Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$404,562

Total expenses

$589,279

Contributions and grants received

$404,518

Grants paid

$434,530

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$44

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,255,918

Total liabilities, end of year

$27,154

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,228,764

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$434,604

Management and general expenses

$154,675

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$434,604

Program services were 73.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• HOLIDAY WISHBOOK PROGRAM: THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES UNDER THE HOLIDAY WISHBOOK PROGRAM, WHEREBY READERS OF THE MIAMI HERALD AND EL NUEVO HERALD ARE SOLICITED TO DONATE FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEEDY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PROFILED IN THE NEWSPAPERS. THE HERALD CHARITIES, INC. PROFILES NEEDY PEOPLE IN THE MIAMI HERALD MEDIA COMPANY'S NEWSPAPER DURING THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO, THE MIAMI HERALD HAS CHAMPIONED THE NEEDS OF THE LESS FORTUNATE IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY. IN 1952, THE MIAMI HERALD LEND-A-HAND FUND WAS INCORPORATED TO FORMALIZE THESE EFFORTS. IN DECEMBER 1982, THE MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHED ITS FIRST WISH BOOK IN AN EFFORT TO SPOTLIGHT NEEDY INDIVIDUALS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THE MIAMI HERALD CHARITIES WAS OFFICIALLY FOUNDED IN 1995 TO OFFER READERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A NEIGHBOR'S LIFE. SINCE THEN, THE MIAMI HERALD READERS, TOGETHER WITH SPANISH-LANGUAGE READERS OF EL NUEVO HERALD, HAVE CONTRIBUTED SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS TO ASSIST SOME OF THE NEEDIEST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WISHES RANGED FROM FOOD, CLOTHING, AND TOYS FOR THE HOLIDAYS TO MORE DESPERATELY NEEDED ITEMS SUCH AS MEDICAL SERVICES, WHEELCHAIRS, HOUSING AND HOME REPAIRS, FURNITURE AND DENTAL WORK. IN EARLY OCTOBER MORE THAN 600 NON-PROFIT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA WERE CONTACTED TO NOMINATE CLIENTS FOR THE WISH BOOK PROGRAM. SPECIFICALLY, WISH BOOK CANDIDATES ARE CLIENTS FOR WHOM THE AGENCIES HAVE ALREADY EXPENDED AVAILABLE FUNDING, BUT WHOSE NEEDS GO BEYOND THE AGENCY'S RESOURCES. THE NOMINEES ARE SCREENED BY THE WISH BOOK TEAM AND THE MIAMI HERALD REPORTERS WORK DILIGENTLY TO PROFILE AS MANY CASES AS POSSIBLE EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON, RUNNING FROM THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF THE NEW YEAR. CURENTLY PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON.

  Expenses $329,604 · Grants $329,530

• SILVER KNIGHT AWARDS: THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SPONSORS THE SILVER KNIGHT AWARDS, WHICH HONOR OUSTANDING SCHOLASTIC ACCHIEVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES.

  Expenses $105,000 · Grants $105,000

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

Listed in Part VII

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

31 July 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202512189349300216

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