Heroica Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472072840
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3105925277
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,514
Expenses
$32,479
Assets
$135,937
Liabilities
$1,501

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAMALA LOPEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • NATALIE WHITE (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KAMALA LOPEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • LIZ LOPEZ (SECRETARY)
  • NATALIE WHITE (VICE-PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To expand and develop charities that were initially started by actress and filmmaker kamala lopez. The philantrhopic activities have focused on women, children and oppressed minority groups.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educating the public on equal rights for women, children and oppressed minority groups

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 64%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.19; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 64% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.