Veterans Initiatives

Our investments funded 230,000 transition services for post-9/11 veterans and their families.

Amount Invested

$176M

Transition Services Provided

230K

Veterans Securing Employment

12K

Overview

Our support helped post-9/11 veterans navigate the transition from military to civilian life through investments in their health, careers and education. We prioritized their families as well, partnering with organizations that served veterans' spouses and children.

Education

A group of Team Rubicon volunteers stand in front of a new house they helped construct.

Credit: Team Rubicon

The Clark Foundation invested in helping post-9/11 veterans build bridges from military to college and professional life, funding pre-college boot camps, vocational training, and entrepreneurship programs.

A Team Rubicon volunteer in a helmet and safety gear uses a chainsaw to cut up a large fallen tree.

1,350

Veterans attended Warrior-Scholar Project's pre-college academic boot camps

124

Veterans, military spouses, and caregivers participated in Dog Tag's entrepreneurship program

Employment

Graduates of the Dog Tag Bakery fellowship stand in a group wearing business clothes and smiling proudly.

Credit: Dog Tag Inc

Our investments helped post-9/11 veterans build confidence, find their personal and professional purpose, expand their networks, and navigate the civilian career space.

A speaker gives a networking presentation to participants in a Hire Heroes training.

12,000

Veterans who successfully transitioned to the civilian workforce with support from Hire Heroes USA

6,300

One-on-one transition services and executive coaching sessions provided by COMMIT

Family Support

A young woman in a dress and a graduation cap holds a photograph of her father in his military uniform.

Children of Fallen Patriots Scholar Katie Palmer in a college graduation portrait holding a picture of her late father, Marine Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin James Palmer. Credit: Children of Fallen Patriots

The Clark Foundation's investments increased access to housing, created community among veteran families, and provided scholarship support to children of fallen patriots.

Two Children of Fallen Patriots staff members laugh and smile as they greet guests at a gathering.

2,400

Years of college funded for Gold Star children through Children of Fallen Patriots

466

Families provided transitional housing through Operation Homefront

Health & Wellness

Two gentleman embrace in an outdoor, farm setting. One of the men has two prosthetic arms.

Credit: Boulder Crest Foundation

The Clark Foundation expanded evidence-based medical, mental health, and traumatic growth services for post-9/11 veterans and their families.

4,300

Cost-free clinical mental health sessions provided to veterans by The Headstrong Project

3,170

Veterans who participated in Posttraumatic Growth programming through Boulder Crest Foundation

Community & Sense of Purpose

Volunteers from the Mission continues build materials together. A man, front drills, while a woman holds the lumber in place.

Our investments supported post-9/11 veterans on their paths to connecting with their communities, honing their leadership potential, and cultivating a sense of purpose.