In order to more effectively support its mission, MCA has created and incorporated within its structure, the Marine Corps Association Foundation (“Foundation”), a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable foundation. The achievement of this organizational status will better permit the Foundation to raise funds to support and expand the programs and activities so essential to MCA’s core mission as follows:
- Support the Marine Corps in its wartime mission by disseminating knowledge of military art and science and building esprit among Marines
- Fulfill requests from other Marine Related Organizations or Marine Corps units requesting the Commandant’s Professional Reading List Library
- With the Marine Corps’ approval give each new Marine Corps recruit a copy of Leatherneck magazine
- With the Marine Corps’ approval provide the Guidebook for Marines, compiled and published by MCA, to each Marine recruit
- Provide professional development for units and individual Marines
- Fund Professional Military Education events requested by commanders to enhance their unit’s predeployment training
- Support the awards program that was begun under MCA and enhance select awards to Marines
- Offer professional development programs including professional speakers to help with military education
-Provide funding for select Marine Corps programs needed by the Corps — but which are not financed by appropriated funds
- Educate the public on the military art and science and the value of the Marine Corps and the Naval Service to the nation
- Fund emerging requirements to support Marines from recruitment through active duty and after release to veteran Marine status.
- Provide support to wounded warriors through the provision of Leatherneck and the Marine Corps Gazette as they convalesce and through other programs that are requested.
