Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,411,269
- Total expenses
- $1,385,554
- Contributions and grants received
- $817,532
- Grants paid
- $326,125
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,663,928
- Other revenue
- -$70,191
- Total assets, end of year
- $34,213,156
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,349,865
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $32,863,291
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,035,262
- Management and general expenses
- $341,377
- Fundraising expenses
- $8,915
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,035,262
Program services were 74.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$8,348
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1b · Membership dues
$18,693
-
1c · Fundraising events
$272,165
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$518,326
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$21,002
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3 · Investment income
total $578,770 · excluded $578,770
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $15,017,509
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $13,932,351
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $1,085,158
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $1,085,158 · excluded $1,085,158
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$25,000
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$272,165
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$130,210
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$105,210 · excluded -$105,210
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$21,460
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $21,460 · excluded $21,460
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11a · Other revenue: Other income
total $13,559 · excluded $13,559
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11e · Other revenue, total
$13,559
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $326,125 · program services $326,125
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $315,797 · program services $265,279 · management and general $47,360 · fundraising $3,158
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $96,458 · program services $81,016 · management and general $14,478 · fundraising $964
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $3,756 · program services $3,154 · management and general $564 · fundraising $38
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $26,688 · program services $22,418 · management and general $4,003 · fundraising $267
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,420 · management and general $15,420
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $119,020 · management and general $119,020
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13 · Office expenses
total $100,153 · program services $89,660 · management and general $9,425 · fundraising $1,068
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14 · Information technology
total $93,614 · program services $11,847 · management and general $81,626 · fundraising $141
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16 · Occupancy
total $155,372 · program services $130,512 · management and general $23,306 · fundraising $1,554
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $7,539 · program services $6,333 · management and general $1,131 · fundraising $75
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $34,540 · program services $29,014 · management and general $5,181 · fundraising $345
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23 · Insurance
total $21,837 · program services $18,342 · management and general $3,276 · fundraising $219
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24a · Other expenses: Trademark protections
total $57,500 · program services $48,300 · management and general $8,625 · fundraising $575
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24b · Other expenses: Other Expenses
total $11,735 · program services $3,262 · management and general $7,962 · fundraising $511
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $467,469 · end of year $323,799
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $16,045 · end of year $2,250
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$966,568
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$77,470
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $15,866 · end of year $889,098
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $30,083,882 · end of year $32,052,861
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $142,874 · end of year $945,148
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $26,682 · end of year $9,760
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $123,875 · end of year $1,340,105
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $30,575,579 · end of year $32,863,291
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
HEROES' singular goal is to honor the supreme sacrifice made by law enforcement officers and firefighters who give their lives in the line of duty while ensuring the safety of citizens in the greater Washington area. We honor these fallen heroes by assisting their spouses and children, beginning within 24 hours of the tragic loss and continuing indefinitely.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Assisting officers' families within 24 hours of the tragic loss & continuing indefinitely.
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Widows & Family Benefits Program: Under the Widows & Family Benefit Program, HEROES provides financial assistance to the immediate family members of a deceased law enforcement officer and firefighters in the greater Washington area.
Expenses $620,642 · Grants $209,344
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Scholarship Program: Under the Scholarship program, HEROES provides college scholarships to the children of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters.
Expenses $414,620 · Grants $116,781
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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John R Nichols
President
- Total calculated
- $315,808
- From this org
- $298,670
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,138
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $268,670
- Bonus
- $30,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,436
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,702
- Filer's total
- $315,808
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Cherrie Doggett
Chair Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Michael Farr
Chairman of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Kevin Virostek
VP & Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Michele Hagans
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David Julyan
Legal Counsel
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Roy Kapani
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gary Williams
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris Bruch
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brett McMahon
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Linda Rabbitt
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kris Wanner
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Vince Burke
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Don Harlan
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chirs Andreas
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bob Branson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert Ourisman Jr
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Heather L Pace
Program Officer
- Total calculated
- $108,093
- From this org
- $104,340
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,753
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 20 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202621119349301012
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