Heliotrope Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE ORGANIZATION USES THE ARTS TO IMAGINE NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND COMMUNITY HEALING AFTER NATURAL, SOCIAL, OR ECONOMIC CRISES.
- Income
- $25,884
- Spending
- $40,041
- Reserves
- 0.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 51%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $29,074 spent. HAITI: KNOBIT SHELTER AND KLUB OBZEVATWA - HELIOTROPE IS WORKING WITH THE COMMINITY OF KOMYE HAITI SINCE THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE. THE KONBIT SHELTER PROJECT IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PROJECTS THAT UTIIZE LOCAL NATURAL BUILDING MATERIALS AND PROVIDE ON-THEJOB TRAINING ANDMEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT.THE HELIOTROPE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS AND MANAGES A WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR YOUTH CALLED KLUB OBZEVATWA THAT PROVIDESD ART WELLNESS AND ACADEMIC STUDIES. INCOE IS USED AS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT.
- $4,906 spent. ZAKIYAH HOUSE: THE SANCTUARY - HELIOTROPE WORKS WITH A PARTNER ORGANIZATION ZA KIYAH HOUSE THAT PROVIDES HOUSING AND OUTREACH SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AFTER TRANSITIONING OUT OF PRISON OR THOSE AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS OR ADDICITION. HELIOTROPE HAS BEEN RENOVATING A CHURCH IN BRADDOCK PA TO BECOME THE SANCTUARY WHICH WILL BECOME APARTMENTS FOR HARD TO HOUSE RESIDENTS A COMMIUNITY CENTER AND SPACE FOR OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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