Golden West Humanitarian Foundation

Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is a non-profit organization specializing in humanitarian demining, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), and conventional weapons destruction services. Registered in SAM.gov since 2002, the foundation provides critical technical advisory support, equipment procurement, and logistical assistance to U.S. government agencies, primarily focusing on reducing threats from explosive remnants of war in conflict-affected regions. The organization works extensively with the Department of Defense and Department of State to enable humanitarian mine action missions, particularly in Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, and the Marshall Islands.

Through federal contract awards, Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has consistently supported the U.S. Navy's Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) operations, primarily through purchase orders from the Chief of Naval Operations. These contracts have involved providing technical advisory services, EOD equipment, tools, supplies, and support for training programs. The foundation has supplied a wide range of goods including HMA and EOD gear, medical kits, computer and IT equipment, first aid supplies, demolition materials, and technical advisory support. Notably, these contract awards have been consistently issued as firm-fixed price purchase orders without set-aside designations. The foundation has also worked as a subcontractor with prime contractors like Caci NSS, PAE Government Services, and Stanley-Versar Asia Pacific JV, expanding its reach and capabilities in humanitarian demining and ordnance disposal efforts.

On the grant side, Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has been a key recipient of Cooperative Agreements and Project Grants from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs under the Weapons Removal and Abatement program. These grants have funded humanitarian demining, unexploded ordnance removal, and conventional weapons destruction activities across multiple countries. Recent grant awards include substantial funding for operations in Moldova ($1 million), Cambodia ($2.5 million), the Philippines ($2 million), and a global quick response fund ($800,000). The foundation has also worked on sub-grant projects with organizations like The Henry M. Jackson Foundation, particularly supporting Department of Defense POW/MIA accounting efforts through archaeological fieldwork and recovery activities. These grants consistently aim to reduce threats posed by at-risk, illicitly proliferated, and indiscriminately used conventional weapons in conflict-affected regions globally.