Non-Profit Partners

Each year Carry The Load works through a third-party committee to select non-profit partners that provide healing services for the mind, body, and soul of our warriors. To allow these partners to focus on direct service programs, Carry The Load establishes an environment of financial support to its beneficiary partners and collaboration with all to make a more significant impact across the nation.

We accept applications to be a Non-Profit Partner beginning in September each year. Our application period for 2023 has closed. Please complete our application form if you are interested in applying for 2024.

$12,075,472

Total funds distributed to our non-profit partners since 2011

Adaptive Training Foundation

America’s Mighty Warriors

Assist The Officer

Attitudes & Attire

Courage Foundation

Custodes Libertatis Memorial Foundation

Lt. Todd Krodle Memorial Foundation

One Tribe Foundation

Save The Brave

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance

We Defy

Whiskey Bravo

Adaptive Training Foundation

Adaptive Training Foundation is a community rooted in exercise that provides access and inclusion to individuals with physical or traumatic impairments because we believe that wellness is a basic human right. ATF’s Vision is to be the catalyst of change by expanding the community of support, providing access to specialized adaptive training and rewriting the narrative of people with physical disabilities.

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America’s Mighty Warriors

America’s Mighty Warrior’s mission is to honor the sacrifices of our troops and the fallen and their families by providing programs that improve quality of life, resiliency and recovery.

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Assist The Officer

Assist The Officer’s provides financial assistance to officers who are facing the loss of income due to a serious injury, life-threatening illness or other catastrophic event. Immediate assistance is also available to an officer’s family in the event of the death of an active officer.

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Attitudes & Attire

Attitudes & Attire is a non-profit agency dedicated to promoting personal growth for women seeking self-sufficiency. Our program provides the tools that raise self-esteem, promote ethics and build the confidence necessary to develop successful life skills. Our vision is building confidence and changing lives for the women we serve.

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Courage Foundation

The Courage Foundation’s mission is to foster post-traumatic growth, restore purpose and transform lives through integrative self-awareness, physical health, mental toughness, emotional resilience, and spiritual well-being. Courage Foundation educates, equips, and empowers veterans living with Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) with the skills, resources, and training to thrive. We seek to restore a sense of purpose, hope, and connection for veterans with PTS who desire to cultivate more meaningful and courageous lives.

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Custodes Libertatis Memorial Foundation

Custodes Libertatis provides educational scholarship tuition grants for a post-secondary degree, from an accredited two or four-year college, university, technical, or trade school. These educational scholarship tuition grants are available to the children of graduates of the United States Naval Academy who have lost their lives in combat against the enemies of the United States of America, as a result of Military Training, in the line of United States Department of Defense Duty, as a direct result of their service in the United States Intelligence Community, Law Enforcement Agency, Emergency Medical Services, or as a First Responder, in the period following September 11th, 2001.

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Lt. Todd Krodle Memorial Foundation

Lt. Todd Krodle Memorial Foundation was founded in February 2014 by the family, crew and close friends of Lt. Krodle, the Lt. Todd Wesley Krodle Memorial Foundation exists to honor and carry on Lt. Krodle’s legacy by: awarding annual scholarships to children of Dallas Fire Firefighters,providing financial assistance to other Dallas Fire Department Line of Duty Death families, providing financial assistance to Dallas Firefighters injured in the line of duty, and assisting with other needs within the department.

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One Tribe Foundation

22Kill’s mission is to create a community that raises awareness and combats suicide by empowering veterans, first responders, and their families through traditional and non-traditional therapies. 22Kill provides traditional mental health services through its Stay The Course (STC) program, and fosters camaraderie through non-traditional programs Wind Therapy, Forge, and W.A.T.C.H. 22Kill serves Veterans, First Responders, and families who have sacrificed for our country. We provide guidance, wellness, and healing from invisible wounds through evidence-based therapies for individuals, couples, and families at little or no cost to the client. Counselors and staff are competent in the military and first responder cultures, therefore providing a meaningful connection for families. The uniqueness of our programs lies in the use of personalized, integrated therapies with the Veterans or First Responders AND their families in order to help them interconnect as a family unit.

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Save The Brave

Save The Brave’s mission is to connect veterans through outreach programs to build the strength of character.

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Sheep Dog Impact Assistance

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance exists to engage, assist and empower our nation’s military and first responders, our “Sheep Dogs.” Through our Outdoor Adventures, Warrior PATHH training, and Continued Service program, Sheep Dogs find camaraderie, peer support, healing, improved attitude and perspective and a renewed sense of belonging and purpose. Outdoor Adventures ENGAGE Sheep Dogs in physical activities which foster healing and camaraderie. Warrior PATHH ASSISTS Sheep Dogs in learning to transform their trauma and struggles into strength and posttraumatic growth by making peace with their past, living in the present, and planning for a great future. Continued Service opportunities EMPOWER Sheep Dogs to continue serving and giving back to their communities and country. Post-traumatic stress, injuries, depression, addiction, and isolation plague our Sheep Dogs to the point of thinking about and/or attempting suicide. Our Programs provide a crucial opportunity for struggling Sheep Dogs to reconnect with fellow veterans and first responders which helps prevent suicides among these heroes. In our 10+ years, SDIA has impacted more than 7,100 Sheep Dogs through 180+ Outdoor Adventures and 327 Disaster Response Missions. With SDIA facilitating the Warrior PATHH training program, we will improve the lives of hundreds more Veterans and First Responders each year.

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We Defy

We Defy’s mission is to provide combat veterans coping with military-connected disabilities a long-term means to overcome their challenges through Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and fitness training.

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Whiskey Bravo

Whiskey Bravo’s mission is to improve the lives of our servicemembers and their families while teaching students the importance of the United States military through programs, lessons, and other initiatives. Throughout our country, many students are unaware of the issues our military and their families face every day. Whiskey Bravo enables students to help tackle these problems with a fresh perspective while educating students on leadership and service.

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