Virginia · Nonprofit
HERO KIDS FOUNDATION
HERO KIDS FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,495 to it, the largest being T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION ($34,964). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $200k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $108k
- Net assets
- $89k
What Hero Kids Foundation does
Mission
At Hero Kids Foundation, our mission is to support and uplift the families of first responders and military personnel through nature-based team- building activities and environmental education. We are dedicated to fostering resilience, camaraderie, and well-being within our community by providing unique, engaging experiences that strengthen bonds and inspire a deep appreciation for the natural world. Through our innovative programs and events, we aim to create a sustainable impact that empowers families and ensures lasting positive change.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
1.nature-based team building: conducting outdoor programs to enhance resilience, improve communication, and strengthen family bonds through structured team-building exercises. 2.nasa steam globe camp: offering science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (steam) education through nasa-supported programs, promoting environmental awareness and scientific inquiry. 3.trail of heroes: maintaining and expanding an accessible nature trail designed for mobility-impaired individuals through the use of all-terrain wheelchairs for our veterans and first responders, as well as our community as a whole, enabling therapeutic outdoor activities and environmental education. 4.c.a.r.e. (community arts resiliency engagement) center: delivering multidisciplinary therapeutic services through arts-based activities, fostering emotional wellness and creative expression in collaboration with community partners. 5.horticultural wellness programs: utilizing gardening and pollinator initiatives as therapeutic and educational tools, supporting mental health, and fostering environmental stewardship. 6.animal-assisted programs: providing opportunities for families to engage with farm animals for…
$203,146 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $203,146.
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 2020 to 2021, from $65k to $152k (+136%).
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 HERO KIDS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $23k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 HERO KIDS FOUNDATION’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
HERO KIDS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% 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
36% 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 HERO KIDS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 100% · 2023 53% — 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.
Where its funders are
53% of HERO KIDS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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
HERO KIDS FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,769 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,769 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HERO KIDS 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% 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 HERO KIDS 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 HERO KIDS FOUNDATION?
- HERO KIDS FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,495 to it, the largest being T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION ($34,964). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HERO KIDS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $108,495 in grants to HERO KIDS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HERO KIDS FOUNDATION?
- T CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION DBA THRIVE CAUSEMETICS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $34,964 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HERO KIDS FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 12 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