Kentucky · Nonprofit
SUPPORTING HEROES INC
SUPPORTING HEROES INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,644,544 to it, the largest being THE STEEL TECHNOLOGIES FOUNDATION INC ($1,502,302). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $495k
What Supporting Heroes Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to honor the service and sacrifice of public safety heroes who give their lives in the line of duty - by caring for the loved ones they leave behind.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Line-of-duty death response - we provide financial, logistical, and other assistance to surviving family members of first responders who have died in the line of duty. Our support also includes assistance to agencies in serving the families of the fallen and supporting agency personnel affected by the loss. During the year, 184 surviving family members received some form of assistance, including direct financial support ("grants") to 47 individuals. Expenses = 473,651 grants = 96,818
$570,469 spentof which $96,818 as grants67% of program spendingNational memorial service support - we provide financial, logistical, and emotional support to surviving family members of fallen first responders to attend the national memorial service when their loved one is honored. Services include direct financial assistance, travel coordination, and on- site support. We also provide logistical support to agencies and co- workers. We assisted 226 survivors and co-workers in various capacities and provided direct financial support to 106 immediate survivors. Expenses = 47,845 grants = 64,242
$112,087 spentof which $64,242 as grants13% of program spendingLine-of-duty death education - we present classes and other educational initiatives to prepare first responder leaders and support personnel to respond to line-of-duty deaths and promote best practices. The program also raises awareness among first responders regarding federal line-of-duty death benefits and related topics. During the year, 572 participants were served. Expenses = 77,298
$77,298 spent9% of program spendingRemembrance - provides gifts and other forms of recognition to surviving family members of fallen first responders to demonstrate that their loved ones are remembered and honored. Support includes sending checks with personalized letters and cards to children on birthdays and at christmas, and delivering wreaths to families in their first year of loss between thanksgiving and christmas. During the year, 305 recipients were served. Expenses = 5,654 grants = 22,900 heroes tribute gala weekend - we host a weekend of activities for surviving family members and co-workers of fallen heroes to promote healing and the building of relationships among peers. The main event includes a powerful rendering of honor for the fallen and affirms that they and their families are not forgotten. 224 survivors participated with a total attendance of 552. Expenses = 87,918 grants = 800
$94,203 spentof which $22,900 as grants11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $854,057.
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 2023 to 2024, from $488k to $884k (+81%).
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: 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SUPPORTING HEROES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Mike Burns
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $178k → $248k.
2 of 10 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 SUPPORTING HEROES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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
SUPPORTING HEROES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 SUPPORTING HEROES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 79% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 95% — 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
75% of SUPPORTING HEROES INC's funders are still giving 3 years 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
95% of SUPPORTING HEROES INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k 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
SUPPORTING HEROES INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SUPPORTING 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SUPPORTING HEROES INC?
- SUPPORTING HEROES INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,644,544 to it, the largest being THE STEEL TECHNOLOGIES FOUNDATION INC ($1,502,302). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUPPORTING HEROES INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,644,544 in grants to SUPPORTING HEROES INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUPPORTING HEROES INC?
- THE STEEL TECHNOLOGIES FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,502,302 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUPPORTING HEROES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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