Folds of Honor
American nonprofit organization
Folds of Honor is an American nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of fallen or disabled military service members and first responders. Founded in 2007 by United States Air Force lieutenant colonel Dan Rooney, the organization supports families affected by military service and public safety duty through financial assistance for education.
Folds of Honor has awarded 73,000 scholarships totaling over $43 million as of 2026.
History
Folds of Honor was established in 2007 by Lt. Col. Dan Rooney, a U.S. Air Force F16 fighter pilot and PGA professional who currently serves as Commander of Recruiting for the Oklahoma Air Guard, following his experience witnessing the return of a fallen service member and the impact on the family. The organization was created to provide educational support to military families affected by service-related death or disability.
In 2022 the nonprofit began expanding its mission to include scholarships for families of first responders, including police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel.
Programs
Folds of Honor provides educational scholarships that may be used for private school tuition, tutoring, and higher education expenses. The organization awards scholarships annually based on financial need and eligibility criteria tied to military or first responder service.
“Folds of Honor” enters the record as american nonprofit organization. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Folds, Honor and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Folds of Honor” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Folds, Honor and American provides the most credible route into that argument.
The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q54813999. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007, 2026 and 2022.
Official terminology may obscure informal participation, dissent or communities documented only indirectly. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Compare institutional narratives with records created by participants and affected communities. Dates and formal titles are useful anchors, but not substitutes for context.
- Event chronology
- Institutional context
- Locating named record creators
Contemporary correspondence, government or organizational records, oral histories and cited historical scholarship.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Folds of Honor”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Folds of Honor primary sources, Folds of Honor archive and Folds research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Folds of Honor”?
- Which voices are present, absent or mediated by the institution?
- What chronology connects this entry to wider political or social change?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Folds of Honor” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.