Vietnam Veterans of America Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO SUPPORT A FULL RANGE OF ISSUES AFFECTING VIETNAM VETERANS, AS WELL AS, ALL VETERANS. VVA IS THE ONLY CONGRESSIONALY CHARTERED ORGANIZATION EXCLUSIVELY DEDICATED TO VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
- Income
- $8.4 million
- Spending
- $12.5 million
- Employees
- 59
- Volunteers
- 46
- Highest pay
- $174,623, director communication
Source: Form 990 for the year ending February 28, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending February 28, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending February 28, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $7.0 million spent. FOUNDED IN 1978, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA VVA IS ONE OF OUR NATIONS MOST RESPECTED AND SUCCESSFUL VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS. OUR MEMBERSHIP GREW OVER 1 PERCENT, TO 93,547 MEMBERS, AND SIX NEW CHAPTER WAS CHARTERED. OUR MEMBERS REMAIN ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, MEETING REGULARLY AND ENGAGING IN PROJECTS. VVAS 46 STATE COUNCILS AND 544 CHAPTERS ARE LOCATED IN ALL 50 STATES, AS WELL AS GUAM, PUERTO RICO, THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. VVAS NATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH THE WORK OF THE CHAPTERS AND STATE COUNCILS VICTORIES GAINED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ARE IMPLEMENTED LOCALLY. OUR AFFILIATED, SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION, THE ASSOCIATES OF VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, HAS OVER 11,783 MEMBERS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O PART III, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS LINE 4A CONTINUED IN KEEPING WITH OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLE, NEVER AGAIN WILL ONE GENERATION OF VETERANS ABANDON ANOTHER, VVAS THEME OF VETS CONNECT ENABLES US TO REACH OUT TO OUR NEWER VETERANS. VVA IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ADEQUATE HEALTHCARE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OUR RETURNING TROOPS AS WELL AS FOR VIETNAM VETERANS. VVAS VETERANS BENEFITS PROGRAM EXISTS TO ASSIST DISABLED VETERANS AND CLAIMANTS, NO MATTER WHEN OR WHERE THEY SERVED. THIS IS OUR WAY OF ENSURING THAT WE LIVE UP TO OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLE. OUR VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS MANAGE THE FULL CYCLE OF VA CLAIMS, INCLUDING INITIAL FILINGS, RATING DECISION REVIEWS, SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS, HIGH-LEVEL REVIEWS, AND REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS. THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF THE MORE THAN 215 VVA VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS, 660,681,102 IN BENEFITS WERE PAID OUT TO OVER 44,296 VETERAN CLAIMANTS IN FY26. IN FY26, VVA CONTINUED ITS LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE LAW OFFICES OF BERGMANN MOORE AND THE NATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM. THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE TRAINING FOR VVA VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS AND EXPERT LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO VVA CLIENTS PURSUING LEGACY APPEALS AND MODERNIZATION ACT APPEALS BEFORE THE BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS. OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD VVAS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THROUGH SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND WITH KEY OFFICIALS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. THE TEAM DRAFTED LETTERS, WROTE POLICY PAPERS, DELIVERED TESTIMONY, AND CONDUCTED BRIEFINGS IN SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 20 PIECES OF LEGISLATION BENEFITING VETERANS. WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT, VVA HOSTED MONTHLY LUNCHEONS WITH TOPICAL PRESENTATIONS. VVA TACKLED A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES, FROM TOXIC EXPOSURE POLICY FOR GULF WAR ILLNESS AGENT ORANGE AND RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH CONDITIONS OF THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF EXPOSED VETERANS AND JUSTICE FOR BLUE WATER NAVY VETERANS WHO WERE EXPOSED ON SHIPS OUTSIDE THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF VIETNAM. ON BEHALF OF HOMELESS VETERANS IN WEST LA AND ELSEWHERE, VVA SECURED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ADVANCE THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR WARRIOR INDEPENDENCE AS WELL AS THE PASSAGE OF THE DISABLED VETERANS HOUSING SUPPORT ACT. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO EXPLORE PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED THERAPIES FOR PTSD AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE WAS SECURED, AS WELL AS LEGISLATION AWARDING THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO VIETNAM WAR HERO MAJOR JAMES CAPERS, JR. IN APRIL, IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR, VVA CONVENED A CEREMONY AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL. FIFTY-ONE WREATHS WERE LAID AT THE WALL BY VVA REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL U.S. STATE AND TERRITORIES. IN JUNE, VVA CELEBRATED THE RENAMING OF THE WEST PALM BEACH MEDICAL CENTER TO THE THOMAS H. COREY MEDICAL CENTER WITH A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND RECEPTION. THOMAS COREY, CATASTROPHICALLY WOUNDED IN VIETNAM, SERVED AS VVAS 5TH PRESIDENT. IN AUGUST, VVAS 22ND NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS HELD IN NEW ORLEANS TOM BURKE WAS ELECTED NATIONAL PRESIDENT. IN NOVEMBER, VVA PRESIDENT TOM BURKE DELIVERED THE KEYNOTE FOR THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES AT THE WALL. THIS YEAR, VVA LAUNCHED THE AMBITIOUS NOTE TO DOCTOR I AM A VETERANS PROGRAM, AIMED AT VETERANS OF ALL ERAS AND CONFLICTS. ON VETERERANSHEALTHCONCERNS.ORG, VETERANS AND DOCTORS WILL FIND THE LIST OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO MILITARY SERVICE, SO THAT VETERANS SEEKING CARE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL BE ABLE TO DIRECT THEIR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS TO THIS WEB SITE TO LEARN ABOUT THEATRE-SPECIFIC HEALTH RISKS ENCOUNTERED WHILE IN UNIFORM. NOW IN ITS 46TH YEAR, THE VVA VETERAN, OUR AWARD-WINNING BIMONTHLY NEWS MAGAZINE, IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY COMMUNICATION TOOLS OF VVA, BOTH WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND OUTSIDE. SIX BIMONTHLY ISSUES WERE DELIVERED ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAGAZINE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT VVAVETERAN.ORG. DISPATCHES, OUR IN-DEPTH VIDEO INTERVIEW SERIES WITH ARTISTS, FILMMAKERS, AND WRITERS WHOSE WORK, RECORDED TEN EPISODES IN FY26. VVA CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS REACH WITH THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ON THE WEB, VVA CAN BE FOUND AT WWW. VVA.ORG. OUR NEWSLETTERS, THE WEB WEEKLY AND IN SERVICE, PROVIDE OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS WITH THE LATEST NEWS AND CHAPTER ACTIVITIES, VETERANS HEALTH UPDATES, AND LEGISLATION. OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS, FACEBOOK PAGES, AND USE OF TWITTER ARE FURTHER EXPANDING OUR REACH, AND OUR NUMBERS OF FOLLOWERS CONTINUE TO GROW.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending February 28, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(19) veterans' organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending February 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 1984.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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