Junior Hero

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472272100
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-PF 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Phone
4805603327
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,437
Expenses
$71,182

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

Overview

Mission

Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 11 grants totaling $37,441. The stated grant purpose was general support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. The foundation's positive operating resources came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 89
  • Endowment Health: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 56.4%; rating input score 56; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 7; rating input score 78

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 22.19; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 80th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 7 of 9 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Assets equal liabilities and net assets did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Balance sheet eoy total did not reconcile in the filed values.