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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HERO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,447,345
Total expenses
$1,431,716
Contributions and grants received
$1,447,205
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$140
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$150,359
Total liabilities, end of year
$127,306
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,053
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,400,773
Management and general expenses
$21,880
Fundraising expenses
$9,063
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,400,773

Program services were 97.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,447,205

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $140 · related or exempt $140

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $140,000 · program services $126,000 · management and general $6,417 · fundraising $7,583

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,282 · program services $12,854 · management and general $714 · fundraising $714

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,710 · program services $9,627 · management and general $411 · fundraising $672

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,500 · program services $17,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,055 · management and general $8,055

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,198,544 · program services $1,195,949 · management and general $2,501 · fundraising $94

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,892 · program services $6,892

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,713 · program services $2,713

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,038 · program services $29,038

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,982 · program services $200 · management and general $3,782

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $65,611 · end of year $74,540

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $26,000 · end of year $26,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $49,819 · end of year $49,819

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $105,831 · end of year $99,131

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $28,175 · end of year $28,175

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,424 · end of year $23,053

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROMOTE A RESPECT FOR THE INTRINSIC DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON REGARDLESS ABILITY, AGE, STATUS, ETHNICITY, OR SEX.

  • THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MOVIE TO MOVEMENT CONTINUED PROMOTING DIVIDED HEARTS OF AMERICA AND BEGAN PREPRODUCTION OF HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS. MTM ALSO HOSTED THEATRE EVENTS AROUND SEVERAL FILMS INCLUDING THE WIND AND THE RECKONING, ALIVE, AND BUTTER.

    Expenses $206,402

  • IN 2023, THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE PROJECT CONTINUED SUPPORTING ITS WORK IN AFGHANISTAN AND UKRAINE, WHILE ALSO BEING SHAPED BY CRISES AFFECTING DIFFERENT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. IN AFGHANISTAN, VPP DELIVERED OVER 1 MILLION MEALS AND 40 MILLION HOURS OF HEAT THROUGH THE COAL FOR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. VPP ALSO CONTINUED TO SUSTAIN DOZENS OF AFGHAN FAMILIES IN SAFE HOUSES. IN UKRAINE, VPP CONTINUED PARTNERING WITH CHALICE OF MERCY TO DELIVER A PALLET OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE FRONTLINES OF THE WAR AND WITH TIP OF THE SPEAR TO REMOVE LANDMINES IN CIVILIAN POPULATED AREAS OF UKRAINE. IN MAY OF 2023, AS CIVIL WAR ESCALATED IN SUDAN, VPP HELPED RESCUE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND PROVIDE REFUGEE KITS FOR THEM AS THEY RESETTLED IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS. IN AUGUST OF 2023, VPP WAS ONE OF THE FIRST NGOS ON THE GROUND IN LAHAINA, HAWAII, WHEN A FIRE DESTROYED THE TOWN AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION. AFTER THE INITIAL TRIAGE, VPP FOCUSED ON SACRED HEARTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL, SUCCESSFULLY RAISING MONEY TO UNDERWRITE THE COST OF TUITION FOR ALL THE STUDENTS. VPP ALSO CONTINUED AND EXPANDING ITS VULNERABLE PARISH PROGRAM IN NIGERIA, MALAWI, AND ZAMBIA, GIVING A MONTHLY STIPEND TO CATHOLIC PRIESTS TO USE FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AS WAR BROKE OUT IN ISRAEL IN OCTOBER 2023, VPP HELPED DISTRIBUTE FUNDS TO CHRISTIANS IN NEED IN GAZA. THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE PROJECT CLOSED THE YEAR WITH A SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL COAL FOR CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN, DISTRIBUTING FUEL, FOOD, AND MEDICINE TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN AFGHANISTAN, NIGERIA, MALAWI, AND MONGOLIA.

    Expenses $1,194,371

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason Jones

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $140,000
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55
  • Megan Drapa

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Hocking

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Lohmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413209349312276

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