Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2005.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
15 people listed on the 990; $129K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Kevin Kipfer’s $129K as Executive Di is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Kipfer | $129,369 | $117,162 | $112,000 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Hfe Share IT Forward INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Helps employees of Herschend Family Entertainment and affiliates facing financial hardship.
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Provided 601 hardship assistance grants to herschend family entertainment and certain affiliated companies' employees and their families. Emergency assistance needs grants of basic necessities like groceries and personal items: 235,792.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-1582086) · Dispute this lineProvided child care assistance to 120 herschend family entertainment and certain affiliated companies' employees under the child assistance program totaling 367,286.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-1582086) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $3.0M | $2.5M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.1M | $2.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $37K | $31K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $3.0M | $2.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $1.4M | $1.4M | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $388K | $169K | $141K | $78K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $31K | $14K | $11K | $6K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $39K | $39K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $11K | $11K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $32K | $32K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $27K | $27K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $21K | $3K | $18K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $421 | $421 | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $32K | $32K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.0M | $1.6M | $318K | $84K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 9, 2025 | $1.5M | $2.0M | −$533K | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 30, 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | −$99K | $3.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2023 | $1.2M | $941K | $216K | $3.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 19, 2022 | $960K | $603K | $357K | $2.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 10, 2021 | $2.1M | $1.1M | $1.0M | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $1,451,919 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,451,919 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,984,603 across 11 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,513,644 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,483,138 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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