Oath & Oak
For-profitWorkforce development organization supporting veteran career transitions through coaching, community, and employer connections.
Serves: All veterans
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Onward Ops
NonprofitA program by veterans for veterans — Onward Ops focuses on the critical 12-month window between leaving the military and reintegrating into civilian life, the period when suicide risk is three times higher than any other time. Led by Brig. Gen. (ret.) Mike Eastman, Onward Ops connects transitioning service members with trained volunteer sponsors from their destination community who check in weekly, provide local knowledge, and make sure no one navigates the transition alone. Free planning tools, a personalized transition dashboard, Google Workspace, and access to benefits and resources complete the model. On track to reach 100,000 veterans annually by 2026 — roughly half of all separating service members. Available to active duty, Reserve, and National Guard members, and veterans within 90 days of separation. Partners include the Veteran Sponsorship Initiative (VSI). Veterans with a transition sponsor are 63% more likely to avoid crisis.
Serves: All veterans, Guard & Reserve, Post-9/11
Onward to Opportunity (O2O)
NonprofitFree career training and employer connections for service members, veterans, and military spouses via the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF).
Serves: All veterans, Military spouses
Operation Child Care Project (OCCP)
NonprofitThe only nationwide nonprofit focused specifically on child care access and equity for military-connected families. A 501(c)(3) founded by Kayla Corbitt, who became a subject-matter expert in military child care and then hit the subsidy-access barriers herself while stationed overseas — noticing that spouses with young children were the ones pushed out of the workforce because on-installation Child Development Centers carry long waitlists and off-base care is expensive, scarce, and inflexible. Supports families across the full spectrum of child care challenges, from finding a trusted babysitter to navigating the military's subsidy programs. Provides one-on-one case management for 50 to 60 DOD families at a time, a scholarship program the organization describes as the first not entangled in red tape, and HomeFront Helpers — community members trained through a cohort program who receive pediatric first aid and CPR certification to expand trusted local care options. Also advocates using real family stories, and connects the child care gap to its downstream effects: spouse un- and under-employment, food insecurity, and chronic debt. A Florida training cohort opens September 19. Free to families.
Serves: All veterans, Military children, Military spouses
Operation Homefront
NonprofitNational nonprofit best known for building, renovating, and gifting mortgage-free homes to veterans and their families, alongside transitional housing programs. Also delivers emergency financial assistance for rent, utilities, and other critical needs during crises, plus recurring family-support programs like baby showers for expecting military families and back-to-school brigades. Serves active-duty, National Guard, Reserve, and veteran families on the belief that those who serve should not have to choose between paying the rent and feeding their family. Needs-based and free to recipients.
Serves: Disability/Wounded, All veterans, Military spouses
Operation Honor: Rural Salute
Nonprofit501(c)(3) founded by Army wife Michelle Lang to connect rural veterans — 4.4 million of whom are chronically underserved — to local resources, community, and in-person events right where they live. Runs a national resource library, interactive map, online community, and annual multi-state events bringing VA, American Legion, mental health, and telehealth resources directly into rural communities. A Vietnam veteran at their first event said: 'This is the first time since I came home that I feel seen and my service appreciated.'
Serves: Rural veterans
Operation Phoenix Rising
NonprofitKentucky-based veteran service organization founded and led by Army veteran Morgan Wells — herself a VR&E graduate and former VA Rating Service Representative and Veterans Service Representative. Provides free, expert, personalized support with VA disability claims, healthcare enrollment, vocational rehabilitation services, peer mentorship, and community reintegration. The team's insider knowledge of how the VA actually processes claims is a genuine differentiator. Mission: "Your mission is now you."
Serves: All veterans
Our Military Kids
NonprofitNational nonprofit providing extracurricular activity awards (sports, arts, camps, tutoring, STEM, driver's education) to children ages 1–18 of deployed National Guard or Reserve service members, or post-9/11 combat-injured veterans in treatment. 93% of families report improved service member morale from their child's funded activity. 82% of families could not have afforded the activity without OMK support. Candid Platinum seal, USAA Foundation partner, WWP Community Partnership Network member.
Serves: Guard & Reserve, Military children
PACT Act Benefits (VA Toxic Exposure)
GovernmentThe Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson PACT Act of 2022 is the largest expansion of VA benefits in decades — grants permanent VA healthcare eligibility to 3.5 million post-9/11 veterans exposed to burn pits and toxic substances, and adds 20+ new presumptive service-connected conditions. As of March 5, 2024, ALL veterans with toxic exposures can enroll directly in VA healthcare without first filing a disability claim. Covers Gulf War era (Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Somalia, and surrounding areas), Agent Orange (Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, others), radiation exposure, and contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. File a claim at VA.gov or call 800-698-2411.
Serves: Disability/Wounded, Post-9/11
Free, cloud-based resource navigation platform built and operated by the Code of Support Foundation, developed out of the frustration its own peer navigators felt trying to find resources for clients in crisis. Now open with no sign-up or login required. Filters vetted services by eligibility criteria rather than by program category, using service era, disability rating, discharge status, deployment history, and geographic coverage, so results reflect what a given veteran actually qualifies for. Inclusion is deliberately narrow: a listed organization must provide a direct, cost-free service or opportunity and must be fiscally responsible and financially transparent. Piloted from 2016 across 50+ organizations including Catholic Charities, the National Guard, the American Red Cross military and caregiver network, Elizabeth Dole Foundation, Volunteers of America, USO, and Homes For Our Troops. Backed by a December 2018 MOU with the VA Veterans Experience Office.
Serves: Caregivers, Disability/Wounded, All veterans
PGA HOPE
NonprofitPGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) is the flagship military program of PGA REACH, the charitable foundation of the PGA of America. Introduces golf to veterans and active duty military through a free 6-8 week curriculum led by PGA Professionals trained in adaptive golf and military cultural competency. Active in all 50 states. Has a formal VA MOU enabling Recreational Therapists to refer veterans directly as a form of therapy. Open to all eras, all branches, all abilities — no golf experience required.
Serves: Disability/Wounded, All veterans
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
NonprofitThe only congressionally chartered VSO dedicated solely to veterans with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D), MS, and ALS — founded 1946. Provides VA hospital site visits, legal representation before the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, adaptive sports (60+ free events annually), career support, research grants, and accessibility architecture consulting. Secured over $1.2 billion in veteran benefits. Note: PVA self-reports 72% to programs; CharityWatch calculates 58.5% after adjusting for joint cost accounting practices.
Serves: Disability/Wounded
Pat Tillman Foundation
NonprofitUnites and empowers remarkable veterans and military spouses through scholarships and a lifelong leadership development community.
Serves: All veterans
Post-Veterati
NonprofitThe direct successor to Veterati, which pioneered on-demand digital mentorship for the military community before closing in 2024 — Post-Veterati was built specifically to preserve that mission. Free, unlimited on-demand one-on-one mentorship calls with volunteer professionals: CEOs, recruiters, entrepreneurs, managers, veterans, and civilians. The only veteran mentorship platform that lets you choose your own mentors with no cap on how many — members average 4 mentors, some have 25+. Covers employment, education, entrepreneurship, and career development at every stage. Free for transitioning service members, military spouses, and veterans.
Serves: All veterans, Military spouses
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing
NonprofitFounded in 2005 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center by retired Navy Captain Ed Nicholson — the nation's leading nonprofit using fly fishing as therapeutic intervention for veterans. More than 7,000 veteran participants actively healing annually across 45 states, supported by nearly 4,000 volunteers. Programs include fly fishing, fly casting, fly tying, and rod building — beginner to advanced. All equipment and fishing trips provided at no cost. VA MOU and DoD hospital partnerships enable direct referrals as therapy. A specific commitment to women veterans is woven into the program design. Receives no government funding.
Serves: Disability/Wounded, All veterans, Women veterans
Project Hero (Ride 2 Recovery)
NonprofitNational nonprofit founded in 2008 helping veterans and first responders affected by PTSD, TBI, and injury achieve rehabilitation, recovery, and resilience through cycling. Best known for its multi-day Challenge rides — group cycling events of up to several hundred miles where injured veterans ride for free on specially adapted bikes, hand-cycles, recumbents, and custom tandems — plus more than a dozen single-day Honor Rides in major markets and community-based HUB centers in over 45 cities where veterans and first responders connect and ride together year-round. The program grew out of Ride 2 Recovery, and its 2009 Texas Challenge was where the DoD Warrior Games concept was born. Reports strong self-reported outcomes: a majority of participants describe reduced or eliminated need for prescription medication and improved pain, sleep, and daily function. Veterans participate free.
Serves: Disability/Wounded, All veterans, Post-9/11
PsychArmor
NonprofitNational nonprofit founded in 2013 by Marjorie Morrison and based in San Diego, built to bridge the civilian-military divide through free education. Maintains a library of more than 200 free online courses covering military culture, trauma-informed care, suicide prevention, caregiving, and financial wellness — developed with veterans, caregivers, clinicians, and subject matter experts rather than about them. Offers the Veteran Ready certification for healthcare providers and organizations, and industry-specific curriculum tracks for healthcare, nonprofits, higher education, and employers. Nearly 200 organizations use the platform to train staff and volunteers, with partners including the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program, American Red Cross, and Amazon. Not a direct-service provider — it improves the competence of everyone else in the ecosystem, which is why it belongs in the navigation layer.
Serves: Caregivers, All veterans
RecruitMilitary
For-profitOne of the largest military-to-civilian recruiting firms in the country, connecting transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses with employers through a national job board, virtual and in-person career fairs, and employer-branding services. Part of the DirectEmployers association, it runs hundreds of hiring events a year and maintains a large candidate database employers use to source military talent. Free to job seekers; employers fund the platform.
Serves: All veterans
Red Star Foundation
NonprofitFounded 2018 by Deb and Russell Muniz, survivors of military suicide loss, to advocate for recognition of families who lose a service member or veteran to suicide — the missing equivalent of the Gold Star designation, which applies only to combat deaths. Currently focused on awareness, advocacy, and recognition. The organization describes peer-support and bereavement services as planned, but as of this listing that capability is not confirmed operational. Families needing immediate suicide-loss bereavement support should contact TAPS, which provides fully operational 24/7 survivor care.
Serves: Gold Star
Robert Irvine Foundation
NonprofitSupports physical and mental well-being of service members, veterans, first responders, and families through food programs, wellness initiatives, community building, and financial assistance.
Serves: All veterans
SBA Boots to Business
GovernmentSBA entrepreneurship education offered through the DoD Transition Assistance Program (TAP). Introduces transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses to business ownership through an in-person or virtual Introduction to Entrepreneurship course on installations, with an optional multi-week online follow-on; Boots to Business Reboot serves those who have already separated. Covers opportunity assessment, business-model basics, and startup financing, and connects participants to SBA's resource network of VBOCs, SCORE mentors, and Small Business Development Centers. Free.
Serves: All veterans
The federal government's front door for veteran entrepreneurship, run by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Congress created the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program to help veterans take full advantage of business ownership; SBA funds a national network of 31 VBOC organizations serving all 50 states, plus "Super" VBOCs now expanding in high-veteran-density regions. VBOCs provide no-cost entrepreneurial development — business plan development, counseling, mentorship, and Boots to Business training run with installation Transition Service Managers — and, critically for financing, they help veterans navigate SBA's resource-partner network and refer them to a community partner, lender, or SBA loan program. This is the honest first stop for a veteran asking "where do I get a business loan": the VA does not make business loans, but SBA-backed products do — 7(a) loans up to $5 million, Express loans up to $500,000 with fast decisions, microloans of $50,000 or less for startups, and the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan (MREIDL) for businesses that lose a key employee to active-duty call-up. VBOCs also connect veterans to CDFI lenders for early-stage capital. Free.
Serves: All veterans, Guard & Reserve, Military spouses
SPARTA Pride
NonprofitFounded in 2013 — the nation's premier nonprofit dedicated specifically to transgender service members, veterans, and their families. 2,000+ transgender Americans actively serving in the U.S. Armed Forces are SPARTA members, many with one to two decades of honorable service. Three programs: peer support and mentoring communities (on Facebook and private website forums), emergency grants to members in need, and active policy advocacy before Congress, the Pentagon, and the courts. Board comprises active duty, Reserve, and veteran transgender service members. SPARTA testified before the House Armed Services Committee, has been guests at the State of the Union, and responded to every major policy shift affecting transgender military service — including a July 2026 DoD announcement expanding testosterone screening. Meaningfully distinct from MMAA — SPARTA serves the transgender lane specifically; MMAA serves the broader LGBTQ+ military community.
Serves: LGBTQ+
STOP Soldier Suicide
NonprofitThe nation's first veteran-founded, veteran-focused nonprofit dedicated specifically to reducing military and veteran suicide. Provides free, confidential, one-on-one support through trained wellness coordinators who work with clients over time — sustained case management addressing the drivers of crisis such as financial stress, relationships, sleep, and access to care, rather than a single call. Uses data and analytics to reach those at highest risk. Complements rather than replaces the Veterans Crisis Line (988, then 1): the Crisis Line for the acute emergency, STOP Soldier Suicide for the longer arc of getting stable. Free and confidential.
Serves: Crisis, All veterans