NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VETERAN-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS
You Serve Them. We Serve You.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Online collaborative portal
Online portal that includes tools and resources to help organizations become more effective and efficient in delivering services, identifying partner organizations, and/or obtaining grants.
Educational programs
Offering education, awareness and insights into the evolving needs of veterans and military families via webinars, speaking engagements and conferences.
Consulting
Provide direct consultation to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and for-profit companies seeking to improve their service offerings for veterans and military families.
Program Grants
Distribute grants to nonprofit organizations identified as meeting the most pressing needs of veterans and military families in under-resourced areas of the country.
Research
NAVSO commissions research on topics identified by nonprofit providers, government agencies and/or funders trying to solve complex needs.
Where we work
External reviews

Videos
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?
NAVSO has one mission: improve the lives of veterans and military families by transforming the veteran services marketplace. By learning and sharing exportable best practices in employment, housing, legislation, mental health, peer support and education, NAVSO is improving organizational capacity and competency in nonprofit organizations, private and corporate foundations (funders) and in businesses (employers). Over the next 3 years, NAVSO will accelerate marketplace progress by offering new and powerful tools and solutions to help veterans find high quality help when and where they need it most.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
NAVSO leverages our broad and deep understanding of the service member and veteran experience, coupled with our network of nonprofits, businesses and funders, to build game-changing solutions leading to dramatic shifts in the marketplace. We've convened many of the nation's leading experts to develop and deliver tools and solutions organizations, funders and employers can use, on-demand, to improve their efforts. Through a variety of offerings (online tools, on-demand solutions, webinars and summits), NAVSO will share exportable best-practices and critical resources to organizations seeking to break the status quo.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Despite NAVSO's infancy and small staff, our partners, members and supporters serve as force multipliers to help NAVSO develop and deliver meaningful content and tools quickly. With experts in big data, technology design, strategic communications, employment, mental health, housing and more, NAVSO staff and advisors ensure our solutions meet the most pressing organizational and marketplace needs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
NAVSO strives to incrementally improve the veteran services marketplace by offering impactful resources to organizations, agencies and companies serving veterans and military families. To achieve this mission, NAVSO has made much progress but still has lofty goals :
- Increase membership: with more members in our association, our ability to drive meaningful impacts improves greatly. Serving 25,000 professionals representing more than 2,500 organizations, agencies and corporations is just a start.
- Add services: as the needs of veterans and military families evolve, so must organizations serving them. NAVSO is always seeking new and impactful ways to improve service provider effectiveness and efficiency. With more than 15 services already in concept phase, NAVSO aims to move the most impactful from concept to market in the next 3 years as resources become available.
- Increase incentives: in an ideal world, organizations, agencies and companies focused on veterans and military families would work together to solve complex problems. Unfortunately, the fragmented marketplace is dominated by competition, duplication and service gaps. NAVSO aims to develop incentivized structures to mitigate unhealthy competition, eliminate duplication and minimize gaps in service.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VETERAN-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS
Board of directorsas of 03/25/2020
Mr Bill Ahmanson
President, The Ahmanson Foundation
Term: 2014 -
William H Ahmanson
Ahmanson Foundation
Barb Sweredoski
Rear Adm, USN (Ret.)
Kevin Vigilante
Booz Allen Hamilton
Rosemary Williams
Deloitte
Ben Donenberg
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
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