SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION

SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: THE FOUNDATION EMPLOYS A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, WITH AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON THEIR COMPLETION OF A POST-SECONDARY DEGREE. IN 2024, 261 CHILDREN ATTENDED COLLEGES OR OTHER POST SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED APPROXIMATLEY $5.7 MILLION TO THE CHILDREN ATTENDING COLLEGE. OUR GRANTS INCLUDE FUNDING FOR TUITION, ROOM AND BOARD, BOOKS, TUTORING, COMPUTERS, FEES, TRANSPORTATION, AND PERSONAL EXPENSES. AT DECEMBER 31, 2024 THERE ARE 1,863 CHILDREN WHO SURVIVED 1,451 SPECIAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL,SPOUSES OF ACTIVELY SERVING SPECIAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL AND MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN PATRIOTIC SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY. OF THESE 1,863 CHILDREN, 565 HAVE GRADUATED COLLEGE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O). THE FOUNDATION RETAINED ERNST & YOUNG LLP TO PREPARE AN ACTUARIAL VALUATION FOR FUNDING PURPOSES TO SUMMARIZE THE PRESENT VALUE OF THE PROJECTED NEED OF THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022. THE ACTUARIAL VALUATION INCORPORATED BOTH CURRENT AND PROJECTED FUTURE BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROGRAM AND PROVIDED INFORMATION REGARDING ALTERNATIVE PATTERNS AND SENSITIVITY OF DISCOUNT RATES AND INVESTMENT RETURNS ON THE ANTICIPATED DONATIONS NEEDS. THE RESULTS CONCLUDED THE PRESENT VALUE OF THE PROJECTED NEED OF THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BE APPROXIMATELY $401 MILLION AT DECEMBER 31, 2022, WITH AN UNFUNDED PROJECTED NEED OF APPROXIMATELY $224 MILLION AT DECEMBER 31, 2022.

EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY, TUTORING AND PRIVATE SCHOOLING: ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVOCACY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL ELIGIBLE CHILDREN BEGINNING AT A YOUNG AGE. BY SETTING THE EXPECTATION OF A POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, OUR STUDENTS BEGIN SETTING THEIR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS FROM A YOUNG AGE. THE FOUNDATION IS THERE TO ENSURE THAT EACH STUDENT IS ON TRACK TO REACH THOSE GOALS.THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY TO OVER 1,200 CHILDREN THAT HAVE NOT YET REACHED COLLEGE AGE OR STARTED THEIR POST SECONDARY EDUCATION. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).456 OF THESE CHILDREN WERE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND RECEIVED ACADEMIC PLANNING MATERIALS AND STARTED PREPARING TO BEGIN THEIR POST SECONDARY EDUCATION. IN HOME TUTORING WAS AVAILABLE TO ALL CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN AGE THROUGH COLLEGE GRADUATION. THE FOUNDATION ALSO FUNDED VISITS TO COLLEGES FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL COLLEGE PREPARATION CONFERENCE/SEMINAR FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS. THE STUDENTS ARE LODGED ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS, COACHED IN COLLEGE FINANCES, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, TAUGHT HOW TO WRITE A COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY, LEARN ABOUT EXPECTATIONS FROM COLLEGE PROFESSORS, AND ARE MENTORED BY SOWF COLLEGE GRADUATES. MOST RECENTLY, IN 2021, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANTS OF UP TO $5000 PER K-12 STUDENT, PER YEAR. IN ITS COMMITMENT TO ITS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, STUDENT SUCCESS, SOWF CONTINUES TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, FROM CRADLE TO CAREER.