Witness to War Foundation, Inc.

What Witness to War Foundation, Inc. does

Witness to War Foundation, Inc. is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2001 by Atlanta-based entrepreneur Tom Beaty to record, preserve, and distribute broadcast-quality HD digital video oral histories of combat veterans before those stories are lost. Over 25 years, the foundation has built a searchable digital archive of 10,684+ edited video vignettes and full-length interviews with 3,500+ veterans spanning WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts, organized by war, branch of service, theater, and keyword. Its core product is the Witness to War website (witnesstowar.org), which offers free public streaming of interviews, a Photos & Memoirs module containing 49 photo albums and 148 written memoirs, and a structured Educator Resources module of 78 classroom-ready video lessons curated for high school instruction.

The foundation operates a national tour model: a small team (3-5 personnel) conducts 30+ new interviews per month at veteran reunions, senior centers, veteran homes, and civic organizations, producing professionally edited 2-5 minute vignettes while preserving full-length interviews. With veteran permission, all captured content is donated to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, where Bob Patrick, Director of the Veterans History Project, has described the collection as "the most extensive collection of combat narratives in the nation." The foundation also distributes free DVDs to interviewed veterans and their families.

The business model is philanthropy-led rather than revenue-led. Operating overhead is primarily funded by founder Tom Beaty (who volunteers his time) and his private equity firm Resultiv Capital DE, LLC, which also hosts the foundation in its Alpharetta, Georgia offices. Supplemental funding comes from individual donations and corporate sponsorship packages, with a portion of program activity executed in partnership with military museums, veteran affinity organizations, and reunion foundations. No fees are charged for interviews, content access, or DVD distribution.

Name

Witness to War Foundation, Inc.

Legal name

Witness to War Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://witnesstowar.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Witness to War Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that records, preserves, and distributes broadcast-quality HD video oral histories of combat veterans across WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts, serving veterans, families, educators, and the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veteran Oral History Preservation

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (519210), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Veterans & Military Family Benefits Administration (BPAIAKAI)

Keywords

• Oral history preservation
• Veteran interview recording
• Combat video archive
• Military history education
• Digital video archiving

Headquarters

HQ city

Alpharetta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations from supporters who contribute to expand the foundation's reach and directly contribute to capturing more veteran stories
2. Corporate Sponsorship: Corporate sponsorships from companies like Resultiv Capital DE, LLC. Sponsors receive custom sponsorship packages including veteran interviews for company affiliates, combat veteran speaking engagements, and opportunities for employees to participate in interviews.
3. Founder Funded: The foundation's overhead is primarily funded by founder Tom Beaty and his companies, with Beaty volunteering his time

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Witness to War Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that conducts, professionally records, edits, and publicly archives HD digital video oral-history interviews with combat veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts. Full-length interviews are condensed into 2-5 minute edited vignettes, organized in a free searchable online archive of more than 10,684 videos and 3,500+ veteran stories, and donated (with veteran consent) to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. The foundation also produces educator teaching modules and travels nationally to veteran reunions, senior centers, and veteran homes to capture new interviews.

Product overview

Witness to War Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization offering a single unified digital platform for preserving and sharing oral histories of combat veterans. The core product is a video interview platform hosting 10,684+ interviews organized by conflict (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Other). The platform includes supplementary content modules for educator use with 78 video teaching modules, a Photos & Memoirs collection with 49 albums and 148 written stories, and veteran interview services. All content is searchable via advanced filters and is donated to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Combat Veteran Video Oral History Archive (Online Platform) A free, publicly searchable online archive of 10,684+ professionally recorded HD digital video oral history interviews with combat veterans across multiple U.S. conflicts, organized by war, branch of service, unit, theater, and keywords for public access.
• Veteran Interview Recording Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,684 veteran interview videos preserved and publicly accessible
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Library of Congress Veterans History ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWitness to War is proud to be a content provider for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. With veteran permission, all collected content is donated to the Library of Congress. Bob Patrick, Director of Veterans History Project, stated the collection is 'the most extensive collection of combat narratives in the nation with nearly 1,500 video interviews.'
• Resultiv CapitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation resides in the offices of Resultiv Capital in Atlanta, Georgia. Founder Tom Beaty is also the founder and CEO of Resultiv Capital, a private equity firm. Resultiv Capital provides overhead funding and hosting for the non-profit.
• The Veterans MuseumminorOthersPartner museum preserving and promoting stories of combat veterans
• Military Heritage MuseumminorOthersPartner museum for veteran story preservation and promotion
• WWII FoundationminorOthersPartner organization supporting WWII veteran story preservation
• Eisenhower FoundationminorOthersPartner organization for historical preservation and education
• National Veterans Memorial & MuseumminorOthersPartner museum for veteran memorial and story preservation
• New Mexico Veterans MuseumminorOthersPartner museum for veteran story preservation
• Warrior Reunion FoundationminorOthersPartner organization that organizes and facilitates reunions for veterans and their families. Witness to War attends these reunions to conduct interviews.
• Atlanta World War II RoundtableminorOthersOriginal group of 150 veterans that met monthly to share experiences. This group inspired founder Tom Beaty to start the organization in 2001. The group still meets monthly.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Library of Congress Veterans History Project: The federal government's flagship oral history collection effort for U.S. veterans, hosted by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Witness to War is a direct content provider, and the two share the same mission of preserving veteran oral histories; both accept community-submitted interviews and serve researchers, educators, and families.
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund: Non-profit that maintains The Wall and preserves Vietnam War veteran stories, including its own oral history collection. Directly comparable to Witness to War's Vietnam segment (3,335 videos) and shares the same mission of capturing Vietnam-era combat narratives before they are lost.
• The National WWII Museum: New Orleans-based museum and educational institution that collects, preserves, and exhibits WWII oral histories, personal narratives, and artifacts. Comparable to Witness to War in mission (preserving WWII stories before they are lost) and in providing free educational access to recorded veteran testimony for educators and families.
• WWII Foundation: A non-profit that produces and distributes WWII documentary films and educational content. Listed as an active partner of Witness to War and shares the same combat veteran oral history capture and dissemination mission, especially for WWII cohorts.
• Korean War Veterans Association: National membership organization for Korean War veterans that collects memoirs, oral histories, and photographs from its members. Comparable as a community-led veteran oral history effort for a specific conflict era, similar to how Witness to War organizes Korea content.
• National Veterans Memorial and Museum: Columbus, Ohio-based memorial and museum that collects and exhibits veteran stories across conflicts. Active Witness to War partner with shared focus on multi-era veteran story preservation and education.
• Eisenhower Foundation: Historical preservation non-profit focused on commemorating WWII leadership and veteran sacrifice through educational programming and storytelling. Active Witness to War partner, with comparable focus on WWII-era veteran story preservation and education outreach.
• Warrior Reunion Foundation: Non-profit that organizes reunions for combat veterans and their families across conflicts. Listed as a core operational partner through which Witness to War captures interviews at reunion events, making it a directly comparable community-led model for reaching combat veterans.

Broad incumbents

• StoryCorps: Large-scale non-profit oral history project that records and archives personal stories from Americans of all backgrounds, including many veterans. Comparable mission and methodology (recorded interviews, public archive, Library of Congress partnership), but operates far more broadly than Witness to War's combat-veteran specialization.
• Wreaths Across America: National non-profit focused on veteran remembrance, including cemetery wreath-laying and veteran tribute events across the U.S. Comparable as a large veteran-focused non-profit with national sponsor and donor infrastructure, though it focuses on remembrance rather than oral history capture.

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@WitnessToWarFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/witness-to-war-foundation-inc-

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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