2026-09-20T08:10:45-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-10-01 331382422 HELICOPTER EXTRACTION RESCUE ORGANIZATION HELI 7034031271 7401 Springwater Drive Wilmington NC 28411 Daniel Romero President of the Board 7034031271 2026-09-20 1 2024 X X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 To provide charitable helicopter search and rescue, emergency extraction, and disaster-response services for individuals in life-threatening or dangerous situations, particularly in remote or hard-to-reach areas; to assist governmental and private agencies during natural disasters, accidents, and other emergencies; and to provide training, education, and collaboration that enhance public safety and search-and-rescue capabilities. HERO was established in 2024 to develop charitable helicopter search-and-rescue, emergency extraction, disaster-response, and public-safety capabilities. During the 2024 tax year, the organization was in its initial organizational and development stage. No search-and-rescue missions or other program services were conducted, no individuals were directly served, and the organization received no revenue and held no assets during the year. 0 0 0 Daniel T Romero President of the Board / Director 2 0 0 0 Kevin E Vineyard Director 0 0 0 0 Justin Bennett Director 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Daniel Romero 7401 Spring water Dr wilmington NC 28411 7034031271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X HERO was a newly formed 501(c)(3) organization in 2024 and had no revenue, no assets, no employees, and no program operations during the tax year. The organization did not understand that an annual information return was still required despite having no financial activity. Once the filing requirement was identified, the organization took prompt action to prepare and file the delinquent return and implemented procedures to ensure timely annual filings going forward.