Patriotic Hearts Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208599179
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Carlsbad, CA, USA
Phone
7607303734
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$252,051
Expenses
$273,058
Assets
$228,261
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VICTORIA BAIRD (BOARD MEMBER/CEO)
  • MARK BAIRD (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • VICTORIA BAIRD (BOARD MEMBER/CEO): $73,417 total reported compensation
  • MARK BAIRD (PRESIDENT): $73,417 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Patriotic hearts' primary mission and purpose is to assist u.s. Military, veterans and their families in having happy, successful, and fulfilling lives. Patriotic hearts focuses on assisting them to be financially secure via employment opportunities, temporary and full-time: (hirepatriots.com.) patriotic hearts assists us veterans in starting successful businesses that focus on employing other us veterans: (usmilitarymaintenance.com); and in providing urgent financial assistance for basic needs (militaryfamiliesaid.org)-too, we offer the godly way (thegodlyway.org). It augments the guidance offered on us bases through their chaplaincies. It provides direction and encouragement for living purpose filled lives. We post daily encouragement, and weekly videos for that purpose.

What it reported doing in 2025

Us military maintenance: trained dozens of veterans in starting their own commercial cleaning businesses. Provided equipment, website, osha certifications, and marketing. Assisted in finding them cleaning accounts. Published "the commercial cleaning manual" for further training and reference. Made frequent calls to counsel, encourage, and support their efforts. Created 52 ads with images promoting program.the godly way: this program augments the guidance offered on us bases through their chaplaincies. It provides direction and encouragement for living purpose filled lives. We post daily encouragement, and weekly videos for that purpose

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.1%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 55.6%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.3%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 53.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.1% of revenue deployed · 55.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $152K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $297K reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.