About Us
Our Board of Directors
Executive Director Richard Hogue
Board Chair Russell Berget
Board Member Michael Benowitz
Board Member Marilyn Hogue
Board Member Greg May
Board Member John Durant
Board members are veterans or a veteran's spouse who are members of veterans service organizations and are knowledgeable about veterans programs and activities supporting the needs of Colorado's veterans. The board also utilizes consultants with experience in operating a nonprofit foundation, financial accounting, and regulatory oversight to assist the board in managing the Colorado Veterans Service Foundation in compliance with Colorado State and Federal laws and regulations while serving in the best interests of Colorado's veterans and their families.
Board members have executed a Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Disclosure Statements and will update those statements annually.
Our History
The Colorado Veterans Service Foundation (CVSF) was established as a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation in 2022 and was approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit charity to perpetuate the charitable mission of Colorado veterans service organizations and other nonprofit and governmental organizations operating programs and activities supporting Colorado's veterans.
The CVSF was established and functions under the authority of Colorado Revised Statutes Title 7, the Colorado Revised Nonprofit Act, Colorado laws, and IRS regulations.
Although the CVSF is a new entity, the Board of Directors is comprised of individuals dedicated to the noble cause of assisting Colorado's veterans and their families. The Board of Directors is confident that the CVSF will accomplish its mission with the support of others who share an interest and belief in our cause of helping to improve the lives of Colorado's veterans.
Our mission
The mission of the CVSF is to solicit and otherwise obtain funds which in turn are distributed through grants or donations to charitable nonprofit organizations and governmental entities to support programs and activities benefiting Colorado's veterans and their families.
Programs, activities, and entities supported include the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Colorado State Veterans Living Centers, Colorado veterans service organizations (VSOs) including Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, All Veterans Honor Guard, Vietnam Veterans of America, and other VSOs assisting Colorado's veterans and their families. CVSF support is provided by donating/granting funds or donating items needed by other entities to assist Colorado's veterans.
Colorado State and National veterans benefits and programs offer considerable assistance to veterans and their families. However, because of funding limitations and bureaucratic restrictions, some needs of Colorado's veterans are not fulfilled by governmental programs. That is where VSOs and the CVSF assist by "filling the void" not covered by state and federal programs to help improve the lives of veterans and their families.