“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 Entrepreneurs 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.
Policy
IVMF’s policy team works with lawmakers and key stakeholders to improve the lives of veterans and their families as they transition to civilian life, advocating for legislation and policies at the local and national level. They also create opportunities for IVMF staff and program participants to testify in front of congress, to keep our nation’s lawmakers connected to the challenges veterans and their families face today.
Mission Posts
5.27.26
She Was Trusted with a Military Hospital, But Denied a Business Certification
Kathleen went to Boston and attended V-WISE with 200 other veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs. What she found there would change the trajectory of the company she and her daughter had spent years building against systems that repeatedly failed... Read More ▶
5.05.26
Why This Veteran Keeps Building Businesses Just to Sell Them
Nick Green built one of the largest self-storage operations in outstate Minnesota, growing it from 24 units behind his father's shop to 454 units across 100,000 square feet. He bought and scaled a family plumbing company, acquired his largest competi... Read More ▶
5.28.26
IVMF Supports The Commissary Healthy Options and Servicemember Welfare (CHOW) Act S.2772
On behalf of the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, I write to express our strong support for the Commissary Healthy Options and Servicemember Welfare (CHOW) Act, and to commend Senators Warnock an... Read More ▶
