New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC
NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $633,881 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM AND ELAINE KAPLAN FAMILY PRIVATE FOUNDATION ($416,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $634k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What National Purple Heart Honor Mission Inc does
Mission
To honor the recipients of the purple heart medal, to pay tribute to our nation's combat killed and wounded, through special outreach and educational programming.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
National purple heart honor mission (nphhm) creates digital video archives of purple heart recipients' stories from live interviews and existing analog files. These are distributed nationally via instagram and other social media platforms, reaching hundreds of thousands of americans each year.
National purple heart honor mission organizes and conducts biennially, an all-expense paid mission to new york for a purple heart recipient from each state, and their care-giver. Each mission tours the national purple heart hall of honor, george washington's headquarters where the first badge of military merit was presented, new york's 9/11 memorial, and the us military academy. These powerful visits provide a unique opportunity for veterans to connect with other purple heart recipients and to experience the appreciation of a grateful nation.
National purple heart honor mission, in conjunction with the u.s. Mint, created a set of national purple heart commemorative coins which nphhm then promoted to the public. Priced for maximum surcharge revenue, this coin sale raised visibility of the national purple heart honor mission among the communities of coin collectors and patriots everywhere. It also financially enables the national purple heart honor mission to continue its biennial missions, and its work of creating internet distribution of digital videos of purple heart recipients and their stories.
$36,850 spent47% of program spendingDesign and planning of a mobile tribute and education center that will travel across the united states of america to tell the story of the purple heart, pay tribute to its recipients, record recipient stories, and educate visitors on the sacrifice of our nations heroes.
$41,513 spent53% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $78,363.
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 2021 to 2022, from $93k to $1.5M (+1527%).
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 2% · 2018 74% · 2021 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Richard D Lay
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $100k → $220k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION 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
NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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
33% 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 NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 67% · 2021 89% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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
98% of NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $210k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
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 NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION 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 NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC?
- NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $633,881 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM AND ELAINE KAPLAN FAMILY PRIVATE FOUNDATION ($416,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $633,881 in grants to NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC?
- THE WILLIAM AND ELAINE KAPLAN FAMILY PRIVATE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $416,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL PURPLE HEART HONOR MISSION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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