The Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) is a congressionally chartered (Title 36 USC Chapter 1405) United States war veterans organization.

This includes recognizing outstanding ROTC and JROTC leaders in the U.S. and Department of Defense dependent schools globally.

[10] The purpose of MOPH's First Responder Program is to honor police officers and firefighters who are killed or wounded in the line of duty.

Its stated purpose and objectives are: In 2007, the MOPH Service Foundation was rated "F" by the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) because only 32% of money raised for the organization went to charity programs.

[15] Also in 2007, executive director Richard Esau was fired from the Service Foundation after an audit showed money spent on possible conflict of interest projects.

In an affidavit submitted, Cook says his removal was "for my exposing of the mismanagement of funds and grants of "Purple Heart Dollars" on national television."