Emergency Relief
Helps relieve financial distress of Air Force members and families and assists them in financing their higher education goals. Find the nearest AFAS location in the U.S. or overseas.
Air Force Aid Society's Falcon Loan
American Red Cross Emergency Financial Services for Active Duty Military Personnel
Programs include injured support services, housing assistance, family bereavement assistance, direct financial help, career counseling and recreation opportunities. Download the Family Assistance Application (document is in .pdf format).
Helps soldiers and dependents through emergency financial assistance. There are 91 AER Sections of U.S. Army installations worldwide. Find the nearest location.
Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund
Coalition to Salute America's Heroes
Provides emergency financial support to service members and families. Call 914-432-5400 or apply online. Other programs include family support networks, therapeutic day camp for children, career networks and homes for the wounded.
Financial assistance for emergency, short-term situations that endangers personal well being. For the entire Coast Guard family, including active duty and retired military personnel, reservists and their families. Various other categories of assistance offered.
Family & Friends for Freedom Fund
Financial aid to injured Marines and their families, those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and to all military branches as the need arises. Download the Application for Financial Assistance.
Grants to wounded troops and families to assist with housing, travel or other needs. Special fund provides educational scholarships to children of an active duty service member who was killed, permanently disabled or who is currently certified as POW or MIA. Create an account and apply for a scholarship.
Provides patient advocates, funds for education, financial and career counseling and emergency funding. Also offers travel grants to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) patients and family.
National Association of American Veterans
Navy SAFE HARBOR Command (NSHC)
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Financial Assistance
Financial support to families who have lost relatives in service to their country, grief camps for children and spouses and support for Fisher House and other rehabilitation programs.
Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation
Services for wounded warriors including funds for day care expenses at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, hospice suite for Walter Reed patients with terminal cancer, payments for emergency financial needs and laptop computers for wounded warriors at the Fisher Houses at major military medical centers.
Temporary Financial Assistance (TFA)
Program funded by the American Legion assists minor children of eligible veterans through cash grants to cover needs such as housing, food and medical bills. Document is in .pdf format.
United Warrior Survivors Foundation
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) - Unmet Needs
Emergency financial support to families of military personnel. Apply online or download the application form in .pdf format.
Wounded Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Warrior Foundation