Sunny Mike Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Provide funding for Veterans & their families in need to help them thrive.
- Income
- $83,688
- Spending
- $55,036
- Reserves
- 12.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 65%
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 (3)
- $44,171 spent. Provided Financial Assistance to 102 Veterans who have served in all 5 branches of the military as well as the National Guard and Reserves & their families. This includes Operation Home Sweet home which turns their new house into a home when transitioning from homelessness or having just separated from service. We pay for: rent or mortgage utilities car payments insurance moving expenses household items when they transition from homelessness or have just left service appliances groceries transportation home repairs medical issues; we paid out 43,772. We also adopt a Veteran and their family for the Holidays. We shop for & wrap all of the gifts for each family member including a gift card for meals and deliver them to the Veteran before Christmas; we paid out 703.
- $6,199 spent. Community of Care includes taking 451 Veterans and their families to Minor League baseball games Rochester Red Wings buying the tickets up to 6 and giving the Veteran concession stand credit & paying for their parking; we paid out 6,199. We also have partnered with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra RPO to take 456 Veterans & their families to enriching live performances. This program connects Veterans and their families to one another and helps improve their mental health.
- $639 spent. Community Support is so important. There are other wonderful organizations who do so much for our community. It is our belief that no one organization can help everyone but together we can do so much more. This includes donating 4 Thanksgiving meals for the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council to local families in need; we paid out 200. We support the Marine Corps annual Toys for Tots program; we paid out 98. We provided items to Blue Star Mothers for packages to oversees active duty military; we paid out 241. We also donated 100 to another local veteran servicing agency.
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 March 2023.
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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