Nonprofit
OPERATION MERAKI
Mission
Operation Meraki challenges and changes the landscape of veteran transition.
We help service members and their families bridge the gap from the uniform into new professional and personal missions. We believe transition is not about benefits paperwork or job placement alone. It is about identity, belonging, and purpose.
We help veterans create their next life mission.
About Us
We don't serve veterans. We are them.
Operation Meraki is a veteran-led nonprofit empowering veterans and their families to be seen, supported, and thriving in their next mission in life after service. We believe that transitioning out of the military isn't an ending — it's the start of a new mission, and no one should have to navigate it alone.
Through a whole-person model, we support veterans across three core pillars: health and wellness, employment and growth, and community engagement. Whether it's connecting a veteran to mental health resources, helping them translate military skills into a civilian career, or simply creating spaces where they feel they belong, every program we run is designed to move people toward a life of meaning — not just services checked off.
What Drives Us
- Next-Mission Mindset — life after service isn't the end, it's the next mission
- Radical Belonging — every veteran and family belongs, fully and without condition
- Whole Person — every offering moves people closer to a life of meaning
- Do the Work with Heart — we show up with integrity, empathy, and excellence to earn trust with those who served
We envision a world where every veteran and their family is seen, supported, and thriving in their next mission beyond military service. Join us in building that future, one veteran and one family at a time.
Cause Areas Include
- Arts & Music
- Community Development
- Economic Development
- Education
- Veterans
Location & Contact
- 866-957-8940
- michael.thomas@operationmeraki.org
- 4182 Worth Ave, Columbus, Ohio, US
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| Volunteer Engagement Coordinator | Ohio, US(Remote) | Posted 14 days ago |
| Administrative Support Volunteer | Ohio, US(Remote) | Posted 14 days ago |
| Event Support Volunteer | Columbus, OH | Posted 14 days ago |
| Food Garden Volunteer | Columbus, OH | Posted 14 days ago |
