Pineland Farms Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, supports the VAST Program by providing all that Pineland Farms has to offer at no cost to the Veterans. The VAST program is also primarily funded through an annual competitive grant administered by the Veterans Administration. The VA awards grants to qualifying organizations to plan, develop, manage, and implement programs to provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled Veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces as authorized under 38 United States Code 521A.

However, we also rely on both monetary and in-kind donations from commercial entities and private individuals when the above funding is not enough. This generosity provides us with staff funding and much needed flexibility in how we run our program. Their generous contributions have helped to make VAST a better program for all of our Veterans.

During 2024, VAST received donations (both financial and in-kind) from a number of very generous donors.  Over the course of the past year, we have used these funds to do such things as: purchase plane tickets for veterans to attend our camps, provide food and lodging for our annual Cape Cod cycling trip, acquire two E-Assist cycles, purchase a 26’ storage trailer for our cycles, and cover expenses for two multi-day cycling trips to Flagstaff Hut, Maine Huts & Trails, and the Medawisla AMC Lodge; and our annual Hike up Mt Katahdin.   We have also received in-kind donations of a heavy-duty track chair, a collection of workout machines, multiple pairs of Nordic Skis, an E-Assist Recumbent Cycle and a large supply of backpacks and cold weather gloves.  We would like to publicly acknowledge each of those donors.