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With a rich history as the largest and oldest war veterans service organization, Veterans of Foreign Wars in Elmwood Park is dedicated to providing essential assistance to America's service members, veterans, and their families. From advocating for veterans benefits on Capitol Hill to offering financial grants, transition support, and educational scholarships, their mission is to ensure that current and former service members receive the benefits they have rightfully earned. Generated from their website's infomation

The mission of the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP ), a nonprofit charity watchdog and information service, is to maximize the effectiveness of every dollar contributed to charity by providing donors with the information they need to make more informed giving decisions. To research and evaluate the efficiency, accountability and governance of nonprofit organizations; to educate the public about the importance of wise giving; to inform the public of wasteful or unethical practices of nonprofits and provide recognition to highly effective and ethical charities; to advise AIP members and conduct special investigations and evaluations of nonprofits; to expand and re-define our programs periodically to meet the continuing challenge of keeping the contributor informed.