Florida · Nonprofit
HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC
HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being HE HILL FOUNDATION INC ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $228
What Hard Knocks Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Specifically, the Hard Knocks Foundation is dedicated to providing youth services, including but not limited to mentorship, educational support, and life-skills training for at-risk adolescents. The mission is to empower youth to overcome adversity through structured programming and community engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
2024 Accomplishments: Membership and Community Integration During the 2024 calendar year, the Hard Knock Foundation prioritized organizational scaling and community outreach. The primary accomplishment for this period was a significant increase in total membership.[1] This growth was achieved through aggressive local networking and partnerships with regional educational institutions. By expanding the member base, the foundation increased its "social capital," a concept defined in academic literature as the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively.[2] This year focused on building the infrastructure necessary to support a larger demographic of youth, ensuring that the foundational "Hard Knock" philosophy of resilience was instilled in a broader audience.
$85,307 spentof which $86,049 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $85,307.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $917 to $228 (−75%).
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.
25% of HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $3k.
From the IRS filings of HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION 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.
Where its funders are
100% of HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION 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 Florida
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC: 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 HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC?
- HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being HE HILL FOUNDATION INC ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,000 in grants to HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC?
- HE HILL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARD KNOCKS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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