Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$164,142

Total expenses

$155,002

Contributions and grants received

$164,141

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$0

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$1

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$0

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$112,139

Total liabilities, end of year

— not reported

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$112,139

Program service expenses (Part III)

$154,953

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Hearoes Tour Mobile Hearing Health Outreach: The Foundations 9th Annual Hearoes Tour provided free hearing screenings education and care team support at over 100 outreach events across 12 states focusing on veterans seniors military families and underserved communities. Services were delivered via a mobile unit at VA clinics community centers and public events. Over 5,000 individuals received hearing screenings or personalized guidance with 65% of all age veterans 85% of senior veterans identified as needing hearing care and 88% requested Care Team follow-up. The program also increased awareness of hearing loss through local partnerships and public engagement.

  Expenses $131,711 · Grants $10,000

• Care Team Navigation & Insurance Support: The Foundations Care Team provided one-on-one support to 5000+ individuals served in 2024; continued outreach to 27,000 served since 2015 helping them understand their hearing test results navigate treatment options and explore insurance coverage. The team helped patients identify affordable care pathways referred uninsured patients to partner clinics or aid programs and ensured continuity of care. The service particularly supported Level 3 and Level 4 individuals who were most at risk due to cost lack of insurance or confusion around options.

  Expenses $15,495

• Hear to Learn School-Based Hearing Health ProgramThe Hear to Learn initiative delivers early hearing loss detection and care navigation directly to schools ensuring children are not left behind due to undiagnosed hearing challenges. In its latest proof-of-concept phase the program partnered with 9 schools to provide screenings education and follow-up support to over 300 students and their families. This initiative builds on a decade of outreach bringing the total impact to over 10,000 children and families served since 2015.Through Hear to Learn families receive free screenings personalized Care Team guidance insurance reviews and referrals to local clinics and specialists. The program helps close critical gaps in literacy language development and behavioral health by addressing hearing loss early when it matters most.

  Expenses $7,747

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202541359349200814

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