Veterans Support Foundation / United States Armed Forces Association

Based on its 2019 tax return, we calculate that the Veterans Support Foundation / United States Armed Forces Association spent 54.6 percent of its $2.6 million budget on overhead. This is higher than our recommended 25 percent overhead spending.

According to the New York Attorney General, Veterans Support Foundation / United States Armed Forces Association reported raising $12,853,880.64 from solicitation campaigns using professional fundraising firms between 2011 and 2020. Of this, only $4,640,534.89 (36.1 percent) went to the charity; the rest was kept by the solicitors. Read more here.

We do not recommend giving to the Veterans Support Foundation / United States Armed Forces Association. See our lists of Highly Recommended Charities and Recommended Charities for alternatives.

The Foundation is a nonprofit based in Silver Spring, MD. Its dual functions are providing funds to nonprofit organizations to support community-based, veteran-related projects in the U.S. and running several houses as transitional and permanent residences for homeless veterans.