Totals
- Total revenue
- $683,127
- Total expenses
- $611,458
- Contributions and grants received
- $395,143
- Grants paid
- $19,335
- Program service revenue
- $53,550
- Investment income
- $8,787
- Other revenue
- $225,647
- Total assets, end of year
- $493,234
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $493,234
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $327,558
- Management and general expenses
- $83,021
- Fundraising expenses
- $200,879
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $327,558
Program services were 53.6% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$395,143
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2a · Program service revenue: Grief Counseling
total $39,951 · related or exempt $39,951
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2b · Program service revenue: Online store
total $13,599 · related or exempt $13,599
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3 · Investment income
total $8,787 · related or exempt $8,787
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$225,647
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $225,647 · unrelated business $225,647
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $19,335 · program services $19,335
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $139,169 · program services $139,169
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $216,686 · program services $76,884 · management and general $41,999 · fundraising $97,803
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $3,045 · management and general $3,045
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $39,658 · program services $23,614 · management and general $4,805 · fundraising $11,239
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $5,201 · management and general $5,201
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $91,837 · fundraising $91,837
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,276 · program services $3,276
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,226 · management and general $1,226
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16 · Occupancy
total $37,950 · program services $32,258 · management and general $5,692
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17 · Travel
total $2,443 · management and general $2,443
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,424 · program services $1,424
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23 · Insurance
total $4,861 · management and general $4,861
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24a · Other expenses: Meals
total $807 · program services $449 · management and general $358
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions
total $2,936 · program services $2,936
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24c · Other expenses: Software
total $3,375 · program services $2,722 · management and general $653
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24d · Other expenses: Supplies
total $5,693 · program services $5,693
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24e · All other expenses
total $32,536 · program services $19,798 · management and general $12,738
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $421,565 · end of year $391,317
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $101,917
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $421,565 · end of year $493,234
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Provide meaningful, accessible grief support and education to those grieving and professional and volunteer caregivers working with those grieving.
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HeartLight Center offers programming and resources for anyone who has experienced a death loss through open grief support groups, curriculum based grief support groups, workshops, educational presentations and resources. In 2025 HeartLight hosted 495 Grief Support Groups, 83 workshops and 15 educational presentations to support grievers.
Expenses $124,472
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HeartLight Center offers programming, training, education and coordinated networking opportunities for Professional and volunteer caregivers. In 2025 HeartLight Center hosted industry expert speakers and authors to provide educational programming, accessible to anyone through HeartLight Centers website at no cost to learners and professionals. HeartLight hosted over 20 volunteer and facilitator trainings. In 2025, HeartLight offers internship placements for graduate level social workers, counselors and human service majors hosting more than 15 student interns. HeartLight coordinates networking opportunities for professionals working in end-of-life, death care and bereavement in order to reduce duplication of services and increase access to services for those served by professionals, hosting and coordinating over 15 events.
Expenses $121,196
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HeartLight Center offers grief support resources to anyone grieving, supporting someone grieving and professional and volunteer caregivers. Vetted, evidence based resources are developed and accessible on the HeartLight Center website and for purchase. Resources include, but are not limited to: printable PDF handouts on grief specific topics, brochures, curriculum based Facilitator Support Group Trainings and materials, book and media grief support recommendations etc. HeartLight Center produces two HeartLight Highlight magazine mailers on the topics of Tat the Intersection of Trauma and Grief and Grief and the Holidays. This resources is available online and was mailed to over 4000 individuals.
Expenses $81,890
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Jennifer Flaum
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $139,169
- From this org
- $139,169
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jamie McConaty
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Stephanie Heitkemper
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Effie Kavadas-Wilson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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June Seppa
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marlene Seward
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John Veldkamp
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer Hay
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jen Thomas
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shane Phillips
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lynn Gibson
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 21 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202602159349300255
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