{"organization":{"legal_name":"Wounded Warriors","doing_business_as":"Warriors Fund","ein":"86-1336741","tax_status":"501(c)(3) public charity, Texas, IRS ruling year 2021"},"timeline":[{"date":"2021-04","category":"organizational","headline":"Wounded Warriors founded as Texas 501(c)(3) public charity","detail":"Dillon Parkes founds Wounded Warriors (d/b/a Warriors Fund) as a Texas-incorporated 501(c)(3) public charity. IRS ruling year 2021. EIN 86-1336741 assigned."},{"date":"2022-01","category":"organizational","headline":"First Form 990 filed","detail":"First annual return filed with IRS, beginning what is now an unbroken 4-year ProPublica Form 990 record."},{"date":"2023-09","category":"programs","headline":"Five direct-aid programs operational","detail":"Emergency Financial Aid, HRT (Hunting/Recreational Therapy) Sponsorships, Care Packages for Hospitalized Veterans, Housing Down-Payment Assistance, and Community Partnerships all operational."},{"date":"2025-06","category":"data","headline":"Veteran resource directory hits 50,000 records","detail":"Mid-2025 milestone — first major directory expansion via VA OGC accredited rep import + state CVSO scraping."},{"date":"2025-10","category":"data","headline":"FIPS-tract geocoding pilot launched","detail":"Census FIPS state/county/tract codes added for first 10,000 records via Census Geocoder batch API."},{"date":"2026-01","category":"recognition","headline":"Candid 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency awarded","detail":"Highest-tier transparency recognition from Candid (formerly GuideStar). Nine of every ten 501(c)(3)s never apply; far fewer reach Platinum."},{"date":"2026-02","category":"data","headline":"Veteran resource directory hits 100,000 records","detail":"Crossed the 100K-records milestone. Includes 35,900+ veteran-focused resources + 59,600+ general healthcare providers that accept veterans (CMS-certified nursing homes, home-health, hospices, dialysis, HRSA FQHCs)."},{"date":"2026-03","category":"tech","headline":"Model Context Protocol (MCP) server launched","detail":"First nonprofit-operated MCP server with veteran-focused tools, allowing Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, and other AI assistants to query verified veteran resources directly."},{"date":"2026-04","category":"data","headline":"FIPS-tract geocoding hits ~99.9% via Census reverse-geocoder","detail":"Every directory record now has FIPS state/county/tract: ~99.97% state, ~96% county, ~99.92% tract (100,352 of 100,437 records). Reverse-geocoded the remaining 25K records via the Census Geocoder coordinates endpoint. Enables tract-level service-desert detection at near-complete coverage. Only 85 records remain unmatched (PO Boxes / addresses Census can't resolve)."},{"date":"2026-04","category":"data","headline":"Census ACS tract demographics joined to directory","detail":"84,365 tracts with veteran density, poverty, unemployment, and median income data from Census Bureau ACS 5-year (2022) integrated. Service-desert detection endpoint launched."},{"date":"2026-04","category":"data","headline":"CDC PLACES tract-level health context joined","detail":"78,815 tracts with 8 CDC PLACES BRFSS-modeled health prevalence measures (depression, mental health, no insurance, disability, smoking, drinking, obesity, diabetes) integrated."},{"date":"2026-04","category":"data","headline":"ACS housing-cost burden data joined","detail":"80,147 tracts with median rent, median home value, and HUD-defined rent-burden shares (30%+ and 50%+ thresholds) integrated. Pairs with HUD-VASH/SSVF housing-aid program eligibility."},{"date":"2026-04","category":"tech","headline":"MCP tool count reaches 22; ~38 API endpoints","detail":"Discovery, Donor flow (intent + impact + disambiguation), Analytics (state dashboard, congressional district, ZIP overview, service deserts, housing burden), Eligibility quick-check, Glossary, VA Forms catalog, Press kit, Insights, States summary."},{"date":"2026-04","category":"seo","headline":"Schema.org Dataset markup + Project Open Data v1.1 catalog","detail":"Both /data Schema.org DataCatalog (for Google Dataset Search) and /data.json DCAT-1.1 (for Data.gov harvesters) live. Authority signal for federal aggregators."}],"stats_today":{"resources":100437,"states_covered":56,"fips_geocoded_pct":100,"mcp_tools":22,"api_endpoint_groups":7,"acs_tracts_joined":84365,"cdc_places_tracts_joined":78815,"housing_tracts_joined":80147,"open_datasets_published":4},"use_cases":["Journalist profiles — quick chronological summary","AI agents answering \"tell me about Wounded Warriors\"","Grant proposals citing organizational trajectory","Investor / foundation diligence"],"related_endpoints":["/api/press-kit — boilerplate, founder bio, key stats, quotables","/api/grantmaker/snapshot — full grantmaker-format diligence packet","/api/insights — auto-generated quotable facts from joined data"],"cached_seconds":3600}