HONORING AMERICA'S VETERANS

           
     The Foundation began awarding grants on May 4, 2005. The Foundation Board approved a $50,000 donation to the Vietnam Unit Memorial Fund to honor and help perpetuate the memory of fallen shipmates who are still on patrol from the Vietnam War. Since then, the primary mission of the Foundation has been to honor and assist veterans, predominantly severely wounded veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
     The Board of Directors of the Foundation reviews all grant requests, contacts the proposed recipients and their military points of contact, and directly approves all grants. Grants are awarded on combat circumstances, severity of wounds and financial needs. The Board operates without compensation, so the Admiral Hoffmann Foundation has been able to return over 98 per cent of all funds received back to veterans. All checks are personally delivered by former Swift boat combat personnel (or related veterans), to provide a heartfelt thank you to the wounded warriors for their service to America.
     The attitude of the veterans who have sacrificed so much for America is remarkably positive. All are proud to have served; many regret their disabilities do not allow them to return to combat units with their fellow soldiers, sailors and Marines.

RESULTS 

   The Foundation has awarded $3,607,932 in grants through August 2008; of that amount 450 awards totaling $3,555,932 have gone primarily to severely wounded warriors and their families. Grants generally range from $4,000 to $12,000 (for the most severely wounded). The average grant is more than $7,750.

 

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The Foundation is not currently accepting applications pending future funding. We will notify applicants of a change in our status on the Foundation web site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HISTORY

     The Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann Foundation was initially funded from John O’Neill’s share of the royalties from his 2004 best selling book, Unfit for Command Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry. Mr. O’Neill was entitled to receive nearly $1 million from his co-authorship of the book. He assigned all rights and control of the royalties to endow a foundation to honor Rear Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann, USN, Ret., for his leadership of Task Force 115 in Vietnam (Market Time/Sea Lords forces which included Swift boats); and for his founding and leadership of Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth.  
      With Mr. O’Neill’s initial donation the Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann Foundation was formed on January 5, 2005, as a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia and regulated by the provisions of United States Code section 501 (C) (3). Subsequently, T. Boone Pickens donated an additional $2 million to the Foundation, and Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth has donated $1,117,880 to the Hoffmann Foundation. The Foundation is a private charity and does not solicit donations from the general public.