SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE FUND, 23,810 GRANTS HAVE BEEN PAID. THERE HAVE BEEN 69 GRANTS TOTALING 345,000 TO THE FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS KILLED IN COMBAT AND 589 GRANTS TOTALING 1,222,500 TO PURPLE HEART WOUNDED SOLDIERS. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN 27 GRANTS TOTALING 54,000 TO WOUNDED SOLDIERS THAT RECEIVED MULTIPLE PURPLE HEART AWARDS AND 22,761 GRANTS TOTALING 9,619,000 TO SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN A COMBAT ZONE. ADDITIONALLY, PURSUANT TO GRANT POLICY, UPON MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION, A SECOND GRANT OF UP TO 9,000 WAS AWARDED TO 364 WOUNDED SOLDIERS TOTALING 2,157,500.
