Hero To A Child Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 592961546
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Clearwater, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7273468641
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $969,432
- Expenses
- $874,426
- Assets
- $593,991
- Liabilities
- $21,103
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mary Jones (President)
- Laurie Meggesin (Vice President)
- Erin Authier (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Erin Authier (Executive Director): $106,769 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Through strong collaborations with community partners and dedicated volunteers, we strive to make a positive impact on the lives of the children we serve. Our tailored programs are designed to cater to the specific needs of each child, based on their current life circumstances. Our aim is to provide them with the stability and care they deserve, ensuring that they have the opportunity to grow and thrive despite the hardships they have faced.
What it reported doing in 2025
At Hero To A Child, we firmly believe that every child deserves a chance at a better future. We believe that meeting their basic and medical needs are essential, along with providing access to educational aids that can help them academically and enabling them to participate in age-appropriate activities. We recognize the importance of offering them necessary mental health services, as well as preparing them for a successful transition beyond foster care. In 2025 we fulfilled 3,447 needs requests for 1,600 unduplicated children in the Pinellas and Pasco counties child welfare system. Through our individualized Childrens Needs Program, 312 children received educational support services including tutoring, laptops/tablets, and school supplies; 842 children were stabilized in crisis situations by having their basic and emergency needs met; 1,671 children received gifts to celebrate milestones like holidays, birthdays, and special achievements; 172 children were able to participate in extracurricular activities like dance, art, or soccer; 89 teens and young adults were supported on their path through and beyond the child welfare system; and 220 children were comforted by Polar, our Courthouse Facility Dog, during their most stressful times as they met with therapists, doctors, police, and/or judges to share about the traumas they faced.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.4%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.4% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $740K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.