Help Heal Veterans / Help Hospitalized Veterans

Based on its 2020 tax return, we calculate that Help Heal Veterans / Help Hospitalized Veterans spent 61.7 percent of its $13.2 million budget on overhead. This is higher than our recommended 25 percent overhead spending.

Additionally, Help Heal Veterans / Help Hospitalized Veterans used joint cost accounting for 13.1 percent of its budget. While legal, this accounting method can disguise overhead costs as program spending. We recommend that no more than 5 percent of a budget be allocated to joint cost accounting.

Furthermore, according to the New York Attorney General, Help Heal Veterans / Help Hospitalized Veterans reported raising $252,481.79 from solicitation campaigns using professional fundraising firms between 2017 and 2019. Of this, only $64,862.10 (25.7 percent) went to the charity; the rest was kept by the solicitors. Read more here.

We do not recommend giving to Help Heal Veterans / Help Hospitalized Veterans. See our lists of Highly Recommended Charities and Recommended Charities for alternatives.

HHV’s primary mission is to enrich the lives of veterans and military personnel.