Talking to the treated soldiers and their families is the best way to hear how wonderful this organization is and has been for over 20 years. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund saved their lives and their families by building these unique treatment Centers that are designed to work with the treatment. Since they started, more injured soldiers have grown comfortable when seeking help for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and PTSD. Because of this organization and their supporters, more injured military personnel are returning to a successful life. By offering prompt, research-based treatment, clinicians are preventing our heroes from further damage and reducing suicides - a sad situation that has increased in frequency over the years when TBI and PTSD go untreated. They are the only nonprofit building these treatment Centers and gifting them to the Department of Defense to ensure that more soldiers are reached for care every year.
Thousands of our soldiers have recovered from traumatic brain injury(TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) acquired in service to our nation because of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Intrepid Spirit center project. By building traumatic brain injury centers on military bases nationwide, thousands have been treated since the start of this effort with a 92% average return to duty rate. And 100% of every donation goes toward the project because the trustees cover all operating expenses. It's nice to know that every donation helps our military return to the life they want and deserve.
From its establishment in 2000, the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund has provided critically needed services to our nation's military community. IFHF has raised close to $200 million for these services, which have impacted the lives of thousands of military families. IFHF is focused today on traumatic brain injury, and is building a series of diagnosis and treatment centers dedicated to addressing this critical health issue that afflicts hundreds of thousands of military personnel and veterans. Further, because the Fund's board of directors underwrites all administrative costs, 100% of donations from the public go to support this critical mission.
They assist not only the military members with their mental health, but provide resources for the entire family as well!
This charity has funded the construction of TWO rehabilitation and research centers for wounded veterans, one in San Antonio and one in Bethesda, which are turned over to the US Army on completion. The construction costs do not show up as program expenses and therefore, CN's "robo" rating, based solely on a cursory overview of financial reports, presumes that these costs are administrative overhead. (That would be the case if they had spent these funds on e.g. construction a shiny new HQ building for themselves.) Charity Watch gives this charity its rightful due as a highly ranked, efficient charity.
Review from CharityNavigator
See Charity Watch/AIP for a fair review, where this fund receives highest ratings. Charity Navigators "unthinking" approach to ratings is unfair to Intrepid Fallen Heores Fund (and others) that do not fit the traditional program services model. I strongly encourage everyone to consider making a donation to support servicemen and women who were injured in Iraq and Afganistan.
Review from CharityNavigator
The Charity Navigator rating mechanism does not take into account any program dollars spent on capital projects until such projects are complete. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund program is directed entirely toward large-scale capital projects that take two to three years to complete. We raise and spend funds on these projects throughout those two to three years, but Charity Navigator’s rating system only recognizes our project spending in the year it is complete. In the intervening years the rating leaves the impression that there is little program spending, therefore we have been penalized with low ratings despite the fact that we spend millions of program dollars on capital costs during those years. If the ratings took this into account, the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which maintains very low fundraising and administrative costs relative to our program spending, would consistently receive a Four Star Rating, the highest level achievable. We are a strong charitable institution that spends its donor money efficiently. Our capital projects provide extremely important and valuable services to our nation’s military personnel who have been wounded in combat. The ratings system should not penalize this organization solely because we are involved in long-term projects.
Review from CharityNavigator