Veteran Benefits GPS wordmark with the compass mark

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For sponsors

Free turn-by-turn directions through the VA process.

It stays free because businesses sponsor it.

53days to launch
The full site opensVeterans Day
11 · 11 · 202611:11 a.m. ET

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

The first search

Where do I even start?

Every Veteran has asked it. This is what comes back.

“va benefits where do i start”About643,000,000Results

Google Search, September 18, 2026, the count the holding page shows. The count moves every day.

Fourteen years later it is the same maze. So I built the map.

The map

Ten territories. One journey.

A free navigation guide for Veterans and their families. Ten benefit territories, one journey map, and every stop pointing at the official VA.gov starting place, the form number where a form applies, and free help from an accredited VSO representative.

1Eligibility Gateway
2Healthcare
3Disability Compensation
4Education & Training
5Housing
6Financial & Insurance
7Family & Survivors
8Employment & Transition
9State & Local Benefits
10Memorial & Burial
Why it is free and stays free

A Veteran being told what to do next should never be sold to.

Your name stands beside the rule, never inside the tool's guidance.

1Hosting and the app stores.The tool stays up and reaches a phone.
2Checking every route, on a schedule.Against the official sources, so a form number is never stale.
3Marketing and outreach.Every channel that carries the tool to Veterans where they already are, and carries your name with it.
4Counsel.So the tool stays inside the law that protects Veterans from claim sharks.
5My time.To keep all of it current.
6The annual statement.Once a year I post what it paid for.
Where your name goes

Outside the tool, your name goes where the tool goes.

  • The Supported By pageYour name, logo, and link on the tile for your place
  • The November 11 launch postVeterans Day, the day the full site opens
  • The monthly Supported By postEvery month, every new sponsor named
  • Twelve public platformsX, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Substack, Linktree, Facebook, GitHub, Pinterest, and Medium
  • At your counterWindow decals, counter cards with the QR, and rack cards carrying your logo
  • Print-ready handoutsYour logo on the handout for your place

Sponsorship is what keeps the Veteran's side free.

What you get

See your name on it.

Supported By
Regional SponsorYour business nameSouthern region of IllinoisFounding Sponsor
The Supported By page

5 x 7 in · with the QR · shipped to you

The counter card

Never inside the tool's guidance.

Four tiers · twelve months

Four ways in.

Founding through 2027
$25,000and up · a year
National Sponsor. One per industry nationally. Quoted after launch, against measured reach.
  • Your name, logo, and link on the national tile of the Supported By page, listed first.
  • Your name in the monthly Supported By post.
  • A spotlight post of your own once a quarter.
  • The quarterly sponsor note.
  • A paragraph in the annual statement.
  • The Proud Sponsor badge kit for your site and social.
  • A national print-ready handout carrying your logo.
  • 100 window decals, 500 counter cards with the QR, and 2,500 rack cards carrying your logo, shipped to you once.
  • A personalized black glass plaque, 12 inches.
First right of renewal.Cancel anytime, unused months back, less anything made or shipped.Your rate locked for your term.
Founding through 2027
$10,000a year
State Sponsor. One per industry per state.
  • Your name, logo, and link on your state's tile of the Supported By page, listed first in your state.
  • Your name in the November 11 launch post when you sign and your payment clears by November 4.
  • Your name in the monthly Supported By post.
  • A spotlight post of your own once a year.
  • The quarterly sponsor note.
  • A paragraph in the annual statement.
  • The Proud Sponsor badge kit for your site and social.
  • A print-ready handout for your state carrying your logo.
  • 20 window decals, 100 counter cards with the QR, and 1,000 rack cards carrying your logo, shipped to you once.
  • A personalized black glass plaque, 9 inches.
First right of renewal.Cancel anytime, unused months back, less anything made or shipped.Your rate locked for your term.
Founding through 2027
$5,000a year
Regional Sponsor. One per industry per region.
  • Your name, logo, and link on your region's tile of the Supported By page.
  • Your name in the November 11 launch post when you sign and your payment clears by November 4.
  • Your name in the monthly Supported By post.
  • The quarterly sponsor note.
  • Your name in the annual statement.
  • The Proud Sponsor badge kit for your site and social.
  • A print-ready handout for your region carrying your logo.
  • 10 window decals, 25 counter cards with the QR, and 250 rack cards carrying your logo, shipped to you once.
First right of renewal.Cancel anytime, unused months back, less anything made or shipped.Your rate locked for your term.
$1,000a year
Community Sponsor. One per industry per county.
  • Your name, logo, and link on your county's tile of the Supported By page.
  • Your name in the November 11 launch post when you sign and your payment clears by November 4.
  • Your name in the monthly Supported By post.
  • The quarterly sponsor note.
  • Your name in the annual statement.
  • The Proud Sponsor badge kit for your site and social.
  • 2 window decals and 25 counter cards with the QR, shipped to you once.
First right of renewal.Cancel anytime, unused months back, less anything made or shipped.Your rate locked for your term.
2027sign by December 31
Founding Sponsor. A designation, not a price.
  • Every Regional, State, and National Sponsor who signs by December 31, 2027, carries it.
  • The permanent Founding Sponsor designation.
  • A lifetime lock on your rate when you sign by December 31, 2026, for as long as you renew without a gap.
  • Your plaque carries the designation.
  • A line of your own in every annual statement.

Sign before launch and November 11 through December 31, 2026, is on me; your first paid year is 2027.

After 2027 the seats stay and the designation closes.

The terms, plainly
The yearThe calendar year, and nothing else.

January 1 to December 31. Join mid-year and your first invoice is next year's price plus the rest of this year, prorated by whole months (free for a Founding Sponsor who signs before launch). No auto-renew.

Your priceLock it and it stops moving.
3 years10%
5 years15%
10 years20%

Founding Sponsors carry a lifetime rate lock when they sign by December 31, 2026, for as long as they renew without a gap.

Your exitCancel anytime, in writing.

End your sponsorship whenever you want, in writing, and the months you did not use come back to you, less anything already made or shipped for you.

End a multi-year term early and the years you used are counted at the one-year price; the refund is never less than zero, and you are never billed for the difference.

Break the rule, and every unused dollar comes back, less what was already delivered, at cost.

In kindPay in what you already do.

Regional Sponsor and above may be paid in services I would otherwise buy: legal review, design, printing. Same placements, same agreement, fair market value counted on both sides.

Every line is written into the agreement with the day it is delivered. Nothing here needs me to be standing anywhere.

The line I do not cross

Some things are not for sale.

The second list turns away real money. It is why the first list is worth anything to you.

Never for sale

  • A placement inside the tool.
  • Nothing a Veteran enters is sold, shared, or shown to a sponsor.
  • Any say in what the tool shows, links to, or recommends.

Not eligible, at any price

  • Claims consultants, benefit maximizers, and unaccredited representatives.
  • Lenders and brokers marketing to Veterans on their benefit status.
  • Pension and asset-transfer advisers aimed at Aid and Attendance.
  • Firearms and alcohol businesses.
  • Veterans Service Organizations and government bodies.
  • Any business whose pitch depends on a Veteran's benefit status changing.
Who built it

I did. It does not stand alone.

ServiceU.S. Army Veteran31B Military Police, Team Leader
DeployedIraq, 2011Operation New Dawn
AfterWork-study with the VAA college Veterans office, helping other Veterans through their education benefits
TodayFounder, Veteran Benefits GPS™Site Technician II, Illinois DNR
Counsel, retainedOne Illinois attorney, accredited by the VA, holds the launch documents and the accreditation-boundary opinion.
Veteran Benefits GPS LLCAn Illinois company, formed July 2026, registered in SAM.gov. Sole member: Casey Rose, Founder.
Illinois Small Business Development CenterAdvising on the plan since July 2026.
SBA Veterans Business Outreach CenterConsulted in September 2026 on the funding model and the market.

The State of Illinois and the Department of Natural Resources are not affiliated with Veteran Benefits GPS™ and do not endorse it. This is built on personal time, on personal equipment.

One thing to do

Reserve your seat.

Reserving holds your industry and your place. Nothing is charged until you sign.

What this holds

Pick a tier and a place.

Every sponsorship is exclusive to one industry in one place. The tier decides how big the place is.

Every field is needed so I can hold the right industry in the right place.

No money moves on this page.

One step left

Send the email that just opened.

Your seat is held the moment it reaches me.

  1. I write back within one business day from [email protected], with the agreement in plain language: what was bought, what was granted, what was not.
  2. You sign, you pay, and your name is on the page on Veterans Day, or within three business days after your payment clears if that is later.

Casey Rose
Founder, Veteran Benefits GPS™ · U.S. Army Veteran, 31B Military Police, Operation New Dawn, Iraq
[email protected] · vbgps.org