Virginia · Nonprofit
Herndon-Reston FISH Inc
Herndon-Reston FISH Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $529,111 to it, the largest being THE CLOSET OF THE GREATER HERNDON AREA INC ($174,200). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $799k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $529k
- Net assets
- $559k
What Herndon-Reston FISH Inc does
Mission
To provide short-term emergency financial assistance to low income and otherwise distressed persons primarily through payments for rent, utilities, medical prescriptions and devices, and other critical needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
HRFISH Assistance programs distributed over $324k of assistance payments helping about 2,125 people in all demographics but in predominately very low-income levels in Herndon and Reston, Virginia. HRFISH responded to financial assistance requests for rent, utilities, prescriptions, grocery gift cards and other critical needs in order to stop destabilizing events. To address community needs effectively, HRFISH accepts referrals from social workers in Fairfax County agencies, local schools, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations.HRFISH also distributed $175k of Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Bridge 2 funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), helping 84 individuals with rental assistance. The ERA program was developed to aid residents in financial distress resulting from the COVID pandemic. HRFISH has served as a safety net partner organization for distribution of federal direct assistance programs since 2020.
$638,654 spentof which $499,307 as grants85% of program spendingThe Bargain Loft thrift store, a program of HRFISH, provides affordable shopping to the local community. It collects and markets a wide variety of donated items in good condition. Gently used furniture, linens and household goods, women's clothing, and other high need items are sold. Store net profits help support emergency financial assistance programs for local residents in short-term crises.
$114,765 spent15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $753,419.
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 $379k to $1.9M (+406%).
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 34% · 2018 32% · 2019 0% · 2020 39% · 2021 84% · 2022 92% · 2023 79% · 2024 65% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Herndon-Reston FISH Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $14k → $70k.
5 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 Herndon-Reston FISH 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
Herndon-Reston FISH Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
63% 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 Herndon-Reston FISH Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 62% · 2019 60% · 2020 24% · 2021 29% · 2022 18% · 2023 43% — 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
62% of Herndon-Reston FISH Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
93% of Herndon-Reston FISH Inc's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Herndon-Reston FISH Inc's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 Herndon-Reston FISH 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 Herndon-Reston FISH Inc?
- Herndon-Reston FISH Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $529,111 to it, the largest being THE CLOSET OF THE GREATER HERNDON AREA INC ($174,200). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Herndon-Reston FISH Inc have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $529,111 in grants to Herndon-Reston FISH Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Herndon-Reston FISH Inc?
- THE CLOSET OF THE GREATER HERNDON AREA INC is the largest funder on record, with $174,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Herndon-Reston FISH Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 20 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