Wounded Warrior Project Inc.
The greatest casualty is being forgotten
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) provides free programs and services to address the needs of wounded warriors and fill gaps in government care.
We serve, injured veterans, their families, and caregivers by providing free mental health and wellness, physical health and wellness, career and benefits counseling, and support for the most severely injured.
The demand for our programs and services has grown from serving a handful of injured veterans to now serving tens of thousands, and we continue to receive hundreds of new registrations from injured veterans, their families, and caregivers each month.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Outreach and Engagement
WWP Outreach and Engagement programs include: warrior and family services including Peer and Family Support, Benefits Services, WWP Resource Center, WWP packs/backpacks, and a variety of opportunities to participate in outdoor activities, collegiate and professional sporting events, education sessions, and recreational outings. Outreach and Engagement also encompasses our International Support and Policy & Government Affairs efforts.
Mental Health Support
WWP Mental Health Support Programs focus on the mental health and cognitive needs of warriors returning from war, providing rehabilitation services at key stages during a warrior's readjustment process.
WWP Mental Health Support Programs include: Combat Stress Recovery, Project Odyssey - a rehabilitative, nature-based retreat, The Independence Program and Long-Term Support Trust, Warrior Care Network, and Peer Support.
Physical Health & Wellness
WWP Physical Health and Wellness program is designed to reduce stress, combat depression, and promote an overall healthy and active lifestyle by encouraging participation in fun, educational activities including inclusive sports, fitness, nutrition and wellness.
WWP Physical Health and Wellness Programs include Soldier Ride - a unique four-day cycling opportunity for wounded service members and veterans to use cycling and the bonds of service to overcome physical, mental, or emotional wounds.
Financial Assistance, Employment, and Education
WWP Financial Assistance, Employment, and Education Programs include: TRACK - the first education center in the United States specifically for wounded service members, Transition Training Academy, and Warriors to Work.
Where we work
Awards
Charity of the Year 2012
Classy Awards
Top Rated Nonprofit 2015
Great Nonprofits
Best NonProfit to Work For #3 2014
NonProfit Times
Best NonProfit to Work For #1 2013
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Best NonProfit to Work For #1 2012
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Best NonProfit to Work For #1 2011
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Best NonProfit to Work 2018
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Affiliations & memberships
Combined Federal Campaign 2016
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsEconomic Impact in dollars through VA Benefits assistance and placement of warriors and family members into jobs through employment services.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Families, Veterans
Related Program
Financial Assistance, Employment, and Education
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
WWP Benefits Services ensures warriors and their families have information and access to government benefits, as well as our full range of programs and the community resources necessary for success.
Percentage of overall program satisfaction rating
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Veterans, Families
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Warriors, their family, and caregivers satisfaction with WWP programs and services.
Number of warriors and family members placed in part- or full-time employment through Warriors to Work
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Veterans, Caregivers, Families
Related Program
Financial Assistance, Employment, and Education
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Warriors to Work provides career guidance and support services to warriors who want to transition to the civilian workforce.
Hours of case management and community support provided to the most severely wounded warriors and their families through the Independence Program.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Men and boys, Veterans
Related Program
Mental Health Support
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The Independence Program is designed for warriors who rely on their families and/or caregivers because of moderate-to-severe brain injury, spinal-cord injury, or other neurological conditions.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The long-term strategic goal of Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation's history. We will accomplish this vision by raising awareness and enlisting the public's aid for the needs of injured service members; helping injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other; and providing unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) positively impacts the lives of injured service members through a high-touch, holistic approach, reaching out to warriors at a personal level by engaging them at numerous points throughout their recovery continuum. By emphasizing our core programs - focused on Outreach and Engagement, Mental Health Support, Physical Health & Wellness, and Financial Assistance, Employment, and Education – WWP works to confront the spectrum of barriers to successful reintegration that many veterans face. As one of the fastest-growing national charities, WWP provides the largest scope of programs and services to veterans at every phase and stage of their recovery and transition.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Delivering backpacks at hospital bedsides, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) founders learned about the complex and ever-changing needs of injured service members. As the voice for this generation's wounded veterans and their caregivers and families, Wounded Warrior Project has grown in capability to serve more than 91,000 Wounded Warriors and nearly 20,000 families through its unique programs and services.
Thanks to sustaining support from the American public, WWP is able to maintain and evolve these innovative programs to address emerging care issues wounded servicemen and women will face over their lifetime, and it continues to push the envelope on the care options available to veterans. For example, WWP committed $30 million in 2014 to help 250 of our most severely injured warriors who need a lifetime of support.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) fought hard in our first ten years to ensure the promises made to our veterans were kept, and we are committed to fighting for them for a lifetime. In 2012, WWP won enactment of legislation to expand the scope of required rehabilitative care for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), helped lay the groundwork for enactment of strong mental health provisions, and successfully pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to add peer-support services for wounded veterans to its mental health workforce.
Today, Wounded Warrior Project is leading change in the veterans service arena with a grant program that exponentially expands the number of veterans and service members receiving support. We're proud of the support and lasting impact WWP has had within the injured service member community during the last decade, but our work is not done. Our commitment to veterans and their families is not for a day, week, month or year – it's a promise of a lifetime of support. As the nation embraces a new generation of veterans, WWP will be there – as long as they need us.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Increasing our engagement with those we serve
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Wounded Warrior Project Inc.
Board of directorsas of 04/26/2022
Dr. Jonathan Woodson
Boston University
Justin Constantine
The Constantine Group
Rick Tryon
University of North Florida
Jonathan Woodson
Boston University Medical Center
Juan Garcia
Amazon
Cari DeSantis
Melwood
Kathleen Widmer
Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc.
Alonzo Smith
Command Sgt. Maj. (Ret.)
Michael T. Hall
Scotts Miracle Gro Company
Lisa Disbrow
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.