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Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is an American Non-profit (501C3) organisation that develops technology to address the technical limitations of humanitarian mine clearance. The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is based in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.2 It was founded in 1998.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is an American Non-profit (501C3) organisation that develops technology to address the technical limitations of humanitarian mine clearance.2
The foundation was created by chemical engineer Joe Trocino and his son Mike Trocino. In 2008, the Los Angeles Times reported that the organization used government grants and private donations to develop and support munitions-disposal systems in Southeast Asia and Central America.
From Wikipedia’s article on Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
The Explosive Harvesting Program (EHP) is a manufacturing program which recycles the explosives contained in stockpiled explosive ammunition into the explosive charges used for humanitarian mine clearance.
In 2010, the GWHF worked with Norwegian People's Aid in a groundbreaking cluster bomb stockpile destruction program.
GWHF partnered with the Michigan State University M.I.N.D. Lab to develop a game for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) platform that teaches children the indicators of land mine and unexploded ordnance contamination.
This game underwent field trials in Cambodia in June 2010.
In Cambodia, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is partnered with the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) to provide research and development support to mine action activities in the Kingdom of Cambodia. These activities include the Explosive Harvesting Program, Mine Risk Education
The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has undertaken ordnance stockpile destruction programs for the Organization of American States.
In 2009, the GWHF partnered with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation to undertake a research and development project sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
GWHF also launched the Swim For Life drowning prevention initiative in response to high childhood drowning rates in Vietnam.
In Angola, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has introduced their "Indicator Program", a Mine Risk Education program designed to teach the indicators of land mine and UXO contamination.
In Azerbaijan, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has introduced their "Indicator Program", a Mine Risk Education program designed to teach the indicators of land mine and UXO contamination.
In 2009 & 2010, the GWHF worked on a cluster bomb disposal project in the Republic of Moldova.
In Mozambique, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has introduced their "Indicator Program", a Mine Risk Education program designed to teach the indicators of land mine and UXO contamination.
In Nicaragua, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has worked with the Organization of American States on stockpile destruction programs.
From Wikipedia’s article on Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
| Year | Federal grants | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $11.7M | – | $11.7M |
| 2025 | $4.6M | $18.2K | $4.6M |
| 2024 | $6.9M | $62.0K | $7.0M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $426.8K | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $602.8K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $400.8K | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $646.8K | $563.3K | $1.2M |
| 2019 | $2.6M | $148.5K | $2.7M |
| 2018 | $2.7M | $33.9K | $2.7M |
| 2017 | $4.1M | $21.1K | $4.1M |
| 2016 | $4.6M | – | $4.6M |
| 2015 | $2.6M | $34.6K | $2.6M |
| 2014 | $2.4M | $25.0K | $2.4M |
| 2013 | $4.1M | – | $4.1M |
| 2012 | $1.9M | $137.6K | $2.0M |
| 2011 | $980.9K | – | $980.9K |
| 2010 | $484.3K | – | $484.3K |
| 2009 | $502.0K | – | $502.0K |
| 2008 | $310.0K | – | $310.0K |
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
