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GRUNDY COUNTY HEROES & HELPERS INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $84K · expenses $81K · assets $23K

EIN
84-4480320
Address
PO BOX 116, MINOOKA, IL 60447-0116
Website
GCHHINC.ORG
NTEE code
P40
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2020
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Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS COMPRISED OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDER PERSONNEL, THEIR FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED ACROSS GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. GCHH THROUGH FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES WILL ASSIST FAMILIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING LOSS, TRAUMA, POVERTY, OR HARDSHIPS THAT ARE IMPACTING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 8 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

8 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Wendy Briley President2020-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Katherine Cabada Vice President2020-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Sharon Russell Treasurer2020-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Ava Meier Secretary2025 0 $0 reported 1
Claudia Wolf (former) Secretary2024 0 $0 reported 1
Timberlie Jahn (former) Secretary2023 0 $0 reported 1
Timberle Jahn (former) Secretary2020-2022 0 $0 reported 1
Tammy Moran (former) CO-TREASURER2020 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
WENDY BRILEY President0 $0-- $01
KATHERINE CABADA Vice President0 $0-- $01
SHARON RUSSELL Treasurer0 $0-- $01
AVA MEIER Secretary0 $0-- $01
2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
WENDY BRILEY President0 $0-- $01
KATHERINE CABADA Vice President0 $0-- $01
SHARON RUSSELL Treasurer0 $0-- $01
CLAUDIA WOLF Secretary0 $0-- $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
WENDY BRILEY President0 $0-- $01
KATHERINE CABADA Vice President0 $0-- $01
SHARON RUSSELL Treasurer0 $0-- $01
TIMBERLIE JAHN Secretary0 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
WENDY BRILEY President0 $0-- $01
KATHERINE CABADA Vice President0 $0-- $01
SHARON RUSSELL Treasurer0 $0-- $01
TIMBERLE JAHN Secretary0 $0-- $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
WENDY BRILEY President0 $0-- $01
KATHERINE CABADA Vice President0 $0-- $01
SHARON RUSSELL Treasurer0 $0-- $01
TIMBERLE JAHN Secretary0 $0-- $01
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
WENDY BRILEY President0 $0-- $01
KATHERINE CABADA Vice President0 $0-- $01
SHARON RUSSELL Treasurer0 $0-- $01
TIMBERLE JAHN Secretary0 $0-- $01
TAMMY MORAN CO-TREASURER0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$83,814$81,217 $23,063$23,063 $31,180- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$67,124$93,718 $20,466$20,466 $10,137$2,770 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$85,427$83,932 $47,060$47,060 $21,383- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$79,783$68,986 $45,565$45,565 $35,771- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$54,390$35,194 $34,768$34,768 $7,323- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$38,105$22,533 $15,572$15,572 $32,111- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $15,238 in all, tax years 2023 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$7,738 2023$7,738
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MIDLAND STATES BANK FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GRUNDY COUNTY HEROES & HELPERS INC” 2025 1$7,500 2025$7,500
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $81,217 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $81,418
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $77,315 95.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,970 3.7%
Printing, publications, postage $871 1.1%
Fees to independent contractors $61 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$81,418reported apart
Total$81,217100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $93,718 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $72,303
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $89,173 95.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,145 3.4%
Fees to independent contractors $750 0.8%
Printing, publications, postage $650 0.7%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$72,303reported apart
Total$93,718100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $83,932 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $55,230
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $74,915 89.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,418 8.8%
Printing, publications, postage $1,570 1.9%
Fees to independent contractors $29 0.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$55,230reported apart
Total$83,932100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $68,986 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $56,356
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $65,086 94.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,799 4.1%
Printing, publications, postage $1,086 1.6%
Fees to independent contractors $15 0.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$56,356reported apart
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2021 · Form 990EZ · $35,194 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $31,543
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $33,427 95.0%
Printing, publications, postage $1,633 4.6%
Fees to independent contractors $134 0.4%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$31,543reported apart
Total$35,194100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $22,533 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $3,530
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $21,445 95.2%
Fees to independent contractors $985 4.4%
Printing, publications, postage $103 0.5%
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Total$22,533100%

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