The rambunctious Wounded Warrior Project embraces multichannel strategies to fund its mission to transition America’s youngest disabled vets back into civilian life.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

The organization also has seen a lot of success with the Combined Federal Campaign, which last year brought in more than $700,000 in pledges and is on track to bring in between $1.7 million and $2 million in 2008, Melia says.

Strategy specifics aside, Melia attributes his organization’s success to passion, which produces results … which produce donor loyalty … which produces donor dollars. It’s a fairly simple, but alarmingly evasive, equation.