Texas · Nonprofit
COMO LIONS HEART
COMO LIONS HEART (Texas) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $296,379 to it, the largest being NICHOLAS MARTIN JR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($60,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $162k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $296k
- Net assets
- $20k
What Como Lions Heart does
Mission
Como Lions Hearts goal is to create an inclusive environment that encourages participation personal growth and collaboration among all residents. We aim to enhance the quality of life by providing accessible resources and opportunities that strengthen relationships and cultivate a sense of belonging. Como Lions Heart continues to support families youth and seniors through community-based programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Because of you we were able to provide an effective Youth Sports Cheerleading and Activity Programs that aim to create an inclusive environment that fosters participation and personal growth. We provide accessible resources to enhance life skills build relationships and foster a sense of belonging. We distributed school backpacks and supplies to 325 students college dorm prep kits to 32 and hosted monthly Reading Nights with over 25 participants. Additionally we organized field trips to Casa Manana and Chuck E. Cheese for 25-50 students. Our Summer Camp Programs served 120 youths while our Youth Sports - Football and Cheerleading Camps engaged 130 participants. Events like the Easter Carnival Halloween Fall Festival and Como Lions Heart Christmas Toy Giveaway benefited over 1,500 children in partnership with the Como Community Center.
$52,969 spent46% of program spendingThrough our Community Programs and Assistance we have made a significant impact. Our Monthly Food Bank serves 300-500 families every third Friday providing nutritious food on a first-come first-served basis to combat food insecurity. This service in partnership with Tarrant Area Food Bank is supported by volunteers and young individuals who receive a small donation. Additionally we offered emergency assistance to 10 individuals for rent utilities medicine food or clothing. Our seniors program provided outings gifts and unique experiences such as nail salon visits and restaurant outings for their Annual Christmas party. We also supported the senior share program offering daily food access including produce meat and more from Sprouts four days a week.
$59,894 spent52% of program spendingBack to School Program: Our Youth Educational Programs focus on academic growth and personal development through literacy life skills and various subjects. We distributed school backpacks and supplies to 325 students college dorm prep kits to 32 and held monthly Reading Nights with over 25 participants. Thanks to your support 32 college freshmen attended a Youth Conference equipped with laptops and dorm room supplies. Additionally 325 youth received backpacks and essential school supplies for a successful start to the academic year. They enjoyed lunch engaged in conflict resolution and problem-solving classes. Because of you these things happened.
$3,305 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $116,168.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $65k to $12k (−81%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of COMO LIONS HEART’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Carol Brown
Executive Director
Board chair
Dorothy Debose
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $5k → $54k.
2 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COMO LIONS HEART’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COMO LIONS HEART has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2019 45% · 2020 26% · 2021 65% · 2022 49% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
30% of COMO LIONS HEART's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of COMO LIONS HEART's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COMO LIONS HEART runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like COMO LIONS HEART
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMO LIONS HEART: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMO LIONS HEART?
- COMO LIONS HEART (Texas) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $296,379 to it, the largest being NICHOLAS MARTIN JR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($60,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMO LIONS HEART have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $296,379 in grants to COMO LIONS HEART, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMO LIONS HEART?
- NICHOLAS MARTIN JR FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMO LIONS HEART find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing