To provide emotional support to families that have experienced an unexpected or untimely death (or serious illness) of a parent or child. This support is provided through the delivery of holiday gifts to surviving family members.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
61¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
61%
of spending
Worth a look: 61% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$20K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$108K
-32% vs prior year
Spent
$98K
To programs
61%
Net assets
$147K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$108K
FY2025▼ -32%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$53K
FY2021$72K
FY2022$38K
FY2023$63K
FY2024$158K
FY2025$108K
Expenses
$98K
FY2025▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$121K
FY2021$61K
FY2022$47K
FY2023$61K
FY2024$95K
FY2025$98K
Net assets
$147K
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$58K
FY2021$69K
FY2022$68K
FY2023$73K
FY2024$137K
FY2025$147K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2011-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2012.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 61% · $59K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990-EZ; $20K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director and Trustee
$20,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Claire Johnston’s $20K as Executive Director and Trustee is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Claire Johnston$20,000$15,000————
Farin Henderson——$15,000$15,000$15,000$15,000

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.

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Programs and updates

Delivers holiday gifts to families grieving an unexpected death of a parent or child.

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3 programs · $48K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Over 50 families received holiday gifts to ease the emotion pain of losing a family member during the year.

$48Kprogram expense
02

there is only one program

Pt IX · col B
03

There is only one program

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Giving BrandsFY2025$6K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$108K
Gifts and grants$108K
Other income$180
Money out
$98K
Programs$59K
Owns and owes
$147K
net assets
Total assets$147K
Liabilities$0
People
3
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$108K
Other income$180
Total revenue$108K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$147K
Liabilities$0
Net assets$147K
Operations
Employees1
Volunteers50
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $108K$98K$10K$147K 990 PDF
FY2024 $158K$95K$63K$137K 990 PDF
FY2023 $63K$61K$2K$73K 990 PDF
FY2022 $38K$47K−$9K$68K 990 PDF
FY2021 $72K$61K$11K$69K 990 PDF
FY2020 $53K$121K−$68K$58K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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