Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION
HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,570,413 to it, the largest being AbbVie Foundation ($11,359,102). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What Heart of America Foundation does
Mission
The Heart of America Foundation creates vibrant learning environments for children, engaging volunteers in acts of service and encouraging the pursuit of education by providing children in need with the tools to read, succeed and make a difference. Since 1997, the organization has provided children living in underserved communities with over $4.2 million library and take-home books and engaged volunteers in more than 1.2 million hours of service to these communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The transformation program renews community support in enriching student lives, helping them regain lost opportunities for learning because of dilapidated and outdated facilities. The transformation program transforms school libraries and other educational community spaces into engaging learning spaces, saturating school environments with new books. Remodeled spaces are revitalized with improved technology, high-quality books, education materials and modern furniture to become a vibrant learning center - the new heart of a community.
$13,504,052 spentof which $151,419 as grants$98,915 earned by the program92% of program spendingResource distribution program puts books, school supplies and vital technology into the hands of children who need them the most. Elementary, middle and high schools and students receive new, age-appropriate books to replenish school, classroom and home libraries. At book giveaway events, staff and volunteers read to children and engage in inter-generational enrichment and educational activities. This program introduces young people to community service and provides meaningful hands-on experiences. In times of disaster and pandemics, the program works directly with impacted school districts and schools to get greatly-needed supplies and books into the hands and homes of families/children as quickly as possible.
$1,171,927 spentof which $158,930 as grants8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,675,979.
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 2018 to 2019, from $3.8M to $14M (+262%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 3% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Karen Duncan
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $2.4M → $1.6M.
13 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
38% 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 HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 93% · 2019 91% · 2020 80% · 2021 32% · 2022 80% · 2023 87% — broadly stable.
“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
45% of HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION'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
HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $162 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $162
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
27%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: 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 HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION?
- HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,570,413 to it, the largest being AbbVie Foundation ($11,359,102). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $19,570,413 in grants to HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION?
- AbbVie Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $11,359,102 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing