Veterans program area grantmaking

Grants for direct services and policy/systems-change work on veteran access to benefits and resources, legal services, advocacy, and housing security, focused on non-career enlisted (E-1 to E-6) veterans including Guard and Reserve.

Indicative award

Amount not published (varies by call)No grant size range is published on the funding-priorities or grantseekers pages.

Timing

By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Grantseekers page: the Trust is not currently accepting unsolicited requests for funding, but invites email inquiries from aligned organisations for possible future consideration. Grantmaking follows a 2024-2028 strategic plan.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Nonprofit organisations serving people in the Western US (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY). The Trust is not currently accepting unsolicited requests; an email inquiry process is the only entry point. British Columbia requests are no longer accepted.

SSWR clusters

Topics

veteran housing and homelessness · benefits navigation · legal services · military sexual trauma · policy advocacy

Apply at

https://smithct.org/funding-priorities/veterans

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Veterans program area grantmaking

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