Owners In Honor™ — 2025 Impact Report
The Mission in Motion:
What We Built in 2025
Six veteran-owned businesses. $10 million in enterprise value transferred. 323 veterans trained. 20 communities strengthened. This is what disciplined veteran ownership looks like at scale.
Candid Platinum 2025 + 2026 | 501(c)(3) Nonprofit | EIN: 93-4102941
2025 By the Numbers
Every number below represents a veteran who took command, a business that survived, a family whose future changed, and a community that kept its local employer.
A Message From
Our Founder & CEO
“Service does not end with a discharge date. For many Veterans, the next chapter begins when they take responsibility for a team, a community, and a business that needs them. This is where purpose is rediscovered and where legacy is written.”
2025 was a year of rapid growth at Owners In Honor™. We facilitated the purchase of six small businesses by veterans — in Texas, North Carolina, Washington DC, Maine, and Georgia. We entered 2026 with fourteen veterans actively searching for their next acquisition.
We established partnerships with key stakeholders including the Disabled American Veterans, SMB.co, the Exit Planning Institute, and the Texas Association of Business Brokers. We educated veterans at eleven universities — including Rice University, Case Western Reserve, Duke University, and Columbia University. We delivered eleven webinars with over 300 participants, and enrolled 323 veterans and military spouses in Buyer Basecamp.
"America's small businesses are the quiet engines of our nation. When a Veteran carries forward the legacy of an owner who spent a lifetime building something real, the American Dream is not redistributed. It is inherited with honor."
Program Reach in 2025
Education & Universities
Events
& Community
Webinars & Digital Reach
What Veterans and Partners Are Saying
The Partners Making It Possible
OIH collaborates with veteran service organizations, universities, lenders, brokers, and advisors to support the full lifecycle of veteran entrepreneurship through acquisition.
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Financial Transparency
Owners In Honor™ holds Candid Platinum transparency status — the highest level of nonprofit accountability in the sector. Here’s how every dollar was deployed in 2025.
Approximately eighty-five cents of every dollar donated to Owners In Honor™ directly supported programming, coaching, education events, and veteran impact — not overhead.
Each month, OIH volunteers and staff commit 112+ hours, deliver 32 hours of coaching, conduct 9+ live events, host 5 webinars, and provide 15+ advisory and pro bono engagements. Board governance accounts for an additional 6 hours of structured oversight monthly.
Download our full financials in the 2025 Impact Report or visit our Transparency page.
What's Coming in 2026
The 2025 results proved the model works.
In 2026, we scale it.
OIH continues to build national infrastructure to expand veteran ownership pathways, enhance succession resources for small business owners, and strengthen communities through generational impact.
Sellers Summit Launch
OIH will launch full Sellers Summit program modules — bringing structured exit and succession planning to veteran business owners. We’re partnering with the Exit Planning Institute for module development and will participate in their National and Regional Events, plus deliver content at the National Veteran Small Business Council and National Association of Veteran-Owned Businesses annual conferences in New Orleans and Baltimore.
Operator Support Shoot Series
A new series of community fundraising events combining leadership training, shooting sports, and community engagement — activating veteran operators and supporters across the country in an experience built for mission-focused people.
Veteran Acquisition & Exit Webinar Series
Three targeted webinar events aimed at veteran transition organizations and veteran business owners — expanding access to ETA and succession education for veterans at every stage of the ownership lifecycle.
Read the Full 2025 Impact Report
The complete report includes our full pipeline data, financial overview, program details, university partnerships, and the stories behind the numbers. Download it now or share it with someone who needs to know what Owners In Honor™ is building.
Acquire with discipline. Grow with intention. Exit with honor.