EAST GRAND RAPIDS HEARTS OF GOLD
EIN 99-1284069 · Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking (T12)
What they do
THE PURPOSE or PURPOSES for WHICH THE CORPORATION is ORGANIZED ARE: CREATE A COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER WHERE STUDENTS, PARENTS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS and COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME TOGETHER to RAISE FUNDS and GENERATE AWARENESS for A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THE GREATER GRAND RAPIDS, MI AREA. EAST GRAND RAPIDS HEARTS of GOLD UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE of PHILANTHROPY and MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE WELFARE of OTHERS. THE PROGRAM HAS BROUGHT ATTENTION to THE CAPACITY of EVERY INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS of AGE, to MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (3)
ELLEN CHERVENYPRESIDENT
KERRY HEGELESECRETARY
SARAH CALNANTREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2024
- Location
- 2003 CORONADO DR SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49506-3478
- County
- Kent
- In care of
- % ELLEN CHERVENY
- Primary officer
- ELLEN CHERVENY, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- MORGAN & ASSOCIATES PC CPAS
- NTEE classification
- Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking (T12)
- IRS tax category
- Fund Raising & Fund Distribution
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes