The Air Warrior Courage Foundation was founded by the RRVA to support Veterans who were military aviators and has now expanded to include all Veterans on a case by case basis with these primary goals as stated by their website:
The primary purposes and objectives of the Air Warrior Courage Foundation are:
- To assist disabled and/or needy war veterans and members of the U.S. Armed Services and their dependents, and widows and orphans of deceased veterans;
- To provide financial and/or other services and support to RRVA members facing medical-incident related expenses beyond their ability to reasonably meet;
- To carry on programs to perpetuate the memory of deceased veterans and members of the U.S. Armed Services, to comfort their survivors and/or sponsor and/or participate in activities of a patriotic nature;
- To provide scholarship assistance, funding and/or programs for educational purposes, particularly those leading to careers in military service and/or aviation;
- To promote the social welfare of the community by providing support for such other philanthropic activities as may later be determined necessary by the Board of Directors;
- To provide assistance in the education of persons in the fields related to aviation and space;
- To provide recognition for excellence in aviation and space disciplines and exploration; and
- To encourage programs supportive of developing in American youth those attributes that are basic characteristics of RRVA principles.