LITTLE HEARTS OF HOPE

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $189K · expenses $141K · assets $156K

EIN
47-1664134
Address
9720 COIT RD STE 220 216, FRISCO, TX 75035-0000
Website
www.littleheartsofhope.org
NTEE code
E86 Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation (Health Care) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
November 2014 (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
Kerri Steele (its 2023 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2023 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Little Hearts of Hope serves children ages 4-14 that have a parent or sibling fighting cancer. We do this by teaching creative expression as a healthy coping skill using play, art, and creative writing.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Kerri Steele (former) Executive Director2024 $45,800$45,800 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 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
Julie Gutierrez President2024-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Lauren Roy board member2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Casey Cockrill Treasurer2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Angela Holt Secretary2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Karen Easley board member2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Sandy Tutwiler board member2025 1 $0 reported 1
Kim Ebrey (former) Board Secretary2024 10 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Julie Gutierrez President2 $0-$0 $01
Casey Cockrill Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Angela Holt Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Lauren Roy board member1 $0-$0 $01
Karen Easley board member1 $0-$0 $01
Sandy Tutwiler board member1 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $46K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Kerri Steele Executive Director45 $41,000-$4,800 $45,8001
Julie Gutierrez Board President10 $0-$0 $01
Lauren Roy Board Member5 $0-$0 $01
Kim Ebrey Board Secretary10 $0-$0 $01
Casey Cockrill Board. Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01
Angela Holt Board Member5 $0-$0 $01
Karen Easley Board Member5 $0-$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 ↗
$188,658$140,980 $156,117$151,809 $188,371$0 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$132,549$121,686 $104,074$101,337 $132,142$0 ---

Funders of this organization

8 grantors reported grants to this organization, $113,130 in all, tax years 2018 to 2025. 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
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS DAF sponsor Exact 2018-2019, 2022-2024 5$34,544 2024$7,840
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WAYNE AND JO ANN MOORE CHARITABLEFOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LITTLE HEARTS OF HOPE” 2023-2024 2$25,000 2024$10,000
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2022, 2024-2025 3$15,953 2025$5,044
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ANN PETERS FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LITTLE HEARTS OF HOPE” 2020-2022, 2024 4$15,500 2024$3,000
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FRISCO ASSOCIATION FOR THE ARTS Public charity Exact 2024 1$11,000 2024$11,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$10,500 2024$10,500
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LITTLE HEARTS OF HOPE” 2020-2023 4$473 2023$132
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MYSTEEM ORG Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Little Hearts of Hope” 2024 1$160 2024$160
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OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
DANS HOUSE OF HOPE INCTXE86 $310,300$267,564 PRESIDENT$5,600 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
EAST TEXAS CANCER ALLIANCE OF HOPETXE86 $307,959$260,964 Founder/CEO$61,539 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
PANHANDLE BREAST HEALTHTXE86 $131,437$143,584 EXECUTIVE DI$61,500 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
BIKUR CHOLIM OF DALLASTXE86 $249,393$177,731 BOARD MEMBER$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
STATE OF TEXAS KIDNEY FOUNDATIONTXE86 $356,760$348,231 CEO$82,479 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
TEXAS FIRE FIGHTERS HOMETXE86 $193,630$192,244 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
WE CHOOSE HAPPYTXE86 $319,134$55,958 CEO$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
ANGIES ANGELS FOUNDATIONTXE86 $280,799$119,307 BOARD MEMBER$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
ANNIE LOUISE FOUNDATIONTXE86 $206,555$92,695 Intern$2,979 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
JUDD PAY IT FORWARD PICNIC BENEFIT FUNDTXE86 $106,299$43,300 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
WELL GET THISTXE86 $281,034$202,593 President$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
LEIAS KIDSTXE86 $172,488$187,324 DIRECTOR & M$19,800 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
INDIAN AMERICAN CANCER NETWORK IACANTXE86 $127,217$51,895 Persident$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
MYCARECONNECT FOUNDATIONTXE86 $97,970$152,468 President and CEO$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
DREAM RYDES INCTXE86 $141,706$66,445 Director of Development$28,500 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
ATLANTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONTXE86 $99,832$4,381 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
ANGEL LAYETTESTXE86 $193,846$151,322 Executive Dir.$26,783 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
AMERICAN PREGNANCY ASSOCIATIONTXE86 $276,421$381,743 Executive Director$36,000 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INCTXE86 $279,643$204,983 Director$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
TUMAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATIONTXE86 $164,360$139,102 EXECUTIVE DI$11,000 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
KIDS UNLIMITED FOUNDATIONTXE86 $133,806$135,616 Director$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
ADAMS ARMYTXE86 $169,803$121,864 Director$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
JACKS PROJECTTXE86 $102,895$85,111 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
FERGUSON BUSINESS ASSOCIATESTXE86 $157,951$174,120 Board Member$36,000 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state
KEL STRONG MABATAH FOUNDATIONTXE86 $104,853$106,083 Board President$0 Same NTEE code E86, revenue within 2x, same state

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC funds this one DAF sponsor$796,49567 252019–2025 RETTS ROOST; HUMBOLDT VOLUNTEER HOSPICE; LIGHT COLLECTIVE; MYCARECONNECT FOUNDATION and 21 more
FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor$779,22346 142013–2024 DANS HOUSE OF HOPE INC; CHRIS HOPE FOUNDATION; RESTORING HOPE TRANSPLANT HOUSE INC; AFRICAN MOTHERS HEALTH INITIATIVE and 10 more
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND funds this one DAF sponsor$556,60945 242016–2024 HEARTS & NOSES HOSPITAL CLOWN TROUPE INC; LITTLE SMILES INC; LIGHT COLLECTIVE; BIKUR CHOLIM OF DALLAS and 20 more
MAY ELLEN & GERALD RITTER FOUNDATION Private foundation$509,5408 12016–2024 MUSIC THAT HEALS INC
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$494,95433 152017–2024 LIGHT COLLECTIVE; RESTORING HOPE TRANSPLANT HOUSE INC; HIS KIDS; AFRICAN MOTHERS HEALTH INITIATIVE and 11 more
CHARIS LEGACY FOUNDATION Private foundation$372,4007 12018–2024 CACHE VALLEY FOR HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION
ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$305,0005 12019–2023 NICK AND KELLY CHILDRENS HEART FUND
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON DAF sponsor$243,46212 12010–2024 OPEN HEARTLAND
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$239,0008 42020–2024 AFRICAN MOTHERS HEALTH INITIATIVE; BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INC; JACOBS HOUSE INC; SPREAD ARIS LIGHT FOUNDATION
THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$221,32512 22013–2021 FISHER HOUSE OF GRT CLEVELAND INC; THE LITTLEST HEROES INC
BEACH ROAD FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$200,0002 12023–2024 MAHANA MAGIC FOUNDATION INC
YMI FOUNDATION Private foundation$200,0001 12025–2025 CARTER S FOUNDATION INC
PEABODY FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$177,50014 12011–2024 HEARTS & NOSES HOSPITAL CLOWN TROUPE INC
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC DAF sponsor$158,75013 62016–2024 FRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION INC; DANS HOUSE OF HOPE INC; RETTS ROOST; BELIEVING FOR BRYLEIGH FOUNDATION INC and 2 more
ED RACHAL FOUNDATION Private foundation$150,0003 12022–2024 TEXAS FIRE FIGHTERS HOME

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $140,980 spent · pay $53,781 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $53,781 38.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $37,209 26.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $36,086 25.6%
Printing, publications, postage $10,031 7.1%
Fees to independent contractors $3,873 2.7%
Total$140,980100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $121,686 spent · pay $48,936 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $48,936 40.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $42,726 35.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,578 15.3%
Printing, publications, postage $6,305 5.2%
Fees to independent contractors $5,141 4.2%
Total$121,686100%

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State business registration

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