Public dataset of 13,000+ veteran service organizations across all 50 U.S. states and 3,144+ counties, maintained by AVSOPS — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit open data initiative.
| File | Records | Description |
|---|---|---|
headquarters.csv |
210 | National headquarters for all tracked VSOs and patriotic societies |
vfw/local-posts.csv |
1,384 | Veterans of Foreign Wars local posts |
vfw/state-departments.csv |
50 | VFW state departments |
legion/local-posts.csv |
9,199 | American Legion local posts |
legion/state-departments.csv |
51 | American Legion state departments |
dav/local-chapters.csv |
1,136 | Disabled American Veterans chapters |
fra/local-branches.csv |
336 | Fleet Reserve Association branches |
mcl/local-posts.csv |
974 | Marine Corps League detachments |
mcl/state-departments.csv |
50 | MCL headquarters + state departments |
other/state-departments.csv |
51 | State departments for other organizations (NSDAR, etc.) |
war-periods.csv |
11 | War era categories (American Revolution through War on Terror) |
Every organization record includes:
- Identity: title, slug, abbreviation, chapter type (hq/state/local)
- Location: state, county, geo_tag (FIPS code), address, city, zip, coordinates
- Contact: phone, email, website
- Social: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn
- Classification: war period, parent organization
Some organization types have additional fields (service programs, meeting times, etc.) — see the CSV headers for details.
Each organization is categorized by the war era in which it was founded:
| War Period | Dates | Example Organizations |
|---|---|---|
| American Revolution | 1775-1783 | DAR, SAR |
| War of 1812 | 1812-1815 | — |
| Mexican-American War | 1846-1848 | — |
| Civil War | 1861-1865 | SUV, MOLLUS |
| Spanish-American War | 1898 | VFW |
| World War I | 1914-1918 | American Legion, DAV, FRA, MCL |
| World War II | 1939-1945 | AMVETS, JWV |
| Korean War | 1950-1953 | KWVA |
| Vietnam War | 1955-1975 | VVA |
| Gulf War | 1990-1991 | — |
| War on Terror | 2001-Present | IAVA, WWP |
Download: Click any CSV file and use the "Download raw file" button, or clone the repo.
API: GitHub serves raw files at:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AVSOPS/veteran-organizations/main/headquarters.csv
In code (Python example):
import pandas as pd
vfw = pd.read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AVSOPS/veteran-organizations/main/vfw/local-posts.csv")
indiana_vfw = vfw[vfw["state"] == "IN"]See CONTRIBUTING.md for details. Three ways to help:
- Report an error or update — Open an issue (no technical skills needed)
- Edit a CSV directly — Click the pencil icon on any CSV file in GitHub
- Bulk updates — Fork, edit, submit a pull request
This data is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the data for any purpose, with attribution to AVSOPS.
AVSOPS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that collects, organizes, and publishes veteran service data so no veteran has to search 50 websites to find help.
- Website: avsops.com
- State data (CVSOs): AVSOPS/cvso-state-data
- Contact: ed@avsops.com