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THE MIAMI HERALD CHARITIES INC

EIN 59-6138383 MIAMI, FL

Revenue 2024
$367,021
Expenses 2024
$522,626

Program services were 70.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1000 NW 57TH CT STE 980

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HERALD CHARITIES IS PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN THE ACCUMULATION OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT PURPOSES FOR THE AID OF THE NEEDY OR WORTHY INDIVIDUALS AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

  • 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 $262,267 · Grants $261,644

  • 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, BROWARD AND MONROE COUNTIES.

    Expenses $105,000 · Grants $105,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • NANCY ANCRUM - RETIRED 122023

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • TANYA CHRISTIE BENNETT

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAYMOND DUENAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK HIRSCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • DENISE MARTINEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB MCFARLIN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEX MENA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY MEYER

    PRESIDENT 12

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MONICA RICHARDSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $367,021
    Expenses
    $522,626
    Contributions
    $366,946
    Grants paid
    $366,644
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $404,562
    Expenses
    $589,279
    Contributions
    $404,518
    Grants paid
    $434,530
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $511,310
    Expenses
    $602,608
    Contributions
    $511,222
    Grants paid
    $451,771

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $477,092
    Expenses
    $637,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,136,490

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $718,556
    Expenses
    $506,273
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,418,328

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $488,077
    Expenses
    $463,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,098,879

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $470,640
    Expenses
    $515,459
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,000,003

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,099,663
    Expenses
    $454,477
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,007,237

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $544,145
    Expenses
    $596,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $386,751

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $487,995
    Expenses
    $477,763
    Assets (EOY)
    $408,960

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $570,356
    Expenses
    $580,763
    Assets (EOY)
    $408,562

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $539,469
    Expenses
    $399,790
    Assets (EOY)
    $434,145

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $487,484
    Assets (EOY)
    $364,836

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.