Foundation Programs

What We Do

The Foundation works to ensure that those who devote their lives to the defense of our country have the resources they need to gain their piece of the American Dream:

• The Asset Recovery Kit (ARK) – provides emergency loans and professional financial counseling to our country’s brave military men and women to help them avoid the trap of payday lending.



• Dream Makers – offers grants for down payments to first-time homebuyers of modest means who valiantly work to protect our country’s national security.



• The Military Heroes® program – provides wounded soldiers with services that the Defense Department cannot offer due to budgetary and regulatory restrictions. These unmet needs — identified by military Command, the Military Severely Injured Center, and others — include a variety of activities, including the following:
  • Wireless laptops in Fisher Houses at military hospitals;
  • Child care for the families of hospitalized soldiers;
  • Emergency financial support for families of the wounded facing crises;
  • A hospice room and a patient and family lounge in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  • A short-term outpatient housing facility for severely wounded military personnel and their families
  • Support for military families and retirees rebuilding their lives after natural disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita