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← RODS HEROES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RODS HEROES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$694,033
Total expenses
$801,129
Contributions and grants received
$689,572
Grants paid
$50,743
Program service revenue
$8,104
Investment income
$17,361
Other revenue
-$21,004
Total assets, end of year
$704,840
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,804
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$702,036
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$572,302
Management and general expenses
$42,978
Fundraising expenses
$185,849
Program service expenses (Part III)
$572,302

Program services were 71.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $687,572

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,373

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT PLEDGE

    total $8,104 · excluded $8,104

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,361 · related or exempt $17,349 · excluded $12

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,375

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $26,201

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$22,826 · excluded -$22,826

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,133

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,311

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,822 · excluded $1,822

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $50,743 · program services $50,743

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $452,645 · program services $304,365 · management and general $4,615 · fundraising $143,665

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,050 · program services $22,448 · management and general $787 · fundraising $15,815

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $81,274 · program services $66,658 · management and general $14,616

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,978 · program services $19,363 · management and general $54 · fundraising $561

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,148 · program services $115 · management and general $263 · fundraising $1,770

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,932 · program services $108 · management and general $5,824

  • 17 · Travel

    total $53,620 · program services $47,273 · management and general $1,290 · fundraising $5,057

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,043 · management and general $7,043

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

    total $60,781 · program services $46,142 · management and general $1,346 · fundraising $13,293

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $15,013 · program services $14,418 · fundraising $595

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES & FEES

    total $7,244 · management and general $2,151 · fundraising $5,093

  • 24d · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $3,835 · management and general $3,835

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,823 · program services $669 · management and general $1,154

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $246,550 · end of year $156,981

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $7,333

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

    $10,098

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

    $10,098

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $547,571 · end of year $540,526

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,666 · end of year $2,804

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $784,455 · end of year $702,036

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

RODS HEROES INSPIRES FAMILIES TO ANSWER THE CALL TO ADOPT A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR OTHER UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.

  • RODS HEROES CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES INSPIRING CONTENT OF CHILDREN IN NEED OF ADOPTION IN THE HOPES OF INSPIRING FAMILIES TO ANSWER THE CALL TO ADOPT. THIS INCLUDES BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL TO MEET THE CHILDREN. RODS HEROES HOSTS EVENTS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS FOR DOWN SYNDROME AND THE BLESSING OF HAVING A LOVED ONE IN A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY THAT HAS DOWN SYNDROME.

    Expenses $572,302 · Grants $50,743 · Revenue $8,104

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Holly Fjeldsted

    DIR OF DEVEL

    Total calculated
    $165,697
    From this org
    $165,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $15,697
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $165,697

  • Brady Murray

    PRESIDENT/FO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Andrea Murray

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa May

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corey Meurer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Doug Brasher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kim Lapiana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Luke Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Trent Savage

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Norm Westervelt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 February 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202600509349301605

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