This #GivingTuesday, send your donations to veteran organizations — that have been verified as organizations that will put your money to good use. All of these non-profits have been vetted using Charity Navigator and Guidestar so your donation can benefit the veterans it’s meant for.
Fisher House Foundation: Provides military families housing close to a loved one during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury. CFC Code: 11453 Charity Navigator Rating: 99.83
Semper Fi Fund: Provides immediate financial assistance and lifetime support to post 9/11 combat wounded, critically ill and catastrophically injured members of all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. They deliver the resources they need during recovery and transition back to their communities, working to ensure no one is left behind. CFC Code: 11459 Charity Navigator Rating: 98.23
Hire Heroes USA: Assists with the transition from military to civilian life with free career coaching, helping veterans understand what job recruiters are looking for and how to translate their military careers into relatable skills that will get them hired. CFC Code: 59856 Charity Navigator Rating: 96.42
Disabled American Veterans (DAV): Assists disabled veterans, veterans, their families, their widowed spouses. CFC Code: 11322 Charity Navigator Rating: 92.01
National Military Family Association: NMFA advocates for benefits and programs that strengthen and protect uniformed services families. CFC Code: 11365 Charity Navigator Rating: 87.23
Armed Services YMCA: Offers programs and services like childcare, hospital assistance, counseling, and youth, and teen programs. CFC Code: 11085 Charity Navigator Rating: 93.12
Team Rubicon: Unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams. Charity Navigator Rating: 95.88
Honor Flight Network: By providing flights around the country to veterans and providing them with a trip to see these memorials that stand for their service and the sacrifice of their fellow service members. Charity Navigator Rating: 90.94
Homes for Our Troops Inc: Builds specially adapted, mortgage-free homes for the most severely injured Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. CFC Code: 12525 Charity Navigator Rating: 91.69
Wounded Warrior Project: WWP's mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. "Our purpose is: to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured servicemen and women; to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other; and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members." Charity Navigator Rating: 86.45
USO: Offers programs and services designed to lift spirits and strengthen resiliency to transition and deployed troops, military families, wounded warriors and families of the fallen. CFC Code: 11381 Charity Navigator Rating: 82.63
Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America: Represents new veterans and their families supporting campaigns such as combating suicide, ending the VA backlog, supporting female veterans, lowering unemployment, defending the GI Bill® and improving health CFC Code: 75335 Charity Navigator Rating: 76.43
American Legion: Service veterans, service members and the military community through programs such as scholarships, veteran assistance, veteran homelessness, youth sports and much more. CFC Code: 10327 Charity Navigator: Not Rated
VETOGA: VETOGA’s mission is to provide yoga, meditation, and healing arts to military, veterans, their families, and communities. We accomplish this by holding free monthly yoga classes, events, and veteran-specific 200-Hour Teacher Training throughout the year. CFC Code: n/a Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
The Mission Continues: Empowers veterans who are adjusting to life at home to find purpose through community impact. They deploy veterans on new missions in their communities so that their actions will inspire future generations to serve. CFC Code: 46324 Charity Navigator Rating: 97.87
Full Circle Home: Their goal is to support the spouses of Armed Forces servicemembers during deployments. CFC Code: 35022 Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
The Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation: This is the Congressionally designated nonprofit whose mission is to provide the organizing, fundraising, and coordinating efforts to build a memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to honor our fallen warriors, U.S. service members, their families, and all those who supported our nation's longest war. CFC Code: n/a Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
Pin-ups for Vets: Raises funds to improve Veterans' healthcare, donates funds to VA hospitals for medical equipment and program expansion, improves quality of life for ill Veterans across the United States through personal bedside visits to deliver gifts, promotes volunteerism at Veterans Hospitals, supports homeless Veterans with clothing and calendar gifts delivered to shelters, boosts morale for military wives and female Veterans with makeovers and clothing, and boosts morale for deployed troops through delivery of care packages. CFC Code: n/a Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
Operation Supply Drop: Addresses Mental Health, Homelessness, and Employment for Veterans and their families accompanied by a global structure encouraging community service and commitment towards one another. CFC Code: n/a Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: Provides support for the families of military personnel lost in service to our nation, and for severely wounded military personnel and veterans. CFC Code: 11333 Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
Operation Homefront: Provide emergency and other financial assistance to the families of service members and wounded warriors. CFC Code: 12526 Charity Navigator Rating: 89.18
Hope for the Warriors: Hope For The Warriors provides comprehensive support programs for service members, veterans, and military families that are focused on transition, health and wellness, peer engagement, and connections to community resources. CFC Code: 27800 Charity Navigator Rating: 92.54
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors: TAPS provides a variety of programs to offer compassionate care to those grieving the loss of a loved one who died while serving in the Armed Forces, or as a result of service. TAPS has helped more than 70,000 surviving families, caregivers, and casualty officers since the nonprofit was founded in 1994. CFC Code: 11309 Charity Navigator Rating: 94.63
Give an Hour: Give An Hour works to match military and veterans struggling with mental health and well-being with volunteer health professionals that can help them recover. The nonprofit has provided 210,000 hours of service with over 858 active volunteers and 390 partner organizations. CFC Code: 65498 Charity Navigator Rating: 89.3
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: As a scholarship program for children who have lost a parent in the line of duty, Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation provides much-needed support for struggling military kids and surviving spouses. CFC Code: 69859 Charity Navigator Rating: 97.74
Boulder Crest Retreat Foundation: Boulder Crest Retreat for Military and Veteran Wellness is the nation's first privately-funded and privately-owned rural wellness retreat dedicated exclusively to our nation's combat veterans and their families. CFC Code: 72934 Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation: Help US troops/veterans/their families. Assist disabled vets/family members; financial assistance, educational scholarships; VA claims assistance, mental health/suicide prevention outreach; phone connections home. CFC Code: 10511 Charity Navigator Rating: 96.66
Mission K9 Rescue: Serves retiring and retired Military Working Dogs, Contract Working Dogs, and other Dogs who Serve as they may fit into our mission and scope. CFC Code: N/A Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
PenFed Foundation Military Heroes Fund: Giving service members, Veterans, their families and caregivers the resources they need for a strong financial future through financial education, homeownership, short-term assistance and veteran entrepreneurial support. 134,000 military families served. CFC Code: 77273 Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
National Veterans Legal Services Program: NVLSP attorneys leverage their legal expertise, their advanced advocacy skills, and their extensive knowledge of the workings of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the military service departments on behalf of veterans. CFC Code: N/A Charity Navigator Rating: Not Rated
American Veterans: AMVETS National Service Foundation was created in 1948, with the goal of assisting our returning veterans from World War II by aiding in their readjustment back into civilian life. CFC Code: N/A Charity Navigator Rating: 81.43
These organizations all directly support veterans, but there are 54,000 more organizations registered for #GivingTuesday to choose from. The Combined Federal Campaign is supporting 8,000 of them. To pick your own charity to donate to from the CFC, click here. To view the entire list of over 54,000 organizations, click here.