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Your generous tax-deductible donation to Veterans of Valor helps provide hope and encouragement to combat-wounded military Heroes during their recovery. Your donation also provides assistance to the families of combat-wounded military Heroes. As the number of severely wounded military veterans increases, your support is deeply appreciated. Donating is simple.
Credit card donations can be sent electronically to Veterans of Valor using our secure World Pay form. Click the link below to make a donation with your credit card.
If you wish to send a check, mail your donation to Veterans of Valor, 7216 US 31 South, Indianapolis, IN 46227. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@veteransofvalor.org.
Please do not send us cash through the mail.
To Donate Now. Please enter the amount you wish to donate in the box below and select the “Donate” button. This will lead to a secure page to enter your credit card payment information.
Or you can use your PayPal acount:
1. Corporate Giving
Many companies and corporations are interested in supporting our combat-wounded military Heroes. For more information on how your company or corporation can support Veterans of Valor, please contact us at info@veteransofvalor.org.
2. Memorials and Honorariums
Memorials and honorariums are very special ways to honor the memory of a loved one. If you wish to make a memorial or honorarium donation online with your credit card through our secure World Pay option, please click here. The bottom of the form allows you to enter necessary information.
You may also mail your memorial or honorarium donation. Please be sure to include the necessary information with your check or credit card. Veterans of Valor will notify the family or individual of your very special gift. If you have any questions, please contact us at donor services at info@veteransofvalor.org.
3. Wills, Trusts, and Life Insurance
Veterans of Valor makes it easy for you to donate through a will or a living trust. When planning your estate, name Veterans of Valor in your will for a specific amount or a percentage share in your estate. You can also name Veterans of Valor to be the beneficiary of your estate after the payment of bequests to others or donations that are made through a living trust. The process is simple. We strongly suggest consulting legal advice when drafting a will.
Another way to donate to Veterans of Valor is to name Veterans of Valor as a beneficiary of an existing or new life insurance policy. Many low-cost premium payments may be tax-deductible. Veterans of Valor must be named as the owner and beneficiary of the insurance policy for it to be taken as a tax-deductible gift. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@veteransofvalor.org.
4. Real Estate Gifts
Veterans of Valor accepts gifts of real estate, subject to the approval of our Board of Directors.
Many of our donors are making useful gifts of real estate and receiving a charitable income tax deduction for the fair market value of their property. This is an advantage because you bypass the capital gains taxes that would be due upon the sale of the property, and you remove the property from your taxable estate. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@veteransofvalor.org.
5. Matching Gifts
Often companies encourage their employees to make charitable contributions by matching their philanthropic support. To find out if your company participates in matching gifts, consult your human resource office, which will provide you with a matching gift form. For further details, contact us at info@veteransofvalor.org.
1. Can I make a donation to a specific veteran?
Veterans of Valor cannot guarantee that your donation will be used for a specific military Hero. However, you can make an Honorarium donation to acknowledge a special loved one.
2. What if I don’t know a wounded veteran, but want to show my support?
Great! You can still show your appreciation and support through the Veterans of Valor. Your donations provide funds for our programs, including Backpacks and Hero Wishes. Veterans of Valor staff work very hard to ensure that each combat-wounded veteran meets our criteria to receive these benefits.
3. How do I know that my gift will go to someone who needs it?
Veterans of Valor works closely with medical professionals to ensure that our programs will benefit those combat-wounded veterans who face long-term recovery and treatment periods. A written statement of medical eligibility must be sent to Veterans of Valor, along with a referral by a medical professional, U.S. Marine, U.S. Soldier, U.S. Sailor, U.S. Airman, parent, spouse, or child of a military Hero.
4. Is by gift tax deductible?
Yes! Veterans of Valor is an IRS-approved, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
5. Can groups participate?
We love corporate sponsors! Many companies and corporations are interested in supporting our combat-wounded military heroes. For more information on how your company or corporation can support Veterans of Valor, please contact us at info@veteransofvalor.org.
6. May I send a donation on behalf of someone else or as an honorarium?
Memorials and honorariums are very special ways to honor the memory of a loved one. You can make a memorial or honorarium donation online with your credit card through our secure World Pay option. The bottom of the form allows you to enter necessary information.
You may also mail your memorial or honorarium donation. Please be sure to include the necessary information with your check or credit card. Veterans of Valor will notify the family or individual of your very special gift. If you have any questions, please contact us at donor services at info@veteransofvalor.org.
7. How will I know that Veterans of Valor has received my donation?
Each donor receives a Thank You card from Veterans of Valor that includes the amount of the donation and the date.
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Veterans of Valor is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and accordingly maintains the following privacy policy to protect your personal information. By visiting us at our official website, you accept the practices described in the notice.
Use of Cookies
Our web site is not set up to track, collect or distribute personal information not entered by its visitors. Our site logs do generate certain kinds of non-identifying site usage data, such as the number of hits and visits to our site. This information is used for internal purposes by technical support staff to provide better services to the public and may also be provided to others, but again, the statistics contain no personal information and cannot be used to gather such information.
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computers hard drive. Veterans of Valor uses non-identifying cookies to provide easier site navigation and access to forms. You can still use the Veterans of Valor site if you browser is set to reject cookies; however some site functionality may be lost. Our cookies do not generate personal data, do not read personal data from your machine and are never tied to anything that could be used to identify you.
Data Collection
Standard Web server traffic pattern information: General traffic, site usage, and length of stay information is collected and stored in our log files. This information is only used by our technical support staff to improve our site usefulness and never contains your personal information.
Personal information: We do not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. If you donate, for example, we may collect the following information: Name, address, telephone number, email address and amount of donation. Personal information may be needed for certain optional online activities, such as donating to us, requesting information or participating in some other interactive process on our Site. If you choose to make a contribution, the above described information is collected and we maintain a record of your contribution. If you participate in an online request, we may have to gather additional information in order to adequately respond. Such information will vary with the request, but often includes name, address, telephone number and email address.
Data Use
Internal Use. If you do not make a service request or donation or otherwise identify yourself, we will have no personally identifiable information about you. We will only use aggregate information derived, in part, from your use of our Site to improve our Site and our service to you.
If you provide personal information, we may enter your name into our constituent database and contact you in order to: Complete voluntary survey seeking feedback for quality and service improvement purposes; supply you with information regarding our programs and services; request voluntary time or monetary contributions to Veterans of Valor; and/or request your participation in any Veterans of Valor activities.
We collect the email addresses of those who communicate with us by email. If you name is entered into the database, we may contact you as outlined above.
External Use. We do not share email addresses with any third-party organizations. We do not share, sell, or distribute our database list.
Ability to Opt-Out. You may restrict our internal and external use and/or sharing of your personal information. We recognize that you may wish to limit the ways in which we contact you and we offer the following options:
- Do not contact by telephone
- Do not contact by mail
- Do not contact by email
- Do not contact me with fund raising requests
- Do not contact me or share my information with anyone
For more information on how to inform us of any desired restrictions, please email info@veteransofvalor.org and type Opt-out Request in the subject line. If you contact us with an opt-out request, all reasonable efforts will be taken to ensure that you will not receive any of the selected communications from us in the future. You may opt-out at any time.
Access and Change. Upon request, we will provide you with the contact information we maintain about you so that you may request corrections. Please contact us by mail to protect your further privacy in connection with such a request at: 7216 US 31 South, Indianapolis, IN 46227.
Data Security. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we maintain physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards including encryption and the use of internal controlled servers. Our staff is educated about the importance of safeguarding your information and we are committed to holding them accountable for protecting your confidentiality. Nevertheless, Veterans of Valor makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation that the use of the Site is protected from viruses, security threats, or other vulnerabilities and that your information will always be secure.
Links Within Our Web Site
Our privacy policy applies only to your use of the Veterans of Valor website. This site may contain links to other sites, including sites that have a special relationship with us. We do not disclose personally identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. Links to other sites do not imply an endorsement of the materials or policies on those sites. You should read the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what information that site may be collecting about you.
