Bob Woodruff Foundation’s enduring commitment to the veteran community
In World War I, American fighter pilots covering a plane’s rear position coined the phrase “I’ve Got Your 6” to mean “I’ve got your back”, an enduring message of support. Through their service, veterans have our backs. When they return home, we’ve got theirs.
Welcome to the Got Your 6 Network
The Bob Woodruff Foundation’s Got Your 6 Network includes our best-in-class grantees and our national network of local partners. Together, we provide support to millions of veterans, service members, and their families in the communities they call home.
Highlights from Got Your 6 VetFest on July 9, 2022
This family-friendly event in Nashville, Tennessee was put on for veterans, active duty service members, and military families in the Nashville area. Attendees were treated to food and drinks, carnival-style games, a raffle with amazing prizes, resource booths from some of our partners, and live music from award-winning country artists Conner Smith, Kat and Alex, Tyler Rich, Mickey Guyton, and Lee Ann Womack.
Highlights from the first-ever Got Your 6 Summit on June 15, 2022
Hear from the Summit’s special guests, which include Retired Army General George Casey, Craig Newmark, Bob Woodruff, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, NYC DVS Commissioner James Hendon, and many more.
The Got Your 6 Network Local Partners
Here’s How We Stand Out
We offer our programming at no cost to our partners. Our local partners invest substantial time and attention for the benefit of their communities. We are committed to facilitating access to tools and resources they need to collaborate effectively.
We are the nation’s largest network of communities collaborating for impact in the lives of veterans, yielding the nation’s largest and most inclusive set of data about the capacity of those communities to work together effectively.
We find, fund, and facilitate a robust portfolio of educational resources for the communities in our network, singularly focused on increasing their capacity to collaborate for success.
We promote shared learning by leveraging the expertise of recognized Subject-Matter Experts for stakeholder benefit.
We embrace all collaborative frameworks – from VA-inspired Community Veteran Engagement Boards to veteran collaboratives anchored at community foundations, mayors’ offices, and chambers of commerce – and actively encourage and provide resources that facilitate the inclusion of non-veteran stakeholders, as critical to success in this work.
We continuously assess the capacity-building and learning needs of our local partner collaboratives and help design, fund, and coordinate the delivery of tailored technical assistance based on their unique needs.
We advocate for the engagement of grantmakers as stakeholders in veteran wellbeing.
Interested in becoming a local partner?
If your organization actively collaborates with others and is seeking information and resources on how to improve their collaboration, we invite you to submit this form.
Find a Local Partner
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Got Your 6 Grant Program
Bob Woodruff Foundation grants invest in programs that help our service members, veterans, and their families and caregivers thrive. In 2020, we adjusted our grantmaking to address the urgent needs of the military-veteran community during COVID-19 and expedited our processes to provide support when and where it was needed most.
Sponsor Spotlight
Check out our Got Your 6 corporate partners
Frequently Asked Questions
BWF grantees are organizations that submit an application for funding during an open grant cycle and receive funding to support a specific program. Grants funding is not automatically renewed or guaranteed; organizations must re-apply to request additional funding. Learn more about grant eligibility requirements and current BWF grant priorities:
Local partners receive smaller funding amounts often earmarked for certain issues, but a partnership with BWF is much more than just funding. BWF offers mentorship, incubation, and invaluable resources to help smaller organizations grow and work together to achieve the maximum positive impact on their local veteran and military community.
First, check the directory to see if there is an active collaborative in your area. You may be surprised to find that there is already a group with momentum working on issues that you care about.
If there’s not a veterans’ collaborative in your area, fill out the form and we’ll review it. If approved, we’ll ask you to sign a mutual commitment letter and complete a guided self-assessment so that we can assign you to intentional learning cohorts and tailor our programming to your needs.
You’ll start receiving scholarship opportunities, invitations to private shared learning events, and collaboration funding opportunities.
In the meantime, you and all members of your collaborative are welcome to attend public events listed on our events calendar and explore the resources available in our resource library.
If your organization is approved, we’ll ask you to sign a mutual commitment letter and complete a guided self-assessment so that we can assign you to intentional learning cohorts and tailor our programming to your needs.
You’ll start receiving scholarship opportunities, invitations to private shared learning events, and collaboration funding opportunities.
If you haven’t already, join Bobslist to continue networking and learning from one another.
Joining is a two-step process:
Log in to Google using your preferred email address. If you don’t have a Gmail then use any email to create a Google account.
Fill out the short request to join form by “asking to join the group” and entering your local partner name (not the organization for which you work).
Find some of our past tools/resources here.
Craig Newmark Philanthropies
Craig Newmark Philanthropies is leading together with the Bob Woodruff Foundation to provide the most comprehensive, contemporary and needed support for veterans, their families and caregivers. From national, best-in-class programs to local, community-based solutions, the Craig Newmark “Next Chapter” initiative with the Bob Woodruff Foundation is ensuring that veteran issues and challenges are recognized, understood, and addressed. Additionally, with Craig’s support, the Bob Woodruff Foundation is embarking on a multiyear initiative to address food insecurity in the veteran and military family population. This initiative includes a targeted effort to address veterans’ acute food insecurity as well as an investment in long-term services and resources.
Learn more about our partnership Craig Newmark Philanthropies Announces Additional $15M Donation to Conquer Food Insecurity Across the Country
Toyota
The Bob Woodruff Foundation has partnered with Toyota to address a host of pressing challenges in the veteran and military family community, including mobility, financial inclusion, and veteran employment. Toyota’s exceptionally generous investments in BWF programming have supported best-in-class programming with measurable results. In 2020 and 2021, Toyota and Lexus brought much-needed attention and funding support to veterans’ issues through charity auctions of new vehicles, including the triumphant return of the Toyota Supra and the introduction of the 2021 Lexus LC 500.
Learn more about our partnership:
Toyota and BWF Help Drive Assistance to Veteran
First Production 2020 Toyota GR Supra Goes for $2.1 Million at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction
Pendleton Whisky
Pendleton Whisky strives to live by the Code of the West — a way of life with values that are simple, yet timeless. Pendleton Whisky and the Bob Woodruff Foundation have teamed up to provide meaningful, long-term support to our veterans and their families with the challenges they face after service. Together, “we’ve got your 6.”
Learn more about our partnership. Visit Pendleton’s website.
Wells Fargo Foundation
The Bob Woodruff Foundation has partnered with the Wells Fargo Foundation as part of their priority initiatives on COVID relief, including addressing homelessness and housing instability. Through our local partner network and grantmaking programs, BWF and Wells Fargo are taking important steps to reduce veteran homelessness and housing instability, focusing on a range of drivers of homelessness, including COVID-related relief unemployment and wage loss, eviction prevention, emergency financial assistance, and legal support services.
Learn more about our partnership:
The Way Home
The Bob Woodruff Foundation and Wells Fargo Foundation Team to Ensure Veterans Have Safe, Stable Housing
Pep Boys
In partnership with Pep Boys, a company founded by veterans 100 years ago, the Bob Woodruff Foundation is investing in ongoing initiatives around veteran employment & support in communities around the country. Pep Boys is a long-standing champion of the military and veteran community, focused on hiring veterans, contributing and volunteering in cities and towns, and providing veteran discounts every day. A portion of the proceeds from Pep Boys’ Limited-Edition 2021 Centennial Calendar will be donated to the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
Learn more about our partnership Pep Boys Prepares to Celebrate Centennial Anniversary, Commits to Supporting Americas Veteran
Purchase the Pep Boys’ Limited Edition 2021 Centennial Calendar
Interested in becoming a local partner?
If your organization actively collaborates with others and is seeking information and resources on how to improve their collaboration, we invite you to submit this form.
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