Indiana · Nonprofit
HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC
HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,507,500 to it, the largest being HOLTZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,340,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $697k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Holtz's Heroes Foundation Inc Fka Lou's Lads Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide financial assistance for the educational needs of children and young adults; to contribute, either directly or indirectly, money or other property of any kind to or for the use and benefit of educational institutions, public or private, including, but not limited to, primary and secondary schools, universities, colleges, vocational schools, seminaries and other traditional educational institutions; to contribute, either directly or indirectly, money or other property of any kind to or for the use and benefit of institutions, organizations, trusts, funds, foundations and corporations engaged in health care programs to alleviate the sick and suffering of mankind, for funding medical and scientific research for the alleviation and eradication of diseases of mankind and for funding community development activities or programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Hhf holds outings, tailgating, dinners, and other events in south bend, indiana. The primary purposes of these events are to raise funds for holtz's heroes foundation charitable programs such as support for families of members dealing with hardship, mental health and addiction issues, or medical emergencies; food drives in partnership with organizations across the united states; and an endowed scholarship fund at the university of notre dame to allow underprivileged students with need-based scholarships to pursue their academic dreams. These events are successful in raising awareness of the foundation with potential financial supporters and contributors.
$85,627 spentof which $20,585 as grants100% of program spendingHhf sponsored and participated in several events and programs with other not-for-profits whose missions aligned with those of holtz's heroes foundation.
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,627.
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 2022 to 2023, from $762k to $2.1M (+172%).
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.
81% of HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Reginald Brooks
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $167k → $1.1M.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS 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.
How concentrated its funding is
HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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: 2020 99% · 2021 96% · 2022 82% · 2023 93% — 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
80% of HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 1 year 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
HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $139k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
32% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC?
- HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,507,500 to it, the largest being HOLTZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,340,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,507,500 in grants to HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC?
- HOLTZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,340,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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