“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”
Military Installation: Fort Carson
Sec+ Graduate
Systems Administrator, Northrop Grumman, Since September 2018
LeShelle Moore-Domesca
Specialist, US Army
The Career you Never See
Military spouses are some of the most qualified, most adaptable individuals in the American workforce. They are also among the most overlooked. For too long, the data to prove both of those things has been scattered, incomplete, or absent from the conversations that matter.
100K Entrepreneurship Impacted
One hundred thousand. That’s not a scoreboard update or a fundraising talking point. It’s 100,000 veterans and military spouses who looked at everything they’d been through and decided it was worth betting on themselves.
Entrepreneurship
Military families have leadership skills, resilience and attention to detail that make them perfect business owners. IVMF offers a series of programs for those with just the beginning of an idea, or those ready to take their business to the next level, at no cost for transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses.
Community Services
When military families return to the communities they call home, they deserve an efficient and supportive team to help them navigate the maze of resources available to them. IVMF works with community providers that streamline the support you need to sustain healthy and productive lives following military service.
Find Meaningful Employment
Transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses bring valuable skills and experience to civilian careers. So whether you are looking for no-cost training and professional certifications through Onward to Opportunity or continuing a life of service through our Veterans in Politics Program, you will enter your civilian career path with a leg up on the competition and resources by your side.
Research & Analytics
IVMF programs develop from listening to veterans and their families. A national leader in veteran research and analytics, located within a national research University, IVMF also provides actionable insights enabling other organizations to improve their service to veterans, active military and their families. Our research also helps to inform national policy, enhancing the work government agencies do on behalf of those who served.
Our Mission + Vision
A future where all individuals and families who serve in defense of our nation are empowered to thrive. Learn more about IVMF.
Mission Posts
4.17.26
The Career You Never See
Military spouses have nearly four times the unemployment rate, earn less over their lifetimes, and the almost 70% of military spouses with children at home are asked to be single parents for months at a time on top of it.... Read More ▶
4.24.26
Honoring the Strength Behind the Uniform
The IVMF is launching “The Career You Never See” campaign. Military spouse employment has gone unseen in policy, underserved by systems, and underreported in the data. This campaign exists to bring awareness to every stage of military life, addre... Read More ▶
4.28.26
Skills, Service, and a System Still Catching Up
Earlier this year, the D’Aniello IVMF convened a cross-sector roundtable in Washington, D.C., supported by the Walmart Foundation, to take a clear-eyed account of where the work stands, where the most significant gaps remain, and what coordinated a... Read More ▶
