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Team Red, White & Blue
Nonprofit that organizes thousands of weekly and monthly running, cycling, and fitness events nationwide to build community and improve veterans' health and well-being.
VeteranActive Military
Nonprofit that organizes thousands of weekly and monthly running, cycling, and fitness events nationwide to build community and improve veterans' health and well-being.
Multi-day adaptive cycling program — road bikes, hand cycles, and recumbent trikes — that has served roughly 2,000 veterans and family members annually since 2004.
VeteranDisabled
Multi-day adaptive cycling program — road bikes, hand cycles, and recumbent trikes — that has served roughly 2,000 veterans and family members annually since 2004.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Free to eligible participants·Nationwide / event-based
Pairs veterans and active-duty service members with Gold Star Families; participants carry a flag during select IRONMAN run legs and present it to the family at the finish line.
VeteranActive MilitaryGold Star
Pairs veterans and active-duty service members with Gold Star Families; participants carry a flag during select IRONMAN run legs and present it to the family at the finish line.
Discounted race registration and merchandise for current and former military, law enforcement, firefighters, and other first responders (verified via GovX ID).
Administers the U.S. Police & Fire Championships — Olympic-style competition across roughly 40 sports — for active and retired law enforcement and fire personnel.
Law EnforcementFire
Administers the U.S. Police & Fire Championships — Olympic-style competition across roughly 40 sports — for active and retired law enforcement and fire personnel.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Registration fee·California / national competitors
Annual Olympic-style multi-sport competition in Florida for police, fire, EMS/paramedics, military, and federal agents, run by the nonprofit First Responder Sports.
Law EnforcementFireEMS+1 more
Annual Olympic-style multi-sport competition in Florida for police, fire, EMS/paramedics, military, and federal agents, run by the nonprofit First Responder Sports.
Sanctioned league of fire-service athletic events — stair climb, hose hoist, forcible entry, victim rescue — open to junior through veteran/retired firefighters.
Fire
Sanctioned league of fire-service athletic events — stair climb, hose hoist, forcible entry, victim rescue — open to junior through veteran/retired firefighters.
Free 8-week wellness program for post-9/11 combat veterans with a 50%+ VA disability rating — one-on-one coaching, in-home gym equipment grants, and veteran-led mentorship.
VeteranDisabled
Free 8-week wellness program for post-9/11 combat veterans with a 50%+ VA disability rating — one-on-one coaching, in-home gym equipment grants, and veteran-led mentorship.
501(c)(3) providing free or heavily discounted race entries — 5Ks, marathons, Spartan races, triathlons — to veterans, active duty, reservists/Guard, and first responders as a mental-health tool.
VeteranActive MilitaryGuard/Reserve+1 more
501(c)(3) providing free or heavily discounted race entries — 5Ks, marathons, Spartan races, triathlons — to veterans, active duty, reservists/Guard, and first responders as a mental-health tool.
Annual run/walk/roll/ride event series, in person and virtual, from Disabled American Veterans, with free entry for veterans and active-duty service members.
VeteranActive MilitaryDisabled+2 more
Category: Sports & Fitness
Free for some military categories / varies·Event-based / virtual
Rucking-events company built on Special Forces values; commits 1% of revenue to vetted nonprofits serving veterans and first responders, and hosts community ruck events. A commercial company, not a nonprofit — its events are paid.
VeteranFirst ResponderCivilian Supporter
Rucking-events company built on Special Forces values; commits 1% of revenue to vetted nonprofits serving veterans and first responders, and hosts community ruck events. A commercial company, not a nonprofit — its events are paid.
Six-month program pairing veterans with certified trainers and a peer support network across 38+ states, combining gym-based fitness with mental-health support and serving 100–120 veterans a year.
Veteran
Six-month program pairing veterans with certified trainers and a peer support network across 38+ states, combining gym-based fitness with mental-health support and serving 100–120 veterans a year.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Eligibility: Application-based
Free — donor-funded; veterans pay nothing·Nationwide / 38+ states
National 501(c)(3) supporting veteran golfers with local chapter events, tournaments, and national championships, bringing active-duty members, veterans, Guard/Reserve, retirees, and their families together through the game.
VeteranActive MilitaryGuard/Reserve+1 more
National 501(c)(3) supporting veteran golfers with local chapter events, tournaments, and national championships, bringing active-duty members, veterans, Guard/Reserve, retirees, and their families together through the game.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Eligibility: Active duty, Guard/Reserve, retirees, and honorably discharged veterans; spouses and dependents 18 and older
Annual week-long adaptive skiing and rehabilitation clinic in Snowmass, Colorado, co-sponsored by the VA and DAV, serving nearly 400 profoundly disabled veterans each year with world-class instruction (2027 clinic: March 27–April 3).
VeteranDisabled
Annual week-long adaptive skiing and rehabilitation clinic in Snowmass, Colorado, co-sponsored by the VA and DAV, serving nearly 400 profoundly disabled veterans each year with world-class instruction (2027 clinic: March 27–April 3).
Category: Sports & Fitness
Availability: Annual — 2027 application posted on the site
Eligibility: Veterans with spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic amputations, visual impairments, or CVA with residual effects
Not stated on the clinic's own site — participation is by application·Nationwide / annual event in Colorado
Runs accessible retreats, adaptive sports and recreation events, and a memorial initiative for fallen service members, to empower wounded, injured, and ill veterans.
VeteranDisabled
Runs accessible retreats, adaptive sports and recreation events, and a memorial initiative for fallen service members, to empower wounded, injured, and ill veterans.
The VA's own national adaptive sports program — clinics, competitions, and therapeutic arts for veterans with disabilities. Not a charity, but a direct VA benefit.
VeteranDisabled
The VA's own national adaptive sports program — clinics, competitions, and therapeutic arts for veterans with disabilities. Not a charity, but a direct VA benefit.
Swimming and water-safety program founded to serve wounded warriors and Gold Star families, with a team across FL, MD, NJ, and GA plus online training sessions.
VeteranFamily
Category: Sports & Fitness
Eligibility: Wounded warriors and Gold Star families (per the org's mission)
Not stated on the org's own site·Multi-state / virtual (FL, MD, NJ, GA plus online sessions)
Adaptive ski and snowboard program — day lessons, clinics, and multi-day camps at partner resorts across the country — with dedicated military outreach for veterans and service members with physical disabilities. Stand-up skiing, sit-skiing, snowboarding, and ski biking; equipment and instruction included.
VeteranActive MilitaryDisabled+1 more
Adaptive ski and snowboard program — day lessons, clinics, and multi-day camps at partner resorts across the country — with dedicated military outreach for veterans and service members with physical disabilities. Stand-up skiing, sit-skiing, snowboarding, and ski biking; equipment and instruction included.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Availability: Seasonal winter day lessons, clinics, and multi-day camps; dates posted in the org's events list
Eligibility: People with physical disabilities (and their family, friends, or caretakers), including veterans and service members through the org's military outreach
Free — every program is offered at no cost to participants with physical disabilities and the family, friends, or caretakers who join them·Nationwide — multi-resort camps and clinics across the U.S.
One of the nation's largest adaptive winter sports festivals (39th annual, Dec 7–13, 2026, Breckenridge, CO) with 800+ participants in alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, sled hockey, and curling. More than 60 wounded veterans, active service members, family members, and military medical staff attend from military medical centers and VA facilities across the U.S.
VeteranActive MilitaryFamily+1 more
One of the nation's largest adaptive winter sports festivals (39th annual, Dec 7–13, 2026, Breckenridge, CO) with 800+ participants in alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, sled hockey, and curling. More than 60 wounded veterans, active service members, family members, and military medical staff attend from military medical centers and VA facilities across the U.S.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Availability: Annual — 39th edition Dec 7–13, 2026 at Breckenridge, CO
Eligibility: Wounded military veterans, active service members, family members, and military medical staff, alongside the general adaptive-sports community
Not stated on the org's own site·Nationwide — attendees travel from VA facilities across the U.S. to Breckenridge, CO
Nonprofit running helicopter-accessed backcountry snowboarding (and monoskiing) retreats for veterans with physical and/or invisible injuries — recent retreats in Sun Valley, ID and Alaska with backcountry safety instruction, small-group cohesion, and wellness planning. Nationwide veteran applicants; next retreat planned for Feb 2027.
VeteranActive MilitaryDisabled
Nonprofit running helicopter-accessed backcountry snowboarding (and monoskiing) retreats for veterans with physical and/or invisible injuries — recent retreats in Sun Valley, ID and Alaska with backcountry safety instruction, small-group cohesion, and wellness planning. Nationwide veteran applicants; next retreat planned for Feb 2027.
Category: Sports & Fitness
Availability: Next: Heli Snowboarding Retreat, February 2027, Sun Valley, Idaho
Eligibility: U.S. veterans with a physical disability and/or invisible injury or mental health condition who were honorably discharged, plus active service members with such conditions; must snowboard at an intermediate-to-advanced level
Not stated on the org's own site·Nationwide recruitment — retreats rotate (Sun Valley, ID; Alaska; pilot at Sugarloaf, ME)
