Trump’s Donations Aside, These Are Tough Times for Veterans Groups

Donald Trump claimed it took only an hour to raise $6 million for veterans. “We set up the website. I called some friends,” he said. And, just like that, 20 veterans’ groups were told to expect “a lot of money.”

Indeed, if all you’d read about veterans groups in the past few weeks was coverage of Trump’s fundraiser, or Wounded Warrior Project’s reportedly big spending, you might think the nonprofit sector serving veterans was flush with cash and maybe even undeserving of your support.

But those stories obscure two trends that are working against veterans groups.