IT is the mission, duty and purpose of Heroes Supporting Heroes to assist the families of active duty military personnel, disabled veterans, wounded warriors, senior citizens and others in the community who can no longer keep up with the general maintenance of their homes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$64K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $19K a year · 10% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$64K
to officers and key staff · 28% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 28% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
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
Independent board members
0
of 9 voting members
Concern: none of 9 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$223K
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$226K
To programs
95%
Net assets
$252K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$223K
FY2021▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$199K
FY2021$223K
FY2022$211K
FY2023$190K
FY2024$138K
Expenses
$226K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$226K
FY2022$184K
FY2023$168K
FY2024$109K
Net assets
$252K
FY2021▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$255K
FY2021$252K
FY2022$279K
FY2023$301K
FY2024$330K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2015.

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Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $214K Management & general 5% · $11K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $64K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$52,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$12,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristi Hilbert’s $28K as CEO is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $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

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kristi Hilbert$28,167$52,000$52,000$51,567
John Lee$10,000$12,000$12,000$12,000

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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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps military families, veterans, and seniors with home maintenance they can't manage.

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3 programs · $205K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Operation Santa

Support for families of active service members

$112Kprogram expense
02

Heroes Supporting Heroes Home Repair

Various home REPAIRS/CONSTRUCTION activities provided to active duty military personnel, veterans, elderly or disabled in western pennsylvania

$69Kprogram expense
03

Program services to support stable and safe housing to those we serve include the use of residential properties donated to the organization. The two residential properties house a veteran and single mother in need respectively.

$23Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$223K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$194K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Investment incomeLn 3$8
Money outPt IX
$226K
Ln 25
Programscol B$214K
Managementcol C$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$252K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$128K
Total assetsLn 16$252K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$194K
Government grantsLn 1e$24K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$7K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Investment incomeLn 3$8
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$223K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$128K
SavingsLn 2$10
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$128K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$118K
Other assetsLn 15$6K
Total assetsLn 16$252K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$252K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$154K$128K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$111K$118K
Total assetsLn 16$265K$252K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K$0
Net assetsLn 32$255K$252K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$64K$60K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$5K$299
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$24$24
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$144K$144K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$226K$214K$11K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $138K$109K$29K$330K 990 PDF
FY2023 $190K$168K$22K$301K 990 PDF
FY2022 $211K$184K$27K$279K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $223K$226K−$3K$252K 990 PDF
FY2020 $199K$255K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $222,861 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $149,419$193,778
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $46,334$29,075
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,540$8
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,000$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $199,293$222,861
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $68,771$69,323
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $119,625$156,253
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $188,396$225,576
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $10,897−$2,715
Part VI · Governance 0 of 9 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $222,861 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$23,610
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$170,168
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,952
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$193,778
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $29,075$29,075
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $8$8
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $29,083$222,861
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $225,576 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $60,160 · Management $3,840$64,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,024 · Management $299$5,323
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $1,800$1,800
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $24$24
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,001$5,001
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $4,161$4,161
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $143,925$143,925
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $1,342$1,342
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $214,110 · Management $11,466 · Fundraising $0$225,576
Part X · Balance sheet $252,216 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $154,132$127,648
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $10$10
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $111,076$118,070
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$6,488
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $265,218$252,216
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $10,287$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $254,931$252,216
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $254,931$252,216
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $265,218$252,216
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $252,216 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$222,861
XI-2 Total expenses$225,576
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,715
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$254,931
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$252,216

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