What We Do
With your help, we can continue to support programs that:
- Provide grants to VFW Posts, Auxiliaries and Departments as well as qualifying nonprofits providing the vital support America's heroes and their families deserve.
- Provide scholarships to student veterans the financial assistance they need to complete their educational goals without incurring excessive student loan debt.
- Support troops and their families in need of financial assistance for housing, medical or basic life needs with a grant.
- Sponsor "welcome home” and "send off” events to boost the morale of returning or deployed military units.
- Offer military veterans, regardless of when or where they served, with VFW counsel and assistance to successfully navigate VA entitlement and disability claims.
- Reward America’s military heroes and their families by sponsoring admission to popular entertainment events and attractions.
Financial Grants
We understand the challenges that our active-duty service members (to include activated Guard/Reserve members) and their families can face, and we believe that experiencing financial difficulties should not be one of them. That's the premise behind the VFW’s Unmet Needs program.
Unmet Needs is here to help America's active-duty service members (to include activated Guard/Reserve members) and their families who have run into unexpected financial difficulties because of deployment or other military-related activity or injury. The program provides financial assistance up to $2,500 to assist daily necessities in the form of a grant – not a loan – so no repayment is required. To further ease the burden, we pay the creditor(s) directly.
The needs of our active-duty service members (to include activated Guard/Reserve members) and their families should never go unmet. Let us offer you a hand-up when you need it!
For additional information, and to see if you or someone you know qualifies for a grant through the Unmet Needs program, please review the Unmet Needs eligibility criteria.
