The Five Star Heart Project Corp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475436125
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Bethlehem, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6104178361
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Football
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,249
- Expenses
- $14,680
- Assets
- $25,692
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEAN DONAHER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DEAN DONAHER (PRESIDENT)
- JAMES WILLS JR (VICE PRESIDE)
- JOSEPH PETRUCCI (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The five star heart project corporation (the five star heart project) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation compassionately dedicated to serving the lehigh valley and beyond by building youth leaders of character, on and off the athletic fields, especially those who come from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. We are focused on energizing, influencing and inspiring the next generation of student athletes.
What it reported doing in 2025
Company activities in 2025 included multiple free football clinics, multiple days of caring and multiple university trips for select program participants.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 34%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.75; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.