The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) is an American registered charity that provides service for disabled veterans. Founded in 2007, the organization is based in Lanham, Maryland. History DVNF was founded in the fall of 2007 by six women veterans and State Women Veterans Coordinators to expand their scope of work within the veterans' community. The foundation aims to serves the needs of veterans, including homeless veterans, women veterans, and veterans who experience posttraumatic stress disorder, brain injuries and invisible disabilities. According to their website, the group aims to "change the lives of men and women who came home wounded or sick after defending our safety and our freedom." Disbursement of funds The Disabled Veterans National Foundation has provided $1 million in aid for nearly 23,000 veterans in six states. The foundation sent goods to centers in California, Houston, Knoxville, and Kansas City including spring water, men's shirts, bananas, paper towels and work gloves. The organization has worked to lobby congress to pass a bill helping homeless veterans gain access to housing and homeless assistance programs. CharityWatch announced in 2010 that less than one percent of monies collected by the charity went to veterans groups. subsequently the organization has received an F rating for is transparency and performance. A 2012 CNN investigation that aired on Anderson Cooper 360° alleged that after reviewing DVNF's annual tax returns the organization spent more than one dollar on fund raising expenses for each dollar raised. The investigative report further highlighted that the few material products or goods given to veterans groups were items such as football pants, chef jackets and thousands of Coconut M&M's. According to the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, in March 2010, the board of directors commissioned Professor Richard Harold Steinberg to do an analysis to determine whether their approach was working, after an initial investigation by CNN. DVNF says that Steinberg found no cause of concern regarding misrepresentation to potential donors. In May 2012, Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee and Senator Richard Burr of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs stated they are investigating DVNF following the CNN report. The open letter to DVNF contained 14 questions about their tax-exempt status and fundraising activities. As of 2019, the Disabled Veterans National Foundation has not responded to written Better Business Bureau requests for accountability information beyond that typically included in financial statements and government filings, in order to demonstrate