Second Service Foundation

What Second Service Foundation does

Second Service Foundation was an independent nonprofit organization established in 2016 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Its mission was to support veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs, providing resources and programming aimed at helping military personnel and veterans start and grow businesses. The organization operated for approximately ten years within the military and veterans entrepreneurship community as its sole defined customer segment, employing between 1 and 10 people.

The organization did not develop or sell technology products, software, or commercial services. Its "product" was programmatic support for a single persona segment — military and veteran entrepreneurs — addressing entrepreneurship challenges specific to that community. There is no evidence of proprietary technology, software platforms, app offerings, or AI/ML components. Revenue mechanics, pricing models, marketing channels, and distribution channels are all reported as not applicable or not identified, consistent with a small community-focused nonprofit funded through donations or grants that are not disclosed in the source material.

Following a nearly year-long search, Second Service Foundation has been voluntarily shut down. Its resources and operational footprint are being transitioned into an existing faith-based nonprofit parent organization, which will permit faith-oriented programming that the prior structure did not allow. The successor entity has not yet been publicly announced as of the source material, and Second Service Foundation's website directs visitors to "stay tuned" for the launch announcement. The operating status is recorded as closed, and the entity is no longer generating activity as an independent organization.

Name

Second Service Foundation

Legal name

Second Service Foundation

Website

https://secondservicefoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Second Service Foundation was a small nonprofit that supported military and veteran entrepreneurs with entrepreneurship resources for approximately ten years before voluntarily shutting down and transitioning its resources to a successor faith-based nonprofit organization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Support

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Veteran entrepreneurship support
• Military spouse resources
• Nonprofit entrepreneurship programs
• Veteran business assistance
• Military community programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Reston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Second Service Foundation was a nonprofit organization that supported veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs for ten years. The foundation provided mentorship, resources, and community programs tailored to this niche audience before voluntarily shutting down, with its resources transitioning to a faith-based nonprofit parent organization.

Product overview

The Second Service Foundation was a nonprofit organization focused on supporting military and veteran entrepreneurship. The organization has been voluntarily shut down after ten years of impact, with resources transitioning to an existing faith-based nonprofit. No specific products or services were identified in the available source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• American Corporate Partners (ACP): Nonprofit pairing veterans with corporate mentors for career and entrepreneurship guidance; similar nonprofit model and veteran-focused mission.
• Bunker Labs: Nonprofit supporting military-connected entrepreneurs through community, education, and capital programs; directly comparable in mission, target population (veteran and military-spouse founders), and nonprofit delivery model.
• Patriot Boot Camp: Nonprofit that runs veteran and military-spouse entrepreneur boot camps and follow-on programming; same target segment and similar mission to deliver startup support to military-affiliated founders.
• Hivers and Strivers: Angel investment network focused on veteran-led startups; comparable mission of channeling capital and support to military-affiliated founders, though via investment rather than grantmaking.

Broad incumbents

• Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University: Higher-education-anchored organization delivering entrepreneurship, career, and community programs to veterans and military families; comparable population and programming but with broader scope and institutional backing.
• Wounded Warrior Project: Large nonprofit serving wounded veterans across physical health, mental health, and economic empowerment; broader veteran-services portfolio that overlaps with economic/entrepreneurship programming.
• D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families: Veteran and military-family support organization delivering education, employment, and entrepreneurship programming; comparable population and broader institutional delivery model.
• Student Veterans of America: Nonprofit supporting veterans in higher education; tangentially comparable given entrepreneurship support often intersects with education pathways for veterans.
• Bob Woodruff Foundation: Veteran-services nonprofit funding programs in employment, education, and quality of life; comparable veteran population and grantmaking model, broader scope.

Emerging players

• Veterati: Mentorship platform connecting veterans and military spouses with professional mentors, including for entrepreneurship; adjacent model and same target audience with a tech-enabled delivery approach.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/secondservicefoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/second-service-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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