Warrior Reunion Foundation

“Our irs form 990 was reviewed by the chief executive officer and was approved by the board of directors prior to submission.”

“Our conflict of interest policy is enumerated in our organizational bylaws as part of the organizational bylaws as part of the organiations articles of incorporation. This policy is reviewed bi-annually and all operational decisions and board resolutions are vetted to ensure compliance with the established policy.”

“The organizations ceo receives no compensation.”

“The organization has only one employee, the executive director, whose compensation is determined by the board of directors on an annual basis. Ther are no other employees and none of the officers of the organization have ever received any compensation in any form.”

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“Provided five reunions to reconnect the members of units of military veterans who deployed to combat together. Reunion program included community service projects, memorial services for gold star families and informational briefings to connect verterans with actionable support resources and peer support facilitation.provided support to a reunion to reconnect marking the 15 yr commemoration of the battle of an nasiriyah. Support included travel and accommodations for gold star family members as well as support for a resource fair connecting verterans with supporting organizations across the hierarchy of needs.”

“Part iii.1.mission: warrior reunion foundation supports combat veterans in overcoming the challenges of post-military transition by reconnecting those who served together overseas. We challenge stigma through shared experience, rebuilding essential peer support networks that enable our veterans to live with meaning, purpose and positive impact in their communities. Our reunions facilitate direct, high-touch proactive connections to best in breed resources serving americas veterans. 4. Program service accomplisments:at the close of our third reunion season we will have reunited over 500 combat veterans and gold star family membes across 14 reunions, provided at no cost to each unit weve served. In recogmnition of our impact, in 2018 wrf recieved the fisher house foundations prestigious newmans own award as the top veteran charity of the year. According to our post-reunion surveys:a)before attending their reunion, only 30% of participants were likely to reach out to their veteran peers for support. After attending a wrf reunion, over 70% reported they were highly likely to reach out for support when needed. This confirms that attending a wrf reunion has more than doubled peer support engagement by our veteran attendees. B)over 70% of post-reunion survey respondents had not seen members of their unit in over 5 years.c)over 97% of post-reunion survey respondents said that attending their reunion strenghtened their social connections with their military family.d)100% of survey respondents would recommend attending a reunion sponsored by warrior reunion foundation to their veteran peers. Our program is focused on capacity building. Our reunions are a partnership between our team and the units we support. Our goal is to build capacity within each unit, giving them tools and experience they need to plan future gatherings to ensure their connection remains strong. We accomplish this through good old-fashioned sweat equity. Each unit is required to establish a unit planning committee of 3-5 members that works alongside our team through a guided 6 month reunion planning process. We failitate by providing planning guidance and resources; the unit planning committee makes the decisions for their reunion, coordinates amongst all unit members, and is responsible for ensuring mission success. Our program facilitates proactive connections to actionable resources. Duriing our planning process we work with each unit to identify the areas of support that best address the prevailing issues facing their members. Based on that needs assessment we invite representatives from partner organizations to brief at the reunion, putting best-in-bred veteran support organizations (vso) directly in front of our reunion attendees. Surrounded by those with whom they served our veteran attendees are able to talk openly about their challenges, bonded by their shared experience in combat and the unique understanding the can only come from serving downrange together. This stigma-free enviornment, couple with direct, in-person connections to pre-screened resources that match self-selected areas of need results in increased engagement and improved outcomes for the veterans we serve.our program results in enduring peer support engagement. Our reunions serve as the begining of an enduring connection between the members of the unit. Facilitated through private facebook groups created during their reunion planning process, and supported with additional resorces to include support for annual in-person meet ups, our reunion program ensures that no veteran is without a connection to brothers and sisters in arms as they strive to pursue lifes next mission. Our organization provides all funding and planning supprort to provide reunions to units that deployed to combat together. Each reunion supported thoughout 2018 was delivered at no-cost the veterans we served. During the course of 2018 our organization provided 5 reunions which reconnected over 200 combat veterans and gold”