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US nonprofit · EIN 453973220 · Harleysville, PAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 453973220) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Brave Hearts for Strong Minds

Donations deductible
Revenue
$39k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$47k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$13k
$415 liabilities
Net assets
$12k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
5.3y av
Staff
1
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
3
reported in Part VI
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Brave Hearts for Strong Minds' network

9 peoplei9 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 9 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Andrea WentzellOperations Manager2018
8 yrs
Dan MoherVice President2022
4 yrs
Denise DotzmanBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Jen PilingBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Judi SchmitzBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Matthew DigiacomoYouth Representative2023
3 yrs
Novella CarloYouth Representative2023
3 yrs
Rita R DigiacomoPresident, Treasurer2018
8 yrs
Ryan StilwellCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Andrea WentzellOperations Manager15$0$7k
Rita R DiGiacomoPresident, Treasurer5$0
Dan MoherVice President5$0
Ryan StilwellSecretary5$0
Denise DotzmanBoard Member5$0
Judi SchmitzBoard Member5$0
Jen PilingBoard Member5$0
Novella CarloYouth Representative$0
Matthew DiGiacomoYouth Representative$0

About

Legal name
Brave Hearts for Strong Minds
EIN
453973220
Address
2023 Store Rd, Harleysville, PA, 19438-3326
State
Pennsylvania
Mission
Brave Hearts is an organization which challenges all of us to be brave, band together and work hard to help those who are in the most need by collecting and donating money to education funds for children who have lost an income producing parent. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B99 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Rita DiGiacomo (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAndrea Wentzell
≥8years on the filingsRita R Digiacomo
≥6years on the filingsJen Piling
≥6years on the filingsRyan Stilwell

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$13k
Total liabilities
$415
Net assets or fund balances
$12k
Contributions and grants received
$45k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$34k
Employees
1

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$39k$47kDeficit $8k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Brave Hearts for Strong Minds likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Pennsylvania
Entity type
Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
1 December 2011
Registered agent
Not stated