Through the Heart

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462933481
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Edgewater, MD, USA
Phone
2025498720
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,465
Expenses
$18,223
Assets
$7,218
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Kelly (President & CEO)
  • Sean Kelly (Vice President & Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Kelly (President & CEO)
  • Sean Kelly (Vice President & Treasurer)
  • Jessica Boiardi (Director)

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 educate and support anyone who is experiencing a pregnancy loss either directly or indirectly

What it reported doing in 2025

Through the Heart's current activity focuses heavily on its Comfort Kit program. Kits are provided free of charge to individuals or couples who have recently suffered a pregnancy loss and are delivered directly or via USPS Priority Mail. Each kit comes full of pampering and distracting items including personal care items, journal and pen, candy, tea, and tissues, an angel wind chime, and more. Information about the organization and a handwritten note are also included to ensure each recipient understands they are not alone. The program began in November 2013 and to date, more than 4,000 kits have been distributed to all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Approximately 400 individuals/couples are served each year through this program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

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: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.8%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 22.8%; rating input score 23

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.3%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.8% of revenue deployed · 22.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 24/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.