The Concerned Veterans for America Foundation (CVA Foundation) is a charitable organization associated with the advocacy organization Concerned Veterans for America (CVA). The CVA Foundation intends to empower veterans and military families with the resources and tools necessary to live prosperous and healthy lives. ¹ The CVA Foundation is primarily concerned with issues related to veterans’ health and well-being, U.S. defense and foreign affairs, and freedom and prosperity for Americans. ²

CVA Foundation is a project of Americans for Prosperity Foundation. ³

Activities

The Concerned Veterans for America Foundation aims to empower veterans with the necessary resources and tools to thrive in civilian life. To this end, the CVA Foundation supports quality health care for all veterans, strong and smart approaches to military action to prevent “forever wars,” and American foreign affairs that prioritize diplomacy over military engagement. ²

In 2023, the CVA Foundation spent over $1 million on the “Untangling Alliances” campaign to educate the public about America’s alliance structure abroad. The campaign suggests that a restrained foreign policy that avoids unnecessary alliance commitments, like NATO, is the best way to advance U.S. interests. ⁴

Funding

The Concerned Veterans for America Foundation is a project of Americans for Prosperity and does not disclose its donors. ³

People

John Byrnes is a senior adviser at the Concerned Veterans for America Foundation, ⁵ a strategic director of Concerned Veterans for America, and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and Army National Guard. Byrnes is the co-founder of a veterans’ program at the City University of New York ⁶ and formerly worked as director of the Defend Mario Lozano Fund. ⁷

Paul Passaro is a former director of the CVA Foundation and a former North Carolina state director for CVA. Passaro is a senior systems engineer at Bank of America. ⁸

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