Kansas · Nonprofit
FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC
FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC (Kansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,132 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($20,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $221k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $728k
What Friends in Service of Heroes Inc does
Mission
Friends in Service of Heroes supports active and reserve service members, honorably discharged veterans, and their families in the Greater Kansas City Area through three pillars of support: HEALTH (service dogs, mobility chairs, adaptability & resilience aids); RECOGNITION (heroes dinners, monthly veteran speaker series); and FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE to honor our nation's veterans and their families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
F.I.S.H. focuses on improving the quality of life of our troops, our veterans, and their families in the Kansas City area. Our 3 Pillars, Health-Recognition-Support provides living assistance, food, durable medical equipment and service dogs and camaraderie to our troops. F.I.S.H. strongly emphasizes helping veterans and their families continue moving forward by providing tools to enhance their emotional and physical needs. We do this by providing specially trained service dogs to overcome Post-Traumatic Stress. We also provide mobility chairs and specialized outdoor Track Chairs so veterans can get out of the house and engage with the community. Our efforts extend beyond physical support. We believe in enhancing the morale and well-being of wounded soldiers through recreational activities. These activities, such as cookouts and outdoor sports like motorcycling, hunting, and fishing, are designed to reignite the spark in veterans' lives. By engaging them in activities they loved before their injuries, we aim to bring back a sense of normalcy and joy, reminding them that life can still be fulfilling and enjoyable. Providing emergency financial assistance to our nation's Veterans…
$93,323 spentof which $63,345 as grants100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $93,323.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $237k to $375k (+58%).
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.
90% of FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Paul Chapa
President Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $87.
6 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC’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
FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 51% · 2021 69% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
17% of FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
69% of FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $21k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kansas, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC
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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC?
- FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC (Kansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,132 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($20,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $67,132 in grants to FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC?
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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