About Call of Duty Endowment
The Call of Duty Endowment helps veterans find high-quality careers by supporting groups that prepare them for the job market and by raising awareness of the value vets bring to the workplace. The Endowment identifies and funds the most efficient and effective organizations that get unemployed veterans back to work.
Focus Areas
veteran job placementgrantmaking to veteran service organizationsresearch on veteran employmentawards and capacity-building (Seal of Distinction)
Who They Fund
unemployed veteranstransitioning service members
Funding Style
outcome-driven / performance-focusedevidence-based grantmakingdirect service funding (job placement intermediaries)capacity building for service providers
About Call of Duty Endowment
The Call Of Duty Endowment centers its grantmaking on a narrow purpose: helping veterans move into high-quality careers. Rather than funding a broad set of causes, it backs organizations that prepare unemployed veterans and transitioning service members for the job market, then emphasizes employer engagement and placement pipelines. Its own summary frames the work as identifying and funding the most efficient and effective organizations that get veterans back to work. The Endowment also uses recognition as part of its model. Through its Seal of Distinction program, it identifies the highest-performing veteran employment nonprofits and gives those organizations added visibility with donors and priority in Endowment support. That makes the funder distinct not only for what it funds, but for how it selects partners. Among the recent grant categories, its primary restricted grants show a preference for selected partner organizations that have already demonstrated effectiveness and efficiency in connecting veterans with high-quality jobs. The overall picture is of a private foundation focused on direct, performance-based support for veteran job placement, workforce development, and transition services.
What Call of Duty Endowment Funds
In veteran employment, The Call Of Duty Endowment supports charities that prepare veterans to compete for high-quality jobs. The grantmaking is tied to job placement and career readiness rather than general operating support alone. The Endowment also funds organizations working on workforce development for veterans and transitioning service members. Its program descriptions point to job training, skills development, credentialing, and transition support services as part of that pipeline. A third strand is evaluation and capacity-building. The Seal of Distinction program identifies high-performing veteran employment nonprofits and prioritizes them for Endowment grants and support, linking funding to measured effectiveness. The organization also makes restricted grants to selected partner nonprofits that it has identified as highly effective and efficient at placing veterans into high-quality jobs.
How Call of Duty Endowment Gives
The grant-size data provided for the Seal of Distinction program shows a range from $0 to $30,000. The broader grantmaking model is selective and performance-focused, with substantial restricted grants directed to chosen partner organizations rather than open solicitation. Recipients can appear across program descriptions as primary grantees and as organizations recognized through the Seal of Distinction, which suggests repeated relationships with vetted veteran-employment nonprofits. The Endowment is a private foundation and does not accept unsolicited applications in the programs described. Program-related investments are not part of the structure.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.5M
Total Assets
$17.7M
Total Revenue
$19.9M
Total Expenses
$10.5M
Geographic Reach
National8 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Call of Duty Endowment Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Call of Duty Endowment.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 28 | $23.6M | 87.5% |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
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