Straight From the Heart of North Central Fl
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Straight From The Heart provides toiletries and personal needs items to children in elementary school. It also provides grief baskets to newly bereaved members of its local community as well as assistance with funeral-associated expenses and grief counseling. The organization conducts three annual community events: a coat giveaway a school supply giveaway and a health fair. It holds a yard sale as a fundraiser. And it provides a food giveaway twice a month.
- Income
- $15,619
- Spending
- $14,179
- Reserves
- 10.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 96%
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 (4)
- $8,600 spent. Straight From the Heart conducts a food giveaway twice a month. The majority of the food is provided by Chick-fil-A as an in-kind donation every week valued at 200 per week. Straight From the Heart purchases additional food to supplement the giveaway.
- Straight From the Heart hosts a community Health Fair each year open to the public. Area agencies providing services such as elder care child care testing and vaccinations e.g. COVID and flu diet and exercise information smoking cessation and substance abuse counseling mental health support diabetes control and other health and wellness related services participate to provide information to attendees.
- Straight From the Heart conducts an annual school supply giveaway to local school children.
- Straight From the Heart participates in events hosted by other organizations such as health fairs anti-gun violence community support events cancer survivor support fairs and grief support presentations. Expenses associated with these events include gas mileage printed literature giveaway items and snacks.
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 September 7, 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 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 2025.
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 August 2021.
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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