About us

Founded on a simple promise: no veteran transitions alone.

The Second Tour Foundation was built by those who know the journey home, and are determined to make it easier for the ones who come next.

Our story

The Second Tour Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Anthony Mason, a U.S. Air Force combat veteran and real estate professional. The mission grew from a hard truth: the transition out of service can be its own kind of deployment. One fought without a unit, without a clear objective, and too often without a place to call home.

Our answer is the second tour. Not in uniform, but in service to one another. The Foundation is a veteran reintegration and community-development organization: we bring together housing, wellness and mental health support, workforce development, peer mentorship, service dog programs, and outdoor therapeutic activities so that veterans don't just survive the transition, but build something lasting on the other side of it.

Housing is where it begins. Our flagship South Carolina Veteran Village is the first campus of what we intend to grow into a larger ecosystem of veteran communities and programs.

"Built by Veterans, for Veterans."

What we believe

Dignity first

Recovery and stability begin with a safe, dignified place to live. Housing isn't a reward for getting better. It is the foundation that makes getting better possible.

Community heals

Veterans recover best alongside people who understand. Peer support is woven through everything we build.

Partnership, not duplication

The VA provides world-class clinical care. We handle the community-based life support around it. A parallel campus, not a competing one.

Legacy matters

From our land partners to our charter donors, the people who make this possible are recognized as permanent parts of the story.

Leadership

Anthony Mason

Founder & President

Anthony Mason is a U.S. Air Force combat veteran and real estate professional, and the founder of The Second Tour Foundation. He knows the weight of the transition home firsthand, and he started this work so that the veterans who come next wouldn't have to carry it alone.

Anthony leads the foundation's vision, its land partnerships, and the development of the Second Tour Veterans Village & Recovery Campus in Trenton, South Carolina. His background in real estate shapes a practical, build-it-right approach: secure the land, do the steps in order, and create something permanent for the veteran community.

"This is my second tour. Not in uniform, but in service to the people I served beside."