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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by HERO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,533,235
Total expenses
$1,749,112
Contributions and grants received
$1,533,217
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$18
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$141,430
Total liabilities, end of year
$134,006
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,424
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,696,787
Management and general expenses
$45,062
Fundraising expenses
$7,263
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,696,787

Program services were 97.0% 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)

    $1,533,217

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18 · related or exempt $18

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $120,666 · program services $108,600 · management and general $6,033 · fundraising $6,033

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,354 · program services $13,429 · management and general $1,157 · fundraising $768

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,231 · program services $7,905 · management and general $864 · fundraising $462

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,700 · management and general $12,700

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,505,552 · program services $1,490,223 · management and general $15,329

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $35,938 · program services $35,938

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,554 · program services $2,433 · management and general $7,121

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,621 · program services $31,621

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,829 · program services $2,829

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,667 · program services $809 · management and general $1,858

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $272,332 · end of year $65,611

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $26,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $56,146 · end of year $49,819

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $103,002 · end of year $105,831

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $32,175 · end of year $28,175

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $223,301 · end of year $7,424

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

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

  • OUR TEAM AT MOVIE TO MOVEMENT (MTM) MARKETED THE FILMS, BUTTER (AN ANTI- BULLYING MOVIE) AND ALIVE (A FILM ABOUT THE EUCHARIST). OUR FILM, DIVIDED HEARTS OF AMERICA, WON A TELLY AWARD AND IS NOW PLAYING ON SEVERAL STREAMING PLATFORMS. IN HAWAII, OUR TEAM IS BUYING OUT THEATERS FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN CHILDREN TO SEE THE NEW FILM, WIND AND THE RECKONING (A STORY ABOUT FIGHTING FOR THE DIGNITY FOR THE PERSON AND MEDICAL FREEDOM). THIS SPRING, MTM BOUGHT OUT THEATERS ACROSS AMERICA FOR THE PRO-LIFE LIFE MATTERS DOCUMENTARY.

    Expenses $215,511

  • IN UKRAINE, OUR TEAM HELPED ESTABLISH TEN SHELTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLEEING THE NATION WHEN THE ILLEGAL RUSSIAN INVASION BEGAN, SERVING 30,000 FAMILIES. WE PURCHASED A VAN FOR A GROUP OF RELIGIOUS SISTERS AND FOUR OTHERS. WE HAD A TEAM MAKING DAILY RUNS INTO THE NATION AS SHELLING WAS UNDERWAY TO HELP EVACUATE OVER 150 AND DELIVER FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO LEAVE. WE PURCHASED TWO ROBOTS TO HELP OUR TEAM ON THE GROUND REMOVING LAND MINES. SO FAR, MORE THAN 800 LAND MINES HAVE BEEN DE-ACTIVATED. SINCE LAST AUGUST, VPP HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE EVACUATION OF MORE THAN 1,000 AFGHAN REFUGEES TO A SAFER, TEMPORARY NEW COUNTRY. WE'VE REUNITED A BABY BOY WITH HIS PARENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE BOMBING AT THE KABUL AIRPORT. WE HAVE DELIVERED FOOD AND FUEL TO SAVE MORE THAN 30,000 FAMILIES LAST WINTER. WE ESTABLISHED SECURITY AT 4 HAZARA GIRLS' SCHOOLS AND ONE UNIVERSITY FOR A YEAR, REBUILT THE FIRST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY AND ESTABLISHED A WATER SYSTEM FOR AN ENTIRE TOWN IN A REMOTE PART OF THE COUNTRY. IN AFRICA, WE FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED EIGHT PRIESTS IN NIGERIA AND MALAWI AND PROVIDED BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE TO ANOTHER 800. OUR INFLUENCE CONTINUES TO GROW AS MY REGULAR COLUMN AT THE STREAM AND PODCAST, THE JASON JONES SHOW, IS ATTRACTING NEW FOLLOWERS AND SUPPORTERS OF OUR WORK TO STAND FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR WORLD. WE'VE BEEN HONORED TO HOST SOME IMPRESSIVE GUESTS LIKE THE EAST TURKESTAN PRIME MINISTER IN EXILE, ERIC METAXAS, AND SURF LEGEND BEAR WOZNICK.

    Expenses $1,481,276

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason Jones

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $125,066
    From this org
    $125,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • 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
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343189349305994

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