The Pentagon Federal Credit Union
Alexandria, VA · EIN 54-2062271. Reported 52 grants totalling $1,502,227 to 50 organizations across tax years 2023-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Pentagon Federal Credit Union, the IRS classifies it under recreation & sports rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE N20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 50 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 17% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,227 and the largest $120,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Wish Inc | Covington, LA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arcadia Food Inc | Alexandria, VA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ptsd Foundation of America | Houston, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Mission Continues | Saint Louis, MO | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | Stonington, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commit Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Force Blue Inc | Mt Pleasant, SC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Green Beret Foundation | Southern Pnes, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Military Spouse Advocacy Network | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nextop Inc | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smart Heroes Foundation Inc | Falls Church, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Family Life | Copperas Cove, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veterans One-Stop Center of Wny Inc | Buffalo, NY | $42,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aleph Institute | Surfside, FL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Travis Manion Foundation | Doylestown, PA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colonel Il James N Pritzker Library for the Citizen Soldier | Kenosha, WI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Legion | San Juan, PR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads | Virginia Beach, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Star Counseling | Cortland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Canine Companions for Independence | Santa Rosa, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creativets | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homeward Trails Animal Rescue Incorporated | Fairfax Sta, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Honor Foundation | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Military Child Education Coalition | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Military Family Association Inc | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Encore | Jamestown, RI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reveille Grounds | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The 957 Project | The Plains, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| U S Naval Sea Cadet Corps | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Broward County | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warriors Ethos Inc | Reston, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wear Blue Run to Remember | Dupont, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Raider Foundation | Fishers, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adaptive Sports Foundation Inc | Windham, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society | Tempe, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blacksburg Refugee Partnership Inc | Blacksburg, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Context Ventures | Auburn, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals Serving DC-MD-Va Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Women Warriors | Vista, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rise Up Experience Inc | Springfield, PA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc | Arlington, VA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tri-County Council Foundation Inc | Salisbury, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gold Star Mothers Maryland Chapter | Laurel, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Our Military Kids Inc | Oakton, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Penfed Realty | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Strong Compass Inc | Duluth, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Through Reading | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vets Beyond the Uniform Foundation | Vista, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Defenders Lodge | Palo Alto, CA | $5,227 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
2 of 50 (4%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Scott's Wish Inc
Donation for Leaders & Legends - The Mission Continues
Grant to The Mission Continues to support Service Leadership Corps - Ptsd Foundation of America
Grant to support Camp Hope Trauma Recovery - Texas Family Life
Grant to support The ETS Sponsorship Food Insecurity Program - Coast Guard Foundation Inc
Grant to support program Mental Resiliency - Military Spouse Advocacy Network
Grant to Military Spouse Leadership Development Program
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 41 of 50 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | $480,227 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 40 | $1,022,000 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
20% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Virginia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Pentagon Federal Credit Union's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 25 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 15 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2930 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22314.
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