The Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) is supported primarily by the generosity of everyday Texans like you. Your contributions provide needed services and assistance to Texas veterans, their families, and surviving spouses.
Here’s how you can support the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance:
- Give directly with a secure one-time online transaction at Texas.gov, or offline by mail
- Texas Lottery “Supporting Texas Veterans” scratch-off game sales
- Drivers License/Identification Card or License To Carry donation option during card registration and renewal transactions
- Vehicle Registration donation option during yearly vehicle registration and renewal
- Hunting & Fishing License donation option during license purchase transactions at your local retailer
- State Employees Charitable Campaign donation option through your local campaign
Veteran-serving organizations supported by grant funding can be found throughout the state: from El Paso to Texarkana, Amarillo to Brownsville, and delivering aid to veterans and their families in every county in-between. The Fund would not be able to serve Texas veterans without the generous support of donors like you.
Please help the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance continue to support the brave men and women who served in the military by contributing to the Fund. They served our country, now it’s our turn as Texans to support veterans in need.
Your contributions help:
- Veterans suffering from the invisible wounds of war to receive the therapy needed to take back control of their lives
- Homeless veterans to address acute and chronic needs that contribute to their homelessness
- Low-income and disabled veterans to make critical home repairs and improve home accessibility for their service-connected disability
- Rehabilitate justice-involved veterans through specialized, state-certified treatment courts offering resources and an accountable environment
- County governments to provide services and assistance tailored to their community
- and more!
If you prefer to donate by mail, simply download the form linked below, print it, and mail it with your check to the address below:
Download Mail-In Donation Form
Texas Veterans Commission
P.O. Box 12277
Austin, Texas 78711
Texas Lottery
SCRATCH-OFF GAMES SUPPORT VETERANS
Texas Lottery players can show their support for Texas veterans by purchasing scratch games designated to benefit Texas veterans. Just $2 buys a chance to win and proceeds raised from sales are directed to the Texas Veterans Commission’s Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA). Buy now and be a winner for veterans.
Since the first veterans’ themed scratch ticket was launched in 2009, the Texas Lottery has contributed almost $90 million for programs benefiting Texas veterans. The Fund for Veterans’ Assistance makes grants available to eligible charitable organizations, local government agencies, and Veterans Service Organizations that provide direct services to Texas veterans and their families. With 1.7 million veterans spread across the state, these programs provide financial assistance, transportation services, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder counseling and housing assistance.
Players interested in finding the game in their area can use the Scratch Ticket and Retailer Locator on the Texas Lottery website.
Texas Department of Public Safety Donation Options
Do YOU want to support VETERANS? It’s as simple as checking YES!
Texans may make donations to the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) when applying for or renewing a driver license, identification card, or License To Carry at DPS license offices and online.
Drivers License & Identification Card Donation Option
The donation option is available to customers who apply in-person at a DPS driver license office and during online transactions for registration and renewal. Residents may only make donations when applying for an original or renewal driver license/identification card – not during other transactions such as changes of address or card replacements.
To find a driver license office near you, click here. Residents who are eligible to renew a driver license or identification card online, visit the Driver License Renewal, Replacement, Change of Address or Change of Emergency Contacts system website. Please note Identification Card renewals are processed via the online Driver License system linked above.
License To Carry Donation Option
The donation option is available to customers applying for or renewing a License To Carry (LTC), similar to the Drivers License/Identification Card option above. To apply for, renew, or look up the status of a License To Carry, visit the License To Carry A Handgun Service website.
Vehicle Registration Donation Option
In January 2012, a box for donations was created on the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) registration form as a result of Senate Bill 1635 by Senator Wendy Davis. All donations support the TVC Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) which makes grants to non-profit organizations and local governments that provide services to Texas Veterans at the community level.
Texas is currently home to 1.7 million Veterans, and that number continues to grow. As Veterans adjust to civilian life, the demand for needed services for Veterans and their families grows as well. The vehicle registration renewal donation program provides an opportunity for those interested in supporting Texas Veterans and their families to contribute to the FVA program.
Tweet TVC with hashtag #KEEPTHEWHEELSTURNING when you donate!
Through our new vehicle registration campaign, we hope to spread the word about this donation opportunity and substantially increase the grant funds available for organizations assisting Texas Veterans and their families. We ask you to encourage everyone who owns a vehicle to donate to the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance when registering a vehicle with the DMV. Over 22.6 million vehicles are registered in the state of Texas and if each person donated $1, the FVA would receive $22.6 million to assist Texas Veterans and their families.
Hunting & Fishing Licenses
At the end of a sales transaction where you purchase a hunting or fishing license, license buyers have the opportunity to make a voluntary contribution to the Fund for Veterans Assistance. Contributions can be made in increments of $1, $5, $10, or $20 to each. 100% of the donation goes to the Fund for Veterans Assistance.
Please note that any donation must be in conjunction with the purchase of a license or drawing entry, not as a standalone item in a transaction.
To purchase a hunting or fishing license online, click here.
To find an outdoor license retailer near you, click here.
State Employees Charitable Campaign
The State Employee Charitable Campaign is the only statutorily authorized workplace campaign for state agency and higher education employees throughout Texas. In 2015, the SECC marked its 22nd year by raising more than $8.485 million for charitable organizations throughout the state, nation and world.
Thanks to legislation that created the State Employee Charitable Campaign in 1993, employees of state agencies, junior and community colleges, and universities throughout Texas enjoy the benefit of giving to many of their favorite charities through an annual workplace giving campaign which features the convenience of payroll deduction.
