2026-09-04T08:13:44-05:00 2025-12-31 593040705 RIVERO GORDIMER & COMPANY PA 201 N FRANKLIN ST SUITE 2200 TAMPA FL 33602 990 2025-01-01 260330887 HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC HEAR 8132591213 3225 S MACDILL AVENUE SUITE 129-2 TAMPA FL 33629 DAVID KATCHER CHAIRMAN 8132591213 2026-09-03 1 SAM A LAZZARA P01342929 8138757774 2025 FORHEARTS WORLDWIDE DAVID KATCHER 3225 S MACDILL AVENUE SUITE 129-2 TAMPA FL 33629 943947 0 X WWW.FORHEARTS.ORG X 2007 FL PROVIDES CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 11 11 3 21 0 0 124839 427706 0 0 8974 1126 132831 -116021 266644 312811 55537 32500 0 0 172864 176473 0 0 40947 232411 189354 460812 398327 -194168 -85516 456256 699225 54759 383244 401497 315981 X TO BUILD A GLOBAL NETWORK OF PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS THAT ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES, EDUCATION, AND ONGOING SUPPORT FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE. 0 0 305269 32500 HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS FORHEARTS WORLDWIDE AND PACEMAKER CLUB, IMPROVES AND SAVES LIVES BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO LIFESAVING CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (CIEDS), COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT EDUCATION, AND LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HEART RHYTHM DISORDERS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. THROUGH A GLOBAL NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS, HOSPITALS, HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS, CORPORATE PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES DEVICE IMPLANTATION, FOLLOW-UP CARE, PATIENT EDUCATION, AND ONGOING SUPPORT AT NO COST TO QUALIFIED PATIENTS.(SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS) DURING 2025, FORHEARTS WORLDWIDE IMPLANTED 133 LIFESAVING CARDIAC DEVICES THROUGH SIX INTERNATIONAL HEART CENTERS SERVING PATIENTS IN GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, MEXICO, PARAGUAY, THE PHILIPPINES, AND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. THE FOUNDATION'S PATIENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES REACHED A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF MORE THAN 34,000 PACEMAKER CLUB MEMBERS, PRODUCED OVER 40 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND DELIVERED FIVE LIVE CARDIAC CAF EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS FEATURING PHYSICIANS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1984, THE FOUNDATION HAS HELPED PROVIDE MORE THAN 18,000 LIFESAVING CARDIAC DEVICES TO PATIENTS IN MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES, DEMONSTRATING ITS ENDURING COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARDIOVASCULAR CARE WORLDWIDE.EACH OF THE FOUNDATION'S SIX INTERNATIONAL HEART CENTERS IS STAFFED BY APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE VOLUNTEER ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTS AND CARDIOLOGISTS WHO GENEROUSLY DONATE THEIR EXPERTISE TO PROVIDE IMPLANTATION PROCEDURES, FOLLOW-UP CARE, AND LONG-TERM PATIENT MANAGEMENT. TOGETHER, THESE PHYSICIAN VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL HEALTHCARE TEAMS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARDIAC CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE LITTLE OR NO ACCESS TO LIFESAVING TREATMENT.RECOGNIZING THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF MEDICAL DEVICE PHILANTHROPY, FORHEARTS WORLDWIDE HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN A SUSTAINABLE HUMANITARIAN MODEL THAT COMBINES CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING, STRATEGIC CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS, NONPROFIT COLLABORATION, AND RESPONSIBLE DEVICE STEWARDSHIP TO ENSURE ONGOING ACCESS TO LIFESAVING CARDIAC THERAPIES. AS MANUFACTURER DONATIONS HAVE DECLINED IN RECENT YEARS, THE FOUNDATION HAS SUCCESSFULLY EXPANDED ITS ABILITY TO PURCHASE DEVICES THROUGH CHARITABLE SUPPORT WHILE CONTINUING TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF DONATED DEVICES WHENEVER APPROPRIATE AND LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE.THE FOUNDATION'S WORK IS STRENGTHENED THROUGH AN EXPANDING NETWORK OF HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS, MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND HUMANITARIAN PARTNERS THAT COLLECTIVELY INCREASE ACCESS TO CARDIOVASCULAR CARE WORLDWIDE. THESE COLLABORATIONS EXTEND BEYOND DEVICE PROCUREMENT TO INCLUDE PHYSICIAN EDUCATION, PATIENT IDENTIFICATION, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND SUSTAINABLE CARDIAC CARE INFRASTRUCTURE. PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS MY HEART YOUR HEART, ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE/PACE4LIFE, LOCAL HOSPITALS, ROTARY ORGANIZATIONS, VOLUNTEER MEDICAL TEAMS, AND CORPORATE SUPPORTERS ENABLE FORHEARTS WORLDWIDE TO LEVERAGE EXPERTISE, RESOURCES, AND INNOVATION TO REACH MORE PATIENTS WHILE STRENGTHENING LOCAL HEALTHCARE CAPACITY. 18470 THE PACEMAKER CLUB IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST ONLINE COMMUNITIES DEDICATED TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH PACEMAKERS, IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS (ICDS), CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT) DEVICES, AND OTHER CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES. BEYOND PROVIDING PEER SUPPORT, THE ORGANIZATION EMPOWERS PATIENTS THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION THAT PROMOTES INFORMED DECISION-MAKING, TREATMENT ADHERENCE, AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.(SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS) DURING 2025, PACEMAKER CLUB PRODUCED MORE THAN 40 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES-INCLUDING NEWSLETTERS, EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES, BLOGS, PATIENT GUIDES, AND DIGITAL CONTENT-AND HOSTED FIVE LIVE CARDIAC CAF EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS FEATURING PHYSICIANS AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS DISCUSSING DEVICE MANAGEMENT, HEART HEALTH, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, AND LIVING CONFIDENTLY WITH IMPLANTED CARDIAC DEVICES. THESE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES COMPLEMENT THE FOUNDATION'S HUMANITARIAN MISSION BY REDUCING ANXIETY, IMPROVING HEALTH LITERACY, AND HELPING PATIENTS BECOME ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR OWN CARE.THE FOUNDATION'S IMPACT IS BEST REFLECTED THROUGH THE LIVES IT CHANGES. CARLOS, BORN IN GUANAJUATO, MEXICO WITH TETRALOGY OF FALLOT, RECEIVED HIS FIRST PACEMAKER THROUGH A FORHEARTS WORLDWIDE HEART CENTER AT FIVE YEARS OF AGE. IN 2025, AT AGE TWENTY-SIX, HE RECEIVED HIS FIFTH PACEMAKER FROM LONGTIME VOLUNTEER PHYSICIANS DR. RICARDO MENESES AND DR. JAVIER LIZALDE, ILLUSTRATING THE FOUNDATION'S LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO PATIENTS WHO DEPEND UPON CONTINUED ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED CARDIAC CARE. SIMILARLY, MATEO OF HONDURAS RECEIVED LIFESAVING PACING THERAPY AFTER DEVELOPING COMPLETE HEART BLOCK FOLLOWING CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY. THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF LOCAL PHYSICIANS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND FORHEARTS WORLDWIDE, MATEO RECEIVED CARE THAT HIS FAMILY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD AND TODAY CONTINUES TO LIVE AN ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIFE.LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE, FORHEARTS WORLDWIDE REMAINS COMMITTED TO EXPANDING SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO CARDIOVASCULAR CARE BY STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, INCREASING PATIENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT THROUGH PACEMAKER CLUB, DEVELOPING NEW COLLABORATIONS WITH HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, UNIVERSITIES, CORPORATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SOCIETIES, AND ENSURING THAT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IS NEVER A BARRIER TO LIFESAVING CARDIAC TREATMENT. BY COMBINING HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE, PATIENT EDUCATION, STRATEGIC COLLABORATION, AND INNOVATION, THE FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE CARDIAC CARE CAPACITY WHILE IMPROVING SURVIVAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR UNDERSERVED PATIENTS AROUND THE WORLD.THE FOUNDATION MEASURES ITS SUCCESS NOT BY THE MONETARY VALUE OF DEVICES DISTRIBUTED, BUT BY THE LIVES SAVED, THE PATIENTS EDUCATED AND EMPOWERED, THE FAMILIES GIVEN HOPE, AND THE SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIPS CREATED TO IMPROVE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 323739 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 FL IL X THE ORGANIZATION 8132591213 3225 S MACDILL AVENUE SUITE 129-250 TAMPA FL 33629 THOMAS CRAWFORD MD CHAIRMAN & MEDICAL DIRECTOR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 PETER MUSAIB-ALI VC, DIR-CARIBBEAN & RDC CH 3.00 X X 0 0 0 LISA MILANO CPA TREASURER 3.00 X X 0 0 0 ARIEL GARCIA SALAZAR DIRECTOR OF LATIN AMERICA 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH V MESSER MD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID B KATCHER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RICARDO MENESES MD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DR FRED KUSUMOTO DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RON MILLS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DR KIM EAGLE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 STUART BLOCK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA M DELISE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 115185 0 0 115185 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 217877 209829 32500 427706 1126 1126 490549 217877 631136 -140587 -140587 MANAGEMENT FEE 900099 22500 22500 COMMISSIONS 900099 2066 2066 24566 312811 24566 0 -139461 X 32500 32500 115186 86389 11519 17278 48271 41030 4827 2414 457 388 46 23 12559 10675 1256 628 11846 10069 1185 592 13940 11849 1394 697 58692 49888 5869 2935 39048 31239 1952 5857 8053 5637 805 1611 26386 18470 2639 5277 3417 2904 342 171 4841 3631 242 968 9631 7223 482 1926 120 120 9383 7976 938 469 PACEMAKER CLUB EXPENSE 3489 3489 PROF. DEVELOPMENT 508 382 25 101 398327 323739 33641 40947 183401 163648 19406 242105 2000 20877 20877 0 0 191361 233384 60088 60088 456256 699225 32259 338150 22500 45094 54759 383244 X 401497 315981 401497 315981 456256 699225 -85516 0 X 0 0 0 X 2408547 485997 232071 427706 405206 3959527 2408547 485997 232071 427706 405206 3959527 702067 3257460 1336 12806 8974 1126 24242 40739 56995 31500 31877 24566 185677 4169446 0.78130 0.88040 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 20877 20877 0 0 INVESTMENT IN PACEMAKER CLUB 233384 C 233384 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PARAGUAY GRANT OF PACEMAKERS AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT FOR INDIGENT CARE. 32500 0 PACEMAKERS AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT DISCOUNTED VALUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 RIVERFEST 566360 75811 490549 554868 A NIGHT FORHEARTS 52878 52878 25199 3 89188 89188 51069 708426 217877 490549 631136 631136 -140587 X 20 32500 DISCOUNTED VALUE 0 1 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE ORGANIZATION HIRES A PAID PREPARER EXPERIENCED IN THE PREPARATION OF FORMS 990 TO PREPARE THE RETURN. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PERFORMS A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE RETURN WITH THE TREASURER AND PROVIDES A DRAFT COPY TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C PRIOR TO ALL BOARD MEETINGS, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND/ OR THE AD HOC COMPENSATION COMMITEE REVIEWS AND APPROVES ALL COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORMS 1023 AND 990 AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION CAN MAKE ITS ORGANIZING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 49,888. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 5,869. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 2,935. TOTAL EXPENSES 58,692.