A few times a year, I write something about charitable giving, and highlight a few places that may be worthy of your support. I make no secret of the specific charitable organizations I support, namely the St. Baldricks childrens cancer organization and a couple of smaller SF related charities. However, everyone who has read this Editor’s work over the years likely knows he never directly shills for any charity. Today I’m going to break that rule.
Code of Vets is a 503(c)(3) Veteran’s charity, founded and run by Gretchen Smith, an Air Force Veteran. CoV provides immediate cash assistance to Vets in need. Typically, the payments help to cover utilities, rent and other emergency expenses.
Gretchen mainly uses social media in her fundraising efforts. Her twitter timeline is where you can see the Vet missions she’s currently working on. Below is most recent mission that CoV has taken up.
At this point in any other charity post, I’d send you to one of the charity rating websites to check out the financials, but you can find all the filings for Code of Vets right on the site. CoV only has about a two percent overhead. That means 98 cents of every dollar donated goes to a Vet in need. Most good charities have between 20 and 25% overhead.
If you choose to donate, you can do so from the Code of Vets homepage.