California · Nonprofit
HEROES' VOICES INC
HEROES' VOICES INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,552 to it, the largest being THE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND ($7,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $78k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $55k
What Heroes' Voices Inc does
Mission
Heroes' voices leverages the power of music and poetry to make a direct, positive impact on veterans who seek better lives and more satisfying reintegration into their communities.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Guitar corps provides veterans with free guitars and free guitar lessons offered by our partners and donors.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $9k → $766.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 HEROES' VOICES 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
HEROES' VOICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2020 92% · 2021 96% · 2022 97% · 2023 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
56% of HEROES' VOICES INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
HEROES' VOICES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,288 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,288 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
Organizations like HEROES' VOICES 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
81%
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 HEROES' VOICES 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 HEROES' VOICES INC?
- HEROES' VOICES INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,552 to it, the largest being THE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND ($7,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HEROES' VOICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $13,552 in grants to HEROES' VOICES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEROES' VOICES INC?
- THE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEROES' VOICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 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