Our Heroes Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461971003
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,006
Expenses
$86,399
Assets
$83,748

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • Phyllis Corr (Secretary)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or any corresponding section of any future federal tax code (the "Code"). To carry out this objective, the Corporation is authorized to carry out the following activities: a) to recognize the contributions and services provided to the Greater Tampa Bay community by our first responders, including the members of our law enforcement and fire and rescue agencies; b) to provide educational scholarships to the members of the families of our first responders; and c) to make distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501 (c)(3) and Section 509 (a)(1) of the Code.

What it reported doing in 2020

Awarded a total of 31 new and renewed scholarships to children of Hillsborough County Public Safety Personnel, Hillsborough County Sheriff Office and the Tampa Police Department.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 4
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.7%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 5

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.5%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.7% of revenue deployed · 5.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2013 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.