The Veteran Entrepreneur Alliance helps veterans and spouses in Idaho turn their experience into real businesses. Every program we offer is free to our members.

Federal programs helped us grow. The SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program ran its full course and helped us expand statewide. After that, we joined the MBDA Capital Readiness Program, a five year grant for entrepreneurship and access to capital.

Two years in, that program was terminated nationwide by the Department of Government Efficiency. It was a shock. It was also a line in the sand.

We decided that setback would not decide our story. Instead, it pushed us to take control of the next phase of VEA and build it with people here in our own communities who want real change in the military community.

Partners like the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, Mission43, and the Barbonus Family Foundation already live that out. They care about both data and stories. They want to see veterans and spouses launching businesses, creating jobs, and finding purpose again.

Operation Independence invites more partners into that decision.

Your support helps:

Keep all VEA programs free for veterans and spouses
Maintain one on one advising, education, and strategic support across Idaho
Protect continuity when federal programs change or end

Setbacks do not decide our story. The people who stand with us do.

What Your Gift Makes Possible

You are not funding theory. You are putting fuel behind real work that is already happening.

Your investment helps to:

Keep all VEA programs free to veterans and spouses in Idaho
Maintain one on one advising, education, and strategic support across the state
Protect continuity of services when federal programs change or end
Support new programs and support systems that respond to what our members need next

Who This Campaign Is For

Operation Independence is focused on partners, not program participants.

We welcome individual donors, but our members are not the primary donor pool. This campaign is built for:

Companies that want to see veteran and spouse owned businesses grow
Family foundations and philanthropic partners who care about measurable impact and real stories
Donor Advised Funds that want direct, local outcomes in the military community
Individuals who believe that service should lead to opportunity, ownership, and stability

If that is how you think about impact, we would be honored to have you stand with us.

Donor Advised Fund Details

Giving through a Donor Advised Fund:

Veteran Entrepreneur Alliance

EIN: 83-3926731

2667 W Ladle Rapids St.

Meridian, ID 83646

Purpose: Operation Independence

Please notify us at donations@vealliance.org when a DAF grant is submitted so we can properly acknowledge your support.

Operation Independence

Taking Control Of The Future Of Veteran Entrepreneurship

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