Provides crisis intervention, restoration homes and aftercare services to survivors of human trafficking and runs prevention & awareness campaigns on the issue of human trafficking and how to effectively respond.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 150 volunteers and 11 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: 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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $41K a year · 6% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Named funders
2
named funders · $31K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$44K
+165% vs prior year
Spent
$3K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$44K
FY2025▲ +165%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$1.2M
FY2020$767K
FY2021$754K
FY2023$24K
FY2024$17K
FY2025$44K
Expenses
$3K
FY2025▼ -100%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$1.4M
FY2020$744K
FY2021$810K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$3K
Net assets
—
FY2025
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$242K
FY2020$264K
FY2021$209K
FY2023$20K
FY2024$35K
FY2025Not on file

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2013.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erica Greve’s $94K as President is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 202 <$100K 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

NameFY2021FY2020FY2019
Erica Greve$94,350$71,767$70,000

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

Helps trafficking survivors heal and prevents others from being exploited.

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3 programs · $745K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Child recovery program & prevention and awareness campaign outreach: through prevention and awareness campaigns, unlikely heroes team members routinely educate people and raise awareness on issues related to human trafficking and how to effectively respond including first responder trainings, large-scale awareness campaigns, and…

$337Kprogram expense
02

Rescued Child Restoration & Rehabilitation

Each recovered child is provided with safe housing, crisis stabilization, education, life skills, medical care, legal assistance, and a therapeutic treatment program. Our program provides survivors with tools for healing and our first goal for every child is that S/HE graduates high school and acquires new job skills to lower recidivism.

$249Kprogram expense
03

USA Initiatives

Unlikely heroes provided aftercare services in the usa to survivors of human trafficking by providing case management, advocacy, legal assistance, financial assistance, and mentorship. Unlikely heroes also worked to eradicate human trafficking by working to build relationships, protocols, awareness, and trauma informed intervention and…

$160Kprogram expense

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$31K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$44K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$44K
Money outPt IX
$3K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
Total assetsLn 16$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
1
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$44K
Total revenueLn 12$44K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 6150
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $44K$3K$41K 990 PDF
FY2024 $17K$35K 990 PDF
FY2023 $24K$20K 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $754K$810K−$55K$209K 990 PDF
FY2020 $767K$744K$23K$264K 990 PDF
FY2019 $1.2M$1.4M−$174K$242K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

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

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

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