills, lead educational workshops for the community, build free backyard gardens for families with low incomes and more! This program is designed to increase physical and mental well being. Since the beginning of this program, 5 veteran participants have disclosed participation has prevented their death by suicide. Thank you DVNF, for making a positive difference in the lives of veterans in our community!
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Garden Raised Bounty is grateful to DVNF for its partnership in launching a new initiative supporting veterans and hungry families in our community. Their support enables us to launch a veteran-run farm serving food bank clients in our area. The farm will not only grow fresh, nutritious food but will host peer support activities. Because of DVNF, our community's veterans will have a resource for growing relationships through community service, and hungry families will have greater access to food. It's been a pleasure working with the Foundation. We feel fortunate that they decided to help us with a capacity-building grant at this moment, enabling us to take advantage of a powerful opportunity to grow meaningful programming.
DVNF has supported Warrior Expeditions (a non-profit outdoor therapy program for combat veterans) for two years now. DVNF has very detailed application and reporting requirements for their grantees - as a veteran myself, that makes me feel good about the oversight they're giving to all the organizations they help. They don't just write a check and forget about it. They separate the grant into 2 payments - requiring a mid-term report on how the first check was spent before they release the second check. They require a detailed final report before accepting any new applications (also very detailed). I don't love the paperwork, but I appreciate the scrutiny on behalf of the people that donate to DVNF and veterans who are supposed to be benefitting. I can say on behalf of Warrior Expeditions that 100% of the money DVNF donated last year went directly to help combat veterans in our outdoor therapy programs. The grant purchased equipment, supplies, and support for veterans - not a cent went to admin or fundraising costs. www.WarriorExpeditions.org
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Thanks so much to DVNF! Their grant will help provide 40 combat veterans with long-distance outdoor therapy through Warrior Expeditions. DVNF's generosity will support these veterans for 3-6 months as they hike, bike, and paddle across America - learning to use the outdoors as a coping mechanism for the mental and physical wounds of war. Through their support of nonprofits like Warrior Expeditions, DVNF is sponsoring unique solutions to veterans' issues and filling-in existing gaps in veterans' care - THANK YOU!!
Quality of Life Plus (QL+) is the proud recipient of a grant from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) that will support QL+ programs at 18 of our Nation’s top universities. The QL+ programs will dramatically improve disabled veterans' quality of life. QL+ student engineers develop novel technical solutions to assist and enhance the quality of life for military personnel and veterans with disabilities. Throughout the academic year, QL+ mentors, monitors, and supports the collaboration between the veterans and the student teams. At the end of the academic year, the student teams formally present the completed assistive device or modified hardware to the veteran for use in their daily life. Each project is unique, and the innovations are created to give the veterans increased mobility and independence to engage in the activities they enjoy. Due to the generosity of DVNF, we can support more projects, thereby helping more veterans.
We are thankful to have received a $21,000 grant from DVNF, to support K9s on The Front Line's mission of providing fully trained PTSD service dogs to combat Veterans, at no cost to the recipients. The application process is rigorous yet fair, and communication is excellent throughout. We appreciate DVNF's commitment to novel and successful approaches in care for our Veterans, and DVNF's understanding of potential economic impact via health care utilization review.
We are grateful for the grant from DVNF for the 2019-2020 year allowing us to offer 10 veterans 22 hours of Equine Assisted Therapies and Horsemanship sessions. Helping Veterans Find a Purpose:
Veterans interact with a horse to nurture self-awareness, trust, coping skills and relationship skills, contributing to improved quality of life and hope for the future. This program is also designed to help our veterans who volunteer throughout the year desensitizing to larger groups, high stimulus activities and the opportunity for mentorship for our local youth.
We live in a rural community with a Veteran population of 24,569. Helping Veterans Find a Purpose program we are requesting funds for will address mental health and substance abuse in a combined approach of Psychotherapy and Horsemanship.
Thank you for helping us to help our Veterans!
Kassie Schuerr
CEO/Director Kingman's Healing Hooves
Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation Inc (WWIA) is grateful for the generosity of Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) for the grant they awarded our Foundation. Through their generous donation, we are able to provide services to more of our Purple Heart recipients. Their gift will be used to help defray the cost of travel for our participants to any of the annual events held across the U.S. We are grateful to be partnered with DVNF and look forward to a mutually supporting relationship going forward.
StableStrides, a nonprofit orgnaization providing equine assisted therapeutic services to people with disabilities and special needs, is honored to be the recipient of a Capacity Building Grants from DVNF in 2019. This support will allow StableStrides to help veterans find heal and healing through horses. We're so proud to count DVNF as a partner in changing lives!
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Huge thanks to everyone at the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) for the recent grant award to Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Center. DVNF's support has enabled us to begin a partnership with Evans Army Community Hospital, located on Fort Carson Army Post, to provide mental health services to Soldiers addressing post traumatic stress symptoms. This support will not only allow us to help our nation's heroes find health and healing but also to rebuild relationships with families. At PPTRC we understand it is not only our duty but our privilege to serve these men and women in conjunction with Evans Community Hospital and we are proud to be a part of the DVNF family.
"Our organization, Elysian Fields Transformational Community, received a grant in 2018 from DVNF and it has been miraculous!! We have been able to provide street outreach to homeless Veterans in hard-to-reach areas of Santa Clara County that house many homeless persons. The funding has enabled our case managers to get Veterans critical need supplies and enroll them into employment development programs designed to help them become financially stable and have a steady source of income to save towards their future. Thank you DVNF!"
The Disabled Veterans national Foundation, approved us for a $15,000 community building grant. This grant has helped Stay In Step Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center provide financial relief to veterans for their much needed long term rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injuries and any other neurological disorders that cause paralysis.
Warrior Salute Veteran Services is extremely grateful to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation. It is through the DVNF that we are able to continue to fulfill our mission of providing clinical therapies, case management and transitional housing to veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and military sexual trauma so they may transition back as vital members of their communities.
Year to date we have been able to help 49 veterans and their family members. Through generous grants like the DVNF, Warrior Salute Veteran Services is able to continue providing safe housing for homeless veterans, as well as outpatient therapeutic and case management services for those who have risked their lives defending our freedom. It is through this grant that we continue to provide these services at no cost to the veteran or their family members. It is also through this grant that we are able to provide employees the best possible training so that they may provide a high level of quality care to our veterans.
We would not be able to do what we do without the generosity of organizations like the DVNF. We look forward to continuing our partnerships with the DVNF to ensure our veterans continue to receive the highest quality of care for years to come.
The People for People Foundation is truly grateful to DVNF for the generous support of the Moving Veterans to Self-Sufficiency program based at the South Jersey Veteran Resource Center. The support has helped us develop a program that covers Professional, Personal and Creative Development for low to moderate income Veterans. We covers topics ranging such as resume writing, interviewing, job search techniques to personal budgeting, cooking support groups for PTS and anger management. We also provide creative outlets such as art and music therapy and photography. The Capacity Building grant from DVNF has provided the opportunity to offer a wide array of services to our Veterans.
Disabled Veterans National Foundation is making a profound difference in the lives of veterans!
Their kind support is changing lives for the better. With the help of DVNF, Sheep Dog Impact Assistance is able to bring even more opportunities to our veteran community through our Outdoor Adventure Program and by deploying on Disaster Response Missions. These programs are designed to provide opportunities for camaraderie and peer support which are vital to inspiring a positive state of mind and perspective.
Thank you Disabled Veterans National Foundation, we are grateful for the opportunity to continue working with you to get our veterans up off the couch!!
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We would like to thank the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) for making a difference in the lives of military veterans by supporting Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (SDIA) and our outdoor adventure program. The grant which they have graciously provided will be used to sponsor veterans who were injured in the line of duty on life changing outdoor adventures. These adventures include skydiving, scuba diving, camping, white water rafting, and adventure races just to name a few. This year we will also be taking a large group of 20 sponsored participants to the Marine Corps Marathon and 10k in Washington, D.C.
As a 501(C)3 organization, SDIA works to engage, assist and empower our nations veterans and first responders, our "Sheep Dogs", by providing continued service opportunities and outdoor adventures which offer physical challenges and the camaraderie that is often missing after a shift or tour of duty ends. These opportunities give veterans and first responders the ability to satisfy their innate desire to serve and help those around them through three programs: Disaster Response Missions, Outdoor Adventures and Holiday Assistance.
We can't thank DVNF enough for making a difference in the lives of deserving "Sheep Dogs".
Thank you to DVNF for their continuing support! We're honored to be a grant recipient for our Semper Sound program, which provides direct music therapy services to military service members and veterans with stress- and trauma-related physical and psychological diagnoses. This grant makes a huge impact in the Semper Sound program and the lives of our clients. With these funds, service members with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries that we otherwise could not have reached will discover a new way to improve their health and well-being.
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Thanks to the generous grant contribution from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF), Resounding Joy is able to expand its Semper Sound music therapy program for disabled veterans. Semper Sound assists in military service member rehabilitation and transition by focusing on warriors' non-musical goals. Music therapists arm men and women with take-home strategies and give them the ability to incorporate music as a lifelong strategy for overcoming adversity. Studies show that music therapy participants with PTSD experience a greater reduction in symptoms with music therapy than with cognitive behavioral therapy, as well as favorably improve depression. With the support of DVNF, Semper Sound reaches more service members in need than ever before! This wonderful grant also gives Resounding Joy the resources needed to improve data collection and program impact reporting.
National Veterans Legal Services Program cannot say enough about the Disabled Veterans National Foundation. Their continued support allows NVLSP's Lawyers Serving Warriors® program to help veterans dealing with military sexual trauma. NVLSP established this signature project to provide free legal representation to veterans who survived a sexual assault or sexual harassment in service and need help securing disability benefits for PTSD or other mental conditions related to the trauma. Our goal is to ensure that every MST survivor that qualifies for disability benefits receives the benefits they deserve.
We are very thankful to the DVNF for supporting WarHawgs Healing Heroes through the Outdoors Program funding is essential for us to serve military service members and veterans free of charge and enable us to continue to grow the programs. WarHawgs Adaptive Sports Programs WARHAWGS’ Adaptive Sports Program helps Disabled Veterans, Veterans, Active Duty Military, and First Responders by promoting self-esteem, conflict resolution and enhances their quality of life. We serve veterans recovering from and learning to adjust to life with spinal cord injuries (SCI), traumatic brain injuries (TBI), loss of sight, and post- traumatic stress (PTS). We accommodate some of our most injured military heroes thus helping these honored veterans find their “new normal”. Without DVNF's contribution we could not continue our mission.
We are very thankful to the DVNF for supporting Community Rowing's Veteran's Rowing Program. Funding for our Military and Para programs is essential for us to serve military service members and veterans free of charge and enable us to continue to grow the programs. Our Military and Para Programs help active duty serve members, disabled veterans, veterans, and their family members achieve a sense of independence, belonging and improved quality of life through rowing. The programs provide a safe and inclusive environment that allows participants to connect with one another by offering free opportunities for recreation, fitness, and fun. It is wonderful that DVNF provides so much support to veterans!
Miriam's Kitchen is elated to be a first-time grantee of the Disabled Veterans National Foundation. We will be receiving support for our work to end all veteran and chronic homelessness in Washington, DC. The Point In Time Count shows that there are about 306 veterans living in DC without the dignity of a home. The good news is that the city reduced veteran homelessness by 39% in the past five years. More than 2,600 veterans experiencing homelessness have moved into permanent housing from August 2013 to July 2017. We want to accelerate that progress and are grateful for this grant.
Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program extends a huge thank you to DVNF for its support of our military riding program. We see first hand how riding and working with horses benefits veterans and are so thankful for DVNF's support of our mission. DVNF's support will allow us to extend our services to many more veterans in our community in the years to come. We are so grateful!
It's through the DVNF that Warriors at Ease has been able to spread yoga and meditation to more military communities across the U.S. They provided us with a capacity-building grant that allowed us to train more yoga teachers in key military communities and support them as they become leaders who help provide yoga and meditation to service members and veterans in those key areas. The training our teachers receive teaches them to provide evidence-based, trauma-sensitive yoga and meditation practices to those experiencing illnesses or injuries as a result of their time serving in the military. The more teachers we train, the more able-bodied and disabled veterans we are able to serve and support in their health and healing through the practices of yoga and meditation.
Thanks to our partnership with Disabled Veterans National Foundation, Assistance Dogs of the West is receiving support for our Warrior Canine Connection program at our three sites in northern New Mexico: Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos.
DVNF provides critically needed support to disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded—physically or psychologically—after defending our safety and our freedom. Through selective grants and strategic outreach, DVNF has its hands in many emerging trends in the care and support of veterans, like ADW’s Warrior Canine Connection program.
WCC engages veterans in the therapeutic process of training service dogs to assist another veteran or person with disability. ADW has placed seven fully trained service dogs with veterans, free of charge, in the past two years alone, with three more veteran-dog team placements underway currently.
Partnerships, with organizations such as DVNF, are so critical because New Mexico is often at the bottom of population health rankings with poverty, unemployment, disability, and behavioral health disorders, including poor availability and access to mental health and substance abuse treatments. The statistics for New Mexico’s veterans point to the critical need for services for this population in our under-resourced state. New Mexico has a high concentration of veterans, ranking 13th in the nation with nearly 10% of New Mexicans having served in the military. As of 2014, one out of every four veterans in New Mexico reported having a service-connected disability.
Since August 2014, ADW has served 58 unduplicated veterans in the WCC classes, plus two military family members. Veteran students enrolled to date vary in age from 25 to 73, of Hispanic, White, African American and Native American ethnicities. They served in Army, Navy and Air Force branches of the U.S. military, and are predominantly male, mirroring NM’s veteran demographics.
Community Hope is the largest nonprofit serving homeless veterans and families in and around New Jersey. Our Hope for Veterans Programs provide a continuum of housing and services for homeless veterans in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
We gratefully acknowledge the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for supporting our programs with a grant, helping us to fund critical therapy needed by veterans struggling with the invisible wounds of veterans. The Foundation's generous support is particularly critical at this time when the national suicide rate among our veterans is close to 22 veterans a day. The Foundation's grant will help us to address this national crisis on a regional basis, so that veterans do not feel that suicide is their only option. We are thankful to the Foundation for the amazing work they are doing to support the men and women who fought for our country and look forward to continuing our partnership in the future.
Our organization is extremely grateful to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation.
As Executive Director and co-founder of Warrior Wellness Solutions, receiving a grant from DVNF is an honor that recognizes the dedication, focus and effectiveness of our staff, volunteers and supporters. As a grant recipient, our organization joins the Disabled Veterans Foundation grantee network, consisting of top-tier programs and advocates investing in the next chapter of our veterans. Those that we serve persevere in the face of insurmountable odds and are extremely dedicated in overcoming mental and physical obstacles. With DVNF’s support, we will deliver essential health and wellness services to our nation’s Wounded, Ill and Injured Warriors and their families, further expanding the growth of Functional Medicine as the model for 21st century healthcare for that both prevents and reverses chronic disease by treating root causes of illness with diet and lifestyle change.
Elijah Sacra
US Marine Corps Veteran
Executive Director - Warrior Wellness Solutions
We want to say thank you to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation! Their gift allows Harbor Homes to continue to serve homeless and low-income veterans in our community through our Veterans FIRST Transitional Housing program. Our program provides housing, employment training, and other supportive services, and we would not be able to provide this invaluable service without the help of donors like DNVF.
Bastion Community of Resilience grateful for all of the work that The Disable National Veterans Foundation does to supports our nation's warriors! Their assistance has helped provide free services to veterans with life long rehabilitative needs such as access to social workers, a case management team, referrals, health and wellness activities and more.
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) has provided the Aqua-Nut Divers an amazing opportunity to help us grow our V.E.T.S. (Veterans Empowered Through Scuba) program in 2018. The Capacity Building Grant funded by DVNF will allow us to double the number of Scuba classes we offer to disabled veterans in our service area in Bakersfield, CA and the surrounding Southern San Joaquin Valley. Our program provides a transformative experience for participants and builds confidence and a sense of accomplishment in a positive team atmosphere. We are truly grateful to have the support of the DVNF behind our program.
We are incredibly grateful for this opportunity of partnership with DVNF. Through this collaboration we will be able to continue performing the vital work of mitigating crisis and connecting Warriors to resources that improve their lives. With over 66,000 Warriors living in our local area, we know there are still so many who need to be reached and we are reminded daily of the vast need that exists. These Warriors are depending on partners like DVNF to help us connect, and together we will continue proudly serving those who served! Thank you DVNF!
The Rocky Boy Veterans Center is grateful for the support and partnership of Disabled Veterans National Foundation. Due to the DVNF’s support of our Veterans Support Services program, the Rocky Boy Veterans Center will be able to expand direct services to American Indian Veterans. Funding from DVNF will help our program assist transitioning service members transition into civilian life; provides assistance to unemployed Veterans to become self-sufficient by transitioning them into the workforce. Additionally, the DVNF’s support will provide direct assistance to Veterans needing a little extra support in maintaining a quality life for themselves and their families.
Thank you, DVNF, we look forward to our partnership with you and together we will make a difference in the lives of our American Indian Veterans.
Making A Difference Foundation would like to give a huge thank you to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for their support of our Blair’s Sanctuary Garden. Through their compassion and generosity, DVNF is helping women veterans in the Pierce County, WA area to raise healthy organic food for those experiencing hunger in our community while also helping them learn valuable entrepreneurial skills through organic farming and sustainable crop management. They are also gaining peace, acceptance, and serenity through the therapeutic benefits of gardening. Because of this funding, Blair’s Sanctuary Garden will be able to install several greenhouses on the property, so the women veterans can learn about greenhouse gardening and grow more types of food for the hungry during the off seasons.
We truly appreciate the chance to partner with DVNF on our project as well as the value they see in helping women veterans who have, in many, cases experienced emotional, mental, physical, and sexual trauma due to their military service.
Veterans Alternative is grateful for the support and partnership of Disabled Veterans National Foundation. Due to the generosity of DVNF providing us with a capacity building grant, Veterans Alternative will be able to provide additional alternative therapies that improve the quality of life of our Nations Warriors. The services DVNF are funding include: yoga classes, iRest sessions, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, art therapy, music therapy, and equine therapy.
We look forward to continuing this partnership and plan to take full advantage of this to grow our organization and promote DVNF. Thank you DVNF for supporting Veterans Alternative and helping us heal our veterans!!
Disabled Veterans National Foundation is exceptional. They stand out because their small, but very dedicated staff, make themselves available with compassion and sincerity to help our veterans. We have personally experienced their team driving support and awareness for veteran issues that often go overlooked. The DVNF team are one of the few that has the insight to look at the connection between pain, sleep disturbances and the restoration of family life, education, employment and reintegration. These are factors in the high suicide rate among our veterans. Thanks to a capacity building grant from DVNF, we have been able to open our clinic 5 days a week, 9 am to 5 pm and increase our service delivery by 30%. This is huge. As a result of DVNF, we are now working on a way to bring this program to communities across the U.S. so that more of our service members can find relief and restoration. None of this would be possible without the assistance and heart for our veterans that DVNF demonstrates daily as evidenced in their involvement in the community. The Disabled Veterans National Foundation truly walks the talk. They make us proud.
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The excellence of the team at the Disabled Veterans National Foundation speaks to the caliber of the work that this organization does on behalf of our veterans. They maintain a resource database to help the veteran navigate available services and resources which can be quite complex. They also partner with the non-profit community of veteran service providers to support a network of services and programs designed to provide assistance and enable healing. Our organization, Healing Warriors Program, is one of those Veteran-services nonprofits, and was recently awarded a grant from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation. This grant will enable us to provide much-needed non-narcotic care for our service members with pain and Post Traumatic Stress. This has been life-changing for many of our service members. Thank you for walking the talk.
All the positive reviews are from organizations that received funding from them so they can continue to receive donations. The vets get less than 10% of the money and the rest is spent on trips and gift for the staff. Trust me I am a former employee check CNN for their backstory
Our services are offered free of charge to veterans, and we are funded solely by grants and private donations. Grants like this allow us to continue offering quality programming and services that are highly needed in the veteran community.
Disabled Veterans National Foundation has helped us give back to those that served our country.
Thanks to the generous support of the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, 21st Century Heroes can continue to provide therapeutic and professionally instructed woodcarving workshops to wounded veterans. For the past two years, DVNF has been instrumental in helping us fulfill our mission to assist wounded veterans by providing training in a creative craft and skill with the goal of restoring to them a quality of life with their communities and their families.
We are grateful and honored to partner with DVNF on this very important cause.
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Thanks to the support of Disabled Veterans National foundation, 21st Century Heroes can continue to offer therapeutic and recreational woodcarving workshops to wounded OIF and OEF veterans. It’s through combined efforts of organizations throughout the country, that more veterans can be reached and their roads to recovery made more attainable. Thank you, DVNF for helping us, help veterans!
DVNF has been a strong supporter of The Fenwick Foundation, a DC-Metro based public charity. Funding from DVNF has greatly assisted our efforts to provide therapeutic socialization activities and educational outings to Veterans in VA Medical Centers (VAMC) therapy units -- psychosocial, psychological, military sexual trauma, substance abuse and physical and rehabilitation therapy; to older disabled veterans living in VAMC and long-term care residences (Community Living Centers) and medical foster homes; to families of active duty service members severely wounded and/or physically and/or psycho-socially disabled in the line of duty; We also provide assistance and respite to full-time family Caregivers of disabled veterans.
Our interactions with DVNF staff have underscored the passion and commitment this organization has for our cherished Veteran and military heroes and their families.
See photo of Veterans enjoying a Washington Nationals baseball game - one of our most popular activities. Thank you, DVNF, for all that you do - it is greatly appreciated.
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) is a wonderful agency to work with. They generously help entities that provide quality programs to veterans across the country. Camillus House, a non-profit organization with 57 years of experience in providing humanitarian and social services to persons who are poor and homeless in Miami-Dade, recently participated in their grant making cycle and the process was a breeze! Through a generous gift from the DVNF, Camillus will be able to retrofit an existing property to assist veterans as they transition to civilian life. Camillus House is so honored to be able to partner alongside the foundation as we work to meet the needs of the community in Miami-Dade County.
A huge thank you to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for their generous grant supporting veterans needing adult day health care and respite for their families. The Susan J. Rheem Adult Day Center in Prescott Valley, AZ is the only adult day health program for northern Arizona, a rural area that has a population of more than 27,000 veterans. This grant came at a time of need with the local VA cutting their budget for veterans using adult day health services. 50% of the population attending SJRC are veterans. Due to the budget cuts, veterans lost all transportation funding, as well as partial or full day center care funding. SJRC is now able to set-up veteran-only scholarship funding as a result of the grant. The typical veterans receiving services at SJRC:
1. Have memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease or other form of dementia who lives at home in a stressful situation with an aging caregiver or children who are working full-time.
2. Suffers from PTSD and lives alone
3. Lives in a VA foster home or care home who has physical needs met but unmet community socialization and recreational needs.
SJRC and veterans are grateful that DVNF supports and truly understands the benefits of the organizations mission of "Quality Care. Quality Services. Quality of Life."
Volunteers of America Colorado is grateful to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for its support of our Veteran Treatment Program. Funding from DVNF will help our program provide housing stability, transportation and medical costs for low-income or homeless veterans . These veterans are often struggling with addictions, and these funds will help us assist them in taking control of their situations. Funds will also support training peer mentors and developing veteran-led peer support groups. . Thank you, DVNF, for supporting the Veteran Treatment Program at the Volunteers of America Colorado Bill Daniels Veteran Service Center.
Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys is grateful to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for its support of our trauma-informed programming for low-income veterans and their families. The contribution from DVNF will help fund vet-to-vet art, writing, and music workshops, tutoring for military children, a veteran mentorship program, and more. These workshops will help veterans and military families address and cope with their invisible wounds of war such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), Secondary Trauma, and more. Thank you Disabled Veterans National Foundation for supporting the healing of our veterans and families!
Recognizing that when one member of the household serves the entire family serves, the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) has made a critical impact on the lives of military families at Project Sanctuary.
Funding from DVNF is allowing families to reconnect through Project Sanctuary's six-day therapeutic retreats, and then provides at least two years of custom-tailored follow-up services. DVNF's partnership is helping military families to strengthen relationships, achieve financial sustainability, providing coping mechanisms for post-traumatic stress, and supporting the needs of military youth. With DVNF's support, families able to find their balance and truly thrive.
DVNF supports the healing and empowerment of the entire military family, creating a network of support so they may face new missions together. Project Sanctuary is deeply honored for DVNF's support and is proud to partner in this journey of supporting our heroes and those who love them.
The Salute Military Golf Association (SMGA) has partnered with DVNF several times in the past few years. We have been the recipient of their grants that go towards our adaptive golf programs and services for post 9/11 wounded war veterans and their families. We cannot do what we do without the generous support of organizations like DVNF. On top of that, we know of the reputation they have in the veteran community through their own programs and initiatives. DVNF is the exact type of partner we look for when serving our veteran communities,
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts is grateful for the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, a supporter of our Arts in Healing program's services for veterans. DVNF is critical to the implementation and expansion of programs that provide traditional and non-traditional services to our veterans. Thanks to DVNF, The Kentucky Center's Arts in Healing program has a dramatic impact on the lives of disabled and at-risk veterans through arts experiences that enhance emotional/spiritual healing, improve mood and outlook, build new inner-resources and outlets for emotional expression, create compassionate listening and support communities, foster community connections and creative experiences beyond their hospital stay, and reduce stress for patients and caregivers.
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (dvnf.org) is a wonderful non-profit charity that has provided a powerful impact for helping community-based organizations help our Nation's Veterans, who desperately seek services, to re-enter their communities with confidence and with the future hope of being productive for themselves and their families. Kudos to DVNF!!!
USA Cares is a national 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to assist post-9/11 veterans, active duty service members and their families facing service-connected crises. We assist these veterans and military families through four distinct programs: Combat Injured, Career Transition, Housing Assistance and Emergency Assistance. Since 2014, the Disabled Veterans National Foundation has been an incredible supporter of the work we do at USA Cares, and we cannot thank them enough for continuing to help us change lives in military communities across the nation! Recently, we received a $25,000 grant from DVNF to go towards our Combat Injured program. This program covers basic expenses for veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and military sexual trauma (MST) while they receive treatment. The generous grant that DVNF provided will empower our organization to better address the needs of the countless combat injured veterans who seek our help, and give us the ability to help many more veterans in the coming year! Thank you for doing all that you do to support our mission!
Thanks to support from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis will provide its proven and successful Diabetes Prevention Program at no cost to veterans in the greater Indianapolis area. YDPP is a lifestyle intervention that is proven, through learning and practicing healthy eating and exercise habits, to reduce the incidence of diabetes.
More than 490,000 Veterans currently live in Indiana. Approximately 120,000 reside in this region. Seventy-three percent served in the military during a period of armed conflict. Veterans of all eras tend to suffer from certain health issues – including chronic pain, obesity, and PTSD – at disproportionally higher rates than the civilian population. For instance, in Indianapolis, 42 percent of Veterans are obese and 28 percent are diagnosed diabetics.
The YMCA of Greater Indianapolis is honored to provide this program, which is part of a national pilot collaboration between our YMCA and the Roudebush VA Medical Center, also in Indianapolis, to offer comprehensive health and wellness options to veterans and their families.
Thank you to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for the $3,000 recent grant award to help offer a healing retreat for local veterans! St. Francis Spirituality Center is very gracious for this wonderful gift and appreciate the honor of being in partnership with this reputable national foundation.
This retreat will be held at St. Francis Spirituality Center November 3-5, 2017
This retreat for all veterans and active duty service members is designed to offer healing
insights from one of the most beloved saints: St. Francis of Assisi, who was himself a prisoner of war. Participants will examine the challenges confronting veterans in light of the life of a saint who rose out of the ashes of combat to become an icon of peace. You will
gain further insights from contemporary authors:
Joseph Campbell in The Hero’s Journey
and Harry Moody in Five Stages of the Soul.
Retreat team includes:
Dr. Greg Massiello, Ph.D, trauma therapist,
Fr. Conrad Targonski, OFM, retired Marine
Corp chaplain, and Rev. William Reese, Lutheran
Minister and a Vietnam Veteran,
Sister Edna Michel, Director St. Francis Spirituality Center
For more information about how to attend this Northwest Ohio retreat, please email or phone St. Francis Spirituality Center:
Phone: 419-443-1485
Email: peace@franciscanretreats.org
The DVNF granted Boise Rescue Mission Ministries $10,000, which will fund our Veterans Ministry Program (VMP). Implemented in 2010, the VMP is the only program of its kind for homeless veterans in the state of Idaho. This grant is being used to support the mental health services offered by the VMP and is being applied to expenses associated with providing services such as psychological testing, 24-hour crisis intervention, individual counseling, case and treatment plan management, medication management, and specialized therapy in life skills and symptom management.
BRMM would like to thank the DVNF for their support, allowing us to continue to serve the homeless veterans in our community and help them successfully transition back into civilian life.
As the Development Director of Warriors' Best Friend I can't begin to express how much we value our partnership with the Disabled Veterans National Foundation. For two years, Warriors' Best Friend has received the support of the DVNF which has allowed us to adopt homeless dogs from animal shelters, like Bosco (pictured below) and train them to assist veterans battling Post traumatic stress disorder/and or Traumatic Brain Injury. We are able to provide these critically-needed service dogs at no cost to veterans and their families thanks to the support of partners like the DVNF!
The DVNF's support is so important for programs like ours. Despite the incredible emotional and physical benefits of service dogs, many veterans are unable to obtain a dog due to extreme costs and long wait lists. The DVNF helps to bridge this gap for veterans and provide access to this important and life-saving care!
I'm especially impressed with the amount of time and effort the DVNF commits to each non-profit to strengthen and grow our programs that help us to thrive, improve our quality of care, and provide services to more and more veterans. The staff at DVNF are amazing and are always looking for ways to help us connect to more men and women that could benefit from our program, as well as provide any counsel or resources needed!
The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) would like to thank the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for its generous grant in support of the Military Sexual Trauma (MST) initiative of our Lawyers Serving Warriors® program. This support will allow NVLSP to continue to screen and place cases of survivors of MST with attorneys at top law firms across the country on a pro bono basis. We are grateful for partners like DVNF who help support the mission of NVLSP.
Family Endeavors is grateful to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for its support of our Veteran Services programs. Funding from DVNF will enable Family Endeavors' Employment Specialists to pay for specialized vocational training for unemployed Veterans in San Antonio and South Texas. These Veterans will be better equipped for quality employment in fields such as logistics, welding, and health care. Thank you, DVNF, for supporting our Veterans in Military City, USA!
DVNF awarded CharlotteBridgeHome.org with a grant for $15,000 in 2017! We are using this grant to support our counseling pillar at CBH. Veterans from nine counties in North Carolina can receive no cost counseling from our psychiatrist and female Veteran on staff. We serve clients ranging from Veterans in transition to clients with PTSD and TBI. The money has also allowed us to start a Female Veterans group. We had our first session this week thanks to the support of DVNF (pictured below)!
This is a scam charity. Please google this organization and you will see that the bets are getting a VERY SMALL percentage of the money donated
Queen of Hearts Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. is very grateful for the support it has received from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation: The DVNF financial assistance will sponsor a series of individualized therapeutic riding sessions to veterans with disabilities.
This grant addresses the need to serve veterans from all eras, active and reserve, who face mild to severe issues and disabilities such as: missing limbs; traumatic brain injury; paralysis; depression; and/or readapting to nonmilitary life after service. These conditions have been demonstrated as treatable through the horse-based activities and staff of the QoH Equine Services for Heroes program.
More than 229,000 veterans live in the QoH service area: Of these, an estimated 26 percent, or nearly 61,000 veterans, have a disability. The families of these individuals may struggle with separation and recovery, as well. Therapeutic equine-assisted activities such as riding has been proven to aid with balance, core strength, physical fitness, self-confidence, self-esteem, improved cognitive thinking and/or control impulsive behavior.
Queen of Hearts Equine Services for Heroes is a proud recipient of DVFN's support so we can further support those who are heroes to our nation.
Happy's Farm in Salisbury, NC would like to thank the Disabled Veterans National Foundation for their generous support in helping to fund the Happy's Farm H.E.R.O. Project. The Project will provide holistic, therapeutic equine assisted and horticultural programs to address the veterans' mental and physical needs. Veteran Project participates will be encouraged to engage in volunteerism in the many programs and activities sponsored by the farm endeavoring to enhance their own self-worth and to experience successes as well educate numerous Buckaroos as to the sacrifices made by those serving in the Armed Forces. Please visit our website at www.happysfarm.org for H.E.R.O. Project updates and success stories.
We recently received a capacity building grant from DVNF and are extremely grateful for this opportunity to partner with this great foundation.
We work very closely with the physicians and clinicians of the VA Healthcare System, as well as other Veteran service organizations that refer severely disabled Veterans into our healing and wellness programs.
We offer recreational rehabilitation adaptive sports rowing & kayaking programs, now in 6-States with over 500 program Veterans. The ages range from 23-years old to 100 years old!
We are by far the largest 501c3 not-for-profit Veterans Service organization that offers this type of program weekly and year round.
Our organization will continue this explosive growth because Disabled Veterans National Foundation responded to our need for offering a truly unique and innovated program that helps our disabled Veterans who suffer from both physical and mental disabilities.
We work with the following health issues: PTSD, TBI, substance abuse, severe to moderate depression, anxiety and mood disorders, hearing impaired, cancer patients, amputees, blind and vision impaired and many other disabilities.
Our programs are life changing and truly meaningful and all you have to do is visit our Facebook page or website at Veterans' Rowing & Kayaking, Inc to view all the photos and videos that we post weekly. Thank you DVNF for sharing our passion for excellence in supporting all our men and women who have sacrificed so much for our great country.
God bless the DVNF for connecting to our VR&K organization!
Please support the DVNF so that they can continue to help our organization in the years to come.
Kind regards,
Paul-Stephen Varszegi
Veterans' Rowing & Kayaking, Inc.
President/Founder
I honestly don’t think many people realize the challenges women veteran face. Everyone focuses on the probems but very few focus on solutions to support women veterans. Support for women veteranas and for women veterans organizations is extremely hard to come by an this is whay we are thrilled to have the support of DVNF. Women Veterans Interactive is grateful for the $11,000 grant received from the DVNF for our Women Warrior Health and Wellness Program. As the President of Women Veterans Interactive, I commend DVNF for leading the way in supporting the women who have served an sacrificed for our country. Thanks DVNF
We are honored to be part of the Disabled Veterans National Foundation mission to support those veterans who might otherwise go without critical services. Since 2012, Veterans Healing Veterans from the Inside Out has brought tools and opportunities for healing to veterans incarcerated in the California state prison system. Now, generous support from DVNF allows us to expand this work to serve those who are returning from prison, or at risk for involvement with the criminal justice system. We deeply appreciate DVNF's efforts to leave no service member behind.
This outstanding organization is passionately committed to serving disabled veterans by supporting the program efforts of non-profit organizations around the country. They are truly collaborative, and we at English River Outfitters are proud to be their partner.
We were recently honored with a $10,000 grant to support our healing retreats for disabled veterans. This funding will directly impact the number of veterans we are able to serve in our special events and skill-building programs. By partnering with organizations like ours, the DVNF proves their extraordinary commitment to improving the lives of our nation's heroes in need, and we are truly grateful.
"Brain Injury Services of Southwest Virginia is deeply appreciative of DVNF's dedication and service to our nation's veterans. By providing an $8,000 grant to our online Community Living Connection (CLiC) for Veterans program, DVNF is providing Virginia veteran survivors of brain injury the opportunity to relearn critical cognitive and life skills, as well as the opportunity to bridge the gap between their needs and available veteran resources. Most importantly, by supporting CLiC for Veterans, DVNF is enabling Virginia veterans to visualize and access a brighter future.
We have found our interactions with DVNF to be very professional and courteous; the grant process has been very well planned and organized. As we progressed through different levels of consideration for this grant, it was clear that DVNF is carefully discerning which organizations it is supporting. We are proud that we were chosen for inclusion in the DVNF family, and look forward to helping Virginia veteran survivors of brain injury with DVNF's support this year!"
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation has provided Heart of Horse Sense (HOHS) with a very generous grant that will be used to increase access by at-risk Veterans to our equine assisted therapy programs. These therapies have been shown to bring often life-saving results to Veterans, particularly those with PTSD. We are pleased that the goals of our two organizations are so close in alignment and are most appreciative of this support from The Disabled Veterans National Foundation. They have also made it easy for us to work together to provide critical visibility to our causes.
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation has been fantastic. Their $10,000 grant award will help Community Rowing, Inc. bring the physical, social, and emotional rewards of the great sport of rowing to nearly 1,000 veterans this year. If you are interested in learning more about our program and the how this support impacts the lives of Veterans in the Greater Boston community, please visit our website at https://www.communityrowing.org/outreach/military-rowing/.
As the executive director of a small nonprofit that helps veterans heal with holistic therapies, I can honestly say that we wouldn't be able to support our local veterans without organizations like DVNF. We were recently awarded a $10,000 grant to support our work of providing veterans in the Asheville, NC area with high quality, affordable holistic therapies like acupuncture, massage, counseling, Reiki, chiropractic and more. The staff at DVNF have been great to work with. They respond quickly to emails and phone calls, and I feel they went out of their way to help us at every step of the grant process. And, the grant application process was extensive. They work hard to ensure that the organizations they support with grant funds are deserving of their support and that the organizations are helping improve the quality of life of our veterans.
I have read the reviews here, and I understand that people are frustrated by poor marketing choices, like fundraising items that are made in China. While I understand this frustration, it doesn't negate the fact that this organization is truly working hard to improve veterans' lives.
Thank you, DVNF, from the bottom of my heart. Helios Warriors is thrilled to receive a grant of $10,000 to help our local veterans heal from the physical, emotional and spiritual traumas of their military service.
I have read the comments and am not sure how my experience is so different! I found them to be a great organization that is committed to serving Veterans. Each time I called, Deborah O, took my call and was so very helpful! Any questions I had about the granting process was answered with patience and sincerity. I felt they truly wanted to help me get funding for my program and I did. I am honored and elated to be a recipient of DVNF funding. The packet they sent was no different from packets from other funders. I found it a breath of fresh air actually; given, it was not over the top in comparison to others. Thank you DVNF for all the work you do! Keep serving and I look forward to a long lasting partnership!
I thought the package they sent to me was a little overboard..
Calculator, pad, pen and carry case. I wondered how they could afford this expense and do the work they say they do. This money could be better served giving to vets as promised.
I do have to agree another reviewer, this certainly appears to be a scam that lines their pockets, and give mere peanuts to the vets.
I would be very cautious......Wounded Warriors is a organization that really helps our vets.
Arthur Rice
Review from Guidestar
Received a huge oversized package in the mail from this "charity" containing a calculator, appointment book and bound notepad. This is a disgusting attempt at guilt-based donations. I looked them up on several charity guide websites and I now understand why every website has them rated as an "F". Criminal to call this group a charity.
I called the 866 number and gave the operator all the information for a pickup. We put everything in the driveway and the next day, no one showed up. Called again, the operator did not have any record of us ever having called. Gave them the same information again, and the next day, no one showed up. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!
Anyway, I called the Salvation Army, they came like clockwork the next morning, hauled everything away, the driver was very courteous and even left a tax receipt.
What's wrong with the Disabled Veterans National Foundation. Either they don't need our donations or they have a bunch of imbeciles working their phones. Probably BOTH!!! Yikes
This charity run by a family of scammers is total bullshit. They do nothing but collect millions and hand out M&Ms to our brave soldiers.
They should be run out of town. Or jailed.
was gonna give but after 5 minutes of reviewing their past-i said nope-not gonna do it wouldn't be prudent.
not gonna buy m&m's and hand sanitizers - not needed
I can not believe this organization has the audacity to continue after being expose as to who they truely are. Your a fraud and should be shut down.
signed
an unlikely donor
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation has helped thousands of veterans- we have found their programs to benefit directly to our veterans in the form of grants, scholarships and education. The webinar series is always helpful for veterans in their search for employment tips. The volunteers and staff for DVNF dedicate so much time to a mission near and dear to their hearts...most of the board members are veterans themselves. I would recommend a donation or any type of support to DVNF to give back to our brave men and women in the military. With those returning soon, they need programs like DVNF's even more.
The underlying issue with fraudulent charities is that 1. They are easy to set up and cheap, around $300 to make it legal. 2. The law has no minimum requirement as for how much $$ they have to give to their cause. Due to the prior 2 reasons it has be become a large systemic scam used for more than simply getting money on false pretenses.
Review from CharityNavigator
I would support any Congressional action to prevent those organizations that use Veteran causes as a way to raise funds for the enrichment of their own pockets while nothing or a trickle of funds go actually to the veterans. Absolutely shameful - this group should be shut down. An abolute disgrace - another chapter in the moral decline of corporate America or "making a buck" no matter what
Was donating monthly to this organization until they mailed a 'gift' of an American flag. The package had a "MADE IN CHINA" sticker on it. This is an organization that supposedly uses the donations to assist in locating employment for disabled American vets?! I've learned to rely more on Charity Navigator reports before future donations.
Review from CharityNavigator
Just a comment. Based on the reply to Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Richard Burr, the senior Republican on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee from the DVNF site here are the annual fund raising costs (%) for the last three years, for contributiosn of: 2009: $ 20,959,255
2010: $ 24,787,094
2011: $ 29,149,836, fund raising costs were: 2009: $ 12,606,167/$ 20,959,255 = 60%
2010: $ 10,772,550/$ 24,787,094 = 43%
2011: $ 9,256,075/$ 29,149,836 = 31%. There is a trend of sorts.
Review from CharityNavigator
My wife has been sending DVNF $25.00 each month for 1 1/2 years, but earlier this month when we saw the CNN piece on DVNF, that has stopped. My wife is very upset about this as she has been very supportive of Veterans Charities for about 25 years. We are now checking into the background of three other charities for veterans to see if they are worthy of our donations.
Review from CharityNavigator
I also have been watching Anderson Cooper's report on DVNF (Disabled Veterans National Foundation) on CNN...This appears to be a fraudulent "charity" according to the reports. They use a fundraising company I believe called Guadriga Art who charges more for the money they obtain for the so called charity than the "charity" receives...And, according also to the report, DVNF has collected some $56 million dollars and will not answer any questions as to where this money is going...how it's being used for the Vets...when questioned by a reporter the door was slammed in his face by a rather old and rude woman who heads the "charity". As the daughter of a WWII pilot who flew many missions over Europe including the bombing of the oil fields in Romania I am appalled. This "charity" should be investigated immediately. To think that our Vets who have served our country are being ripped off by DVNF makes my stomach do backflips.
Review from Guidestar
CNN has just aired a 2-part report suggesting fraud consisting of taking in millions of dollars for Vets and then sending Veterans organizations things they get for free and things that are not useful.
This "charity" spends too much money on fund raising and related expenses. It appears that only about 16% is used for the intended purpose.
Review from Guidestar
donations to disabled vets. is used to make patriotic tote bags that are made in communist china. china then uses this money to make ak47 rifles and other weapons that are sold to enemies of the u.s.a. who use theses weapons to kill and DISABLE OUR FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN. ASK YOUR SELF THIS QUESTION WHAT SIDE IS THE DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION REALLY ON ? look at the reviews given by other X doners. DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO EVERY VET AND CIVILIAN WHO HAS SERVED TO KEEP THIS U.S.A. FREE. i ask you to stop your donations till D.V.N.F. QUITS DOING BUSINESS WITH COUNTRYS WHO ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE U.S.A.
I received today a large package from this foundation. I do not want to open it and will return it, because I do not believe this is the way to make money for services.
By looking at the financials of this foundation, it turns out that only 64% of a contribution goes to services for the veterans. While I have seen even worse performances of Veterans & Military charities (Intrepid Fallen Heroes...: 20%!!!!; Home for Our Troops: 33%!!!!), it bear to say that all the charities I support are easily over 90%.
Why these horrible performances from these charities???
The only one that I support (and just reaches 90%) is the US Veterans Initiative (aka U.S. VETS).
Review from Guidestar
They seem to waste money. Received a a 12X15" envelope containing a key chain and ball point pen. Not wise use of resources. How do they help our disabled vets?
Review from Guidestar
"Disabled Veterans National Foundation" (1.888.782.2148) seems to spend an exorbitant amount of money on guilt-based fundraising. My elderly parents (on a fixed income) have received MANY solicitations for donations - often accompanied by "gifts" such as full-sized flags, blankets, calculators, etcetera.