GRASSROOTS HEROES INTERNATIONAL

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $84K · expenses $72K · assets $107K

EIN
06-1835147
Address
PO BOX 10, MINT SPRING, VA 24463-0010
NTEE code
Q30
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
August 2010 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
GREG KNIGHT (its 2010 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2010 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION EMPOWERING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THEIR MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS, THROUGH SUPPORT OF LOCAL HUMANITARIAN ENTREPRENEURS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Kennlyn Miller VICE PRESIDE2022-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Kurtis L Sauder SECRETARY2013-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Chris Beverage PRESIDENT2013-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Leland Brenneman (former) PRESIDENT2013-2024 10 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KENNLYN MILLER VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KENNLYN MILLER VICE PRESIDE10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KENNLYN MILLER VICE PRESIDE10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KENNLYN MILLER VICE PRESIDE10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2016 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2015 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2014 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01
2013 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LELAND BRENNEMAN PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KURTIS L SAUDER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
CHRIS BEVERAGE TREASURER10 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$84,441$72,373 $107,300$107,300 $84,430- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$102,981$80,434 $95,232$95,232 $102,973- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$58,581$80,836 $72,684$72,684 $58,571- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$85,598$77,866 $94,937$94,937 $85,582- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$63,051$62,366 $87,205$87,205 $63,020- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$69,976$57,669 $86,521$86,521 $69,874- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$78,607$73,707 $74,214$74,214 $78,453- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$82,859$79,564 $69,314$69,314 $82,752- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$77,057$76,608 $66,019$66,019 $76,960- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$92,574$76,684 $65,570$65,570 $92,505- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$89,939$82,016 $49,680$49,680 $89,892- ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$77,956$79,998 $41,758$41,758 $77,922- ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$101,178$94,341 $43,801$43,801 $98,762- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $60,066 in all, tax years 2020 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor Exact 2023-2024 2$60,000 2024$20,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GRASSROOTS HEROES INTERNATIONAL” 2020-2021 2$66 2021$38
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Where the money went

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2025 · Form 990EZ · $72,373 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $72,373 100.0%
Total$72,373100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $80,434 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $80,434 100.0%
Total$80,434100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $80,836 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $80,836 100.0%
Total$80,836100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $77,866 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $77,866 100.0%
Total$77,866100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $62,366 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $62,366 100.0%
Total$62,366100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $57,669 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $57,669 100.0%
Total$57,669100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $73,707 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $73,707 100.0%
Total$73,707100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $79,564 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $79,564 100.0%
Total$79,564100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $76,608 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $76,608 100.0%
Total$76,608100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $76,684 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $76,684 100.0%
Total$76,684100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $82,016 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $82,016 100.0%
Total$82,016100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $79,998 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $79,998 100.0%
Total$79,998100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $94,341 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $1,071
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $94,341 100.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,071reported apart
Total$94,341100%

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State business registration

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