Hearts for Russ Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to raise funds and awareness to advance research, education, treatment, and support for heart and other organ transplant patients, while empowering the patients, families, and communities affected by these life-changing conditions.
- Income
- $88,095
- Spending
- $81,405
- Reserves
- 11.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 95%
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
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 76% of charities in its peer group (medical research, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 11.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 8% of income.
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)
- $52,332 spent. Transplant Patient Support: The purpose of this program is to provide direct assistance to transplant patients and their families during pre-transplant and post-transplant procedures. Direct assistance includes expenses for meals, housing, or transportation. This tax year, we granted $45,000 or 64% of Total Grants awarded to three organizations. Harboring Hearts received a $35,000 grant that supported 63 families in the New York City area to offset the burden of expenses incurred in the pre-transplant process. They provided an average of approximately $500 to each of these families. Heartfelt Help Foundation received a $5,000 grant that supported 5 families in Northern California to offset the burden of expenses incurred during the post-transplant process. These funds provided support approximately $1,000 to each of these families. Off the List received a $5,000 grant that supports patients on the kidney transplant list and their families with the tools needed to find living donors.
- $29,073 spent. Donation Awareness and Education: The purpose of this program is to increase public awareness of living and deceased organ donation through seminar sponsorship and outreach to public and private organizations both locally and nationally. This tax year, we granted $25,000 or 36% of Total Grants to five organizations to support organ donation awareness. The most significant of these, $12,000, was granted to one organization. Student Organ Donation Advocates (SODA) received a $12,000 grant to build and support student-led chapters on high school and college campuses across the United States. To date, their chapters have educated over 250,000 students and helped register more than 14,000 new organ donors.
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 January 2016.
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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