Causes: Emergency Assistance, Human Services

Mission: The Soldiers and Airmen Assistance Fund (SAAF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, supports the needs of the citizen soldiers in the North Carolina National Guard.

Target demographics: National Guard families

Direct beneficiaries per year: 147 North Carolina Guard families

Geographic areas served: North Carolina

Programs: funds for housing, utilities, food; grants for wounded warriors; educational grants for low income military families; funds for Save a Soldier program; funds for camps for military kids; funding for the Gold Star Program remembering those who gave their life for our country