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The Tax Return Tick-Box That Funds Grants — Including to Individuals

A fund endowed mainly by a check-off box on state income tax returns makes grants supporting long-term veteran care, homeless veteran assistance, veteran transportation, veterans' service programmes and recognition. The office states that both organisations and individuals may develop programmes it supports, and it runs an annual request for proposals.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

A fund endowed mainly by a check-off box on state income tax returns makes grants supporting long-term veteran care, homeless veteran assistance, veteran transportation, veterans' service programmes and recognition. The office states that both organisations and individuals may develop programmes it supports, and it runs an annual request for proposals.

What it's worth: Grant funding for veteran care, homelessness, transportation, service programmes and recognition, awarded through an annual request for proposals

  • The office states the fund was created in 2010 to support veterans through grants and financial assistance.
  • The office states the fund supports activities providing services for long-term veteran care, homeless veteran assistance, veteran transportation, veterans' service programmes and veteran recognition.
  • The office states that organisations and individuals may develop programmes to receive support.
  • The office states the fund is endowed mainly by a check-off box on individual state income tax returns, and may also receive direct donations.
  • The office states a request for proposals is open, with details in a linked document that was not read this session.
  • The office publishes no grant amount, no cap and no deadline on the page read.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

From what you have told us so far, you appear to qualify.

How to claim it

  1. 1Ask the office for the current request for proposals document. It carries the amounts, the criteria and the closing date, none of which are on the summary page.
  2. 2Read the five funding purposes before writing anything: long-term care, homelessness, transportation, service programmes, recognition. A proposal outside those is not going to be funded however good it is.
  3. 3Note that this is grant funding, not emergency relief. A veteran in immediate crisis should look at the state assistance fund instead, which pays a one-off amount for critical needs.
  4. 4The office says individuals as well as organisations may develop supported programmes. That is unusual and worth testing if you run something informal that is already helping veterans locally.
  5. 5Tick the box on your own tax return. This fund is endowed mainly by that check-off, and it is the rare case where a taxpayer decision directly sizes a benefit programme.
Form
A proposal under the annual request for proposals
File with
The state Office of Veterans Affairs, Montpelier
Annual
Claimed once a year.
CorrectionThis is not a hardship payment to a veteran who applies for help. It is a grant programme for activities that serve veterans, and a veteran who applies to it expecting personal relief will be pointed elsewhere.
Worth knowingThe two pages read give the fund's creation year differently — one says 2010 and the other 2011. The discrepancy does not affect eligibility, but it is a reminder to take amounts and dates from the request for proposals rather than from the summary.
Known gapNo grant size, cap, deadline or scoring criteria are published on the page read. The request for proposals document was not opened this session.

Sources

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