Helping a Hero Org

Analysis

Helping a Hero Org is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Helping a Hero Org reported income of $6.4m and spending of $5.5m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income grew from $1.0m to $6.4m (+529%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 329%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Helping a Hero Org sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 95th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mountain Bizcapital Inc ($6.4m), Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Inc ($6.4m) and Community Foundation of St Clair County ($6.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $276k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $451, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 4 employees.