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← HERO PUPS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HERO PUPS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$656,407
Total expenses
$308,117
Contributions and grants received
$583,463
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,397
Other revenue
$71,547
Total assets, end of year
$1,451,939
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,401,939
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$203,619
Management and general expenses
$104,498
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$203,619

Program services were 66.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $583,463

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,397 · excluded $1,397

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $66,471

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $9,226

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $57,245 · excluded $57,245

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $14,352

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $50

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $14,302 · excluded $14,302

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,104 · program services $50 · management and general $6,054

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $925 · management and general $925

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $151 · program services $151

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,314 · management and general $5,314

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,436 · program services $39,436

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,970 · program services $27,881 · management and general $1,089

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,147 · management and general $1,147

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,435 · program services $10,859 · management and general $32,576

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,346 · management and general $9,346

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSES

    total $44,985 · management and general $44,985

  • 24b · Other expenses: VETERINARY EXPENSE

    total $35,110 · program services $35,110

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING BUILDING

    total $18,223 · program services $18,223

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHP ADOPTIONS

    total $17,938 · program services $17,938

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $57,033 · program services $53,971 · management and general $3,062

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $155,823 · end of year $75,047

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $357,578

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,000 · end of year $4,500

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,130,869

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $132,380

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $941,309 · end of year $998,489

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $16,325

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,051,132 · end of year $1,401,939

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

HERO PUPS PLACED 30 SUPPORT DOGS WITH VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, ADOPTED 70 SHELTER PETS TO VETERAN HOMES, AND OVERHAULED OUR QUARANTINE BUILDING. WE EXPANDED OUR ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY AND RECREATIONAL THERAPY OPTIONS AS WELL AS COMPLETED OUR OUTDOOR SPACE. ALL WHILE TRAINING THE DOGS IN OUR CARE FOR OUR HEROES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO ACQUIRE AND TRAIN DOGS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SUCCESSFULLY UNDERGO AND COMPLETE THE RIGOROUS TRAINING THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ASSIST OUR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. WHILE WE ARE BASED IN NH, WE SERVE HEROS FROM ALL AROUND NEW ENGLAND. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MODEL OF TRAINING WHAICH ALLOWS US TO HELP MORE PEOPLE WHILE THE DOGS LEARN. OUR WRAP AROUND SERVICES USE ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY FOR A BROADER COMMUNITY.

  • PLACE PUPS WITH VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, CHRIS' HERO PETS FACILITING VETERANS ADOPTING COMPANION ANIMALS FROM LOCAL SHELTERS AND FIRST RESPONDER COMFORT DOG.

    Expenses $203,619 · Revenue $656,457

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laura Barker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lauren Hornsby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Niles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Phillip Hendrick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Craig Sullivan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kaya Jean-Charles

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2025
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621279349303702

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