Wisconsin · Nonprofit
POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC
POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,401,364 to it, the largest being THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,075,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $761k
What Power of Humans Inc Fka Hometown Heroes Inc does
Mission
Strengthen family systems, break cycles of trauma and hardship, restore dignity and empower humans to strive for a brighter future through positive youth-centric programming.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Camp turning rivers operates life changing programs for children facing trauma and other challenges. Turning rivers utilizes a beautiful wisconsin dnr facility to host a variety of camps, leadership sessions, and retreats for the organization's participants as well as non-profit partners.
$475,156 spent$80,091 earned by the program39% of program spendingCamp hometown heroes is a national free week-long overnight summer camp for children who've lost a parent, sibling or other loved one who served in the u.s. Military and died in any manner: combat, accidents, illness or suicide. It provides friendship, fun and healing to children of fallen u.s service members. During their visit to camp, perhaps for the first time in their young lives, the children have the opportunity to openly discuss their feelings and experiences. Through the support of pediatric grief specialists, the children partake in art and music therapy programs and optional discussion groups. The children are afforded the opportunity to enjoy typical summer camp activities such as swimming, dance, arts and crafts, archery, drama, canoeing, fishing, climbing and more. But more importantly, the children are given many opportunities to begin or continue the healing process.
$458,912 spent38% of program spendingCamp reunite serves children and teens who are navigating one of the most complex and emotionally challenging experiences a young person can face, having a parent incarcerated in the wisconsin criminal justice system. These youth often shoulder responsibilities and emotions far beyond their years, and camp reunite offers them a safe, understanding space to simply be kids again.camp reunite addressing basic needs by providing children with basic needs offerings, including school supplies and backpacks, shoes, hygiene items, clothing, blankets, water bottles and more!
$192,012 spent16% of program spendingKids2kids and other programs
$91,123 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,217,203.
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 $388k to $836k (+115%).
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 1% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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.
Chief executive
Kenzie Gonzalez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $135k → $493k.
14 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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
POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 53% · 2019 48% · 2020 40% · 2021 28% · 2022 27% · 2023 71% — 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
48% of POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
77% of POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $556k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 12 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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 POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC?
- POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,401,364 to it, the largest being THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,075,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $2,401,364 in grants to POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC?
- THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,075,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POWER OF HUMANS INC FKA HOMETOWN HEROES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 48 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