Bringing Positive Changes to the Communities in Which We Live and Work. Improving the quality of life for military families through health, education, housing and community support.
Hunt Military Communities Foundation directs most of its grantmaking toward organizations that support military families, with program support as the dominant form in its recent awards. The largest recent grant in the file is $100,000 to Travis Manion Foundation for program support, and the foundation also backed Scholarship America Inc with a $74,000 program-support grant in 2025. Those awards sit alongside other recurring investments in service-member and dependent supports, including employment, education, and community-based assistance. The foundation’s stated purpose is to improve the quality of life for military families through health, education, housing, and community support, and its active programs reinforce that emphasis with scholarships, youth recognition, and back-to-school aid. Recent grants also show a practical mix of program and operational support rather than a single narrow funding model. Across the record, the foundation’s giving is concentrated in U.S. nonprofit partners that work with military-connected communities, especially around education access, family stability, and local support services.
Education is a clear thread in the foundation’s recent giving. Scholarship America Inc received $74,000 in 2025 and $50,000 in 2023, both for program support, aligning with the foundation’s scholarship-related activity. Employment assistance also appears in the recent record: Hire Heroes USA received $40,000 in 2023 and $35,000 in 2025 for operational and program support. Community and family support show up through Operation Homefront Inc, which received $32,900 in 2025 and $25,000 in 2023 for program support. The foundation’s stated focus areas also include health and housing, and its active community-grants program is described as supporting programs and services that improve quality of life for military families and communities.
Typical recent grants fall in a fairly tight range: the 25th percentile is $25,000, the median is $32,500, and the 75th percentile is $42,500. The file shows repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, including Scholarship America Inc, Hire Heroes USA, Operation Homefront Inc, and Travis Manion Foundation, which points to recurring relationships rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is a public charity and does not fund individuals. Its active programs show a mix of unsolicited opportunities, including the Hunt Little Heroes recognition program, the kids’ contest, the scholarship program, and Backpack Brigade; the community grants program is listed on the site but is not marked as accepting unsolicited applications.
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Most grants fall between $25K and $43K, with a median of $33K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$33K
75th Percentile
$43K
About 25% of grants go to recipients in GA.
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The foundation’s giving is regional, with all recent grants landing in the United States. Texas is the top state by grant count, and 25% of grants went to recipients in the HQ state. Recent recipient cities include Doylestown, PA; Bloomington, MN; Alpharetta, GA; and San Antonio, TX, showing that awards are spread across multiple U.S. states rather than concentrated only in one metro area. The recipient-country distribution in the file is exclusively U.S.-based.
Its stated focus areas are veterans and military families, education scholarships, health, housing, community support, and employment assistance. Recent grants also show program support for military-family service organizations, scholarship providers, and employment-focused nonprofits.
The recent grant-size distribution is $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $32,500 at the median, and $42,500 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards in the file include both larger and mid-range program-support grants within that band.
Yes. The recent grants list shows repeated support to Scholarship America Inc in 2023 and 2025, Hire Heroes USA in 2023 and 2025, Operation Homefront Inc in 2023 and 2025, and Travis Manion Foundation in 2023 and 2025.
Yes. The Hunt Little Heroes program, the Annual Essay / Drawing / Patriot Contest, the Hunt Heroes Foundation / HMCF Scholarship Program, and Backpack Brigade are all marked as accepting unsolicited applications. The community grants program is listed on the foundation site, but that intake detail is not marked the same way.
Texas is the top state by grant count, and 25% of grants went to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the provided data.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION | DOYLESTOWN, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC | BLOOMINGTON, MN | $74,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HIRE HEROES USA | ALPHARETTA, GA | $35,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $32,900 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC | BLOOMINGTON, MN | $50,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HIRE HEROES USA | ALPHARETTA, GA | $40,000 | 2023 | OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION | DOYLESTOWN, PA | $25,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $25,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
HIRE HEROES USA
$35,000OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
HIRE HEROES USA
OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT