California · Nonprofit
THE MY HERO PROJECT INC
THE MY HERO PROJECT INC (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,383,956 to it, the largest being SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION ($3,550,672). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $715k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $814k
What The My Hero Project Inc does
Mission
The organization maintains a website to inspire people of all ages with a freely accessible, ever-growing internet archive of stories, artworks and films that celebrate heroes from around the world, promote literacy and cross-culture communication.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization produces and maintains an educational, commercial-free interactive web site that is used by millions of participants from over 174 countries annually. It provides inspiration and promotes cross-cultural communication with true stories of heroic individuals from around the world. The website is a child-friendly resource of hope for educators and people of all ages.the program's primary goals are to:1- educate and inspire by highlighting heroes around the world;2- encourage young people to identify and develop positive role models;3- build participants' communications and technology skills4- facilitate both independent and collaborative project-based learning.
$538,663 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $538,663.
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 $1.1M to $731k (−35%).
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: 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2022 62% · 2023 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE MY HERO PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $659k → $389k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 THE MY HERO PROJECT 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
THE MY HERO PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 98% · 2018 98% · 2019 96% · 2020 84% · 2021 94% · 2022 63% · 2023 82% — 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
83% of THE MY HERO PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
THE MY HERO PROJECT INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $268k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
THE MY HERO PROJECT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE MY HERO PROJECT 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.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 THE MY HERO PROJECT 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 THE MY HERO PROJECT INC?
- THE MY HERO PROJECT INC (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,383,956 to it, the largest being SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION ($3,550,672). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MY HERO PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $4,383,956 in grants to THE MY HERO PROJECT INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MY HERO PROJECT INC?
- SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,550,672 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MY HERO PROJECT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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