Giving From the Heart Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Giving From The Heart Foundation mission is to support the needy and unfortunate. Families & children living in temperory shelters; procuring food that would expire & go waste and redistribute to the families. Mission is all to connect the dots - find food and clothing and connect to where the need is. Since our official start in 2018, we have provided in excess of 250,000 meals - from individual brown bag snacks to resturants catering 50-100 meals during COVID to shelters. Additionally our Christmas Toy Drive provide indivdualized gifts to 150-200 children in certain after school programs at services such as North Valley Caring Services in San Fernando Valley. Additionally starting 2024, we have started to support in person counseling programs at Valley Family Center in San Fernando CA. The Center caters to children 5-17 who maybe coping with mental health and other behavioral challenges as a result of family trauma or abuse or domestic violence.
- Income
- $73,370
- Spending
- $30,291
- Reserves
- 34 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 (1)
- $21,228 spent. Valley Family Center - Couseling Support Services $10,390 - multiple programs North Valley Caring Services - Food, clothing, toys - estimated value $5885 - donated clothing distributed thru them , 850 -900 individual toys Metamorphis House (shelter) - Food & clothing - estimated value $4953
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2021 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2021.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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