No Vets Left Behind, Founded by Mobile Restaurateur Frankie Little, Is a Finalist for $25,000 National Prize
No Vets Left Behind, founded by Roosters Tacos & Tequila owner Frankie Little in memory of his brother, is one of three finalists for a $25,000 Homes for Heroes award. Voting runs through Nov. 13.
MOBILE, Ala. — A veterans nonprofit with roots in a Mobile restaurant has a chance to bring home far more than it has ever raised in a single year.
No Vets Left Behind, founded by Roosters Tacos & Tequila owner Frankie Little, is one of three finalists in the Homes for Heroes Foundation’s 2026 Community Impact Award competition, a national contest supporting first responder charity groups. The nonprofit with the most votes wins $25,000.
“The most we’ve ever raised in a year is around $6,000,” Little said. “To win $25,000 in one grant would be phenomenal.”
Voting opened Monday, Nov. 2, and ends at midnight on Friday, Nov. 13, Little said.
A nonprofit created in a brother’s memory
Little created No Vets Left Behind in memory of his brother, Lt. Col. Mark Stratton II. According to the restaurant’s website, Stratton died in Afghanistan on May 26, 2009, when he and three other members of the Panjshir Province Provincial Reconstruction Team were killed by an improvised explosive device.
The 501(c)(3) organization donates restaurant revenue and other contributions to Vets Recover and Eagle’s Landing each Memorial Day.
Who else is in the running
The other finalists are Quad City Back the Blue Flight of Davenport, Iowa, and JEDI BLUE of Denver, North Carolina.
No Vets Left Behind has already received a $2,000 grant from Homes for Heroes through the contest. Little said a win would give his organization more to share with Gulf Coast veterans groups.
