About

A small foundation with one clear promise.

We restore health and dignity through compassionate support and access to care. We walk with you, and as you step forward, we will not give up on you.

Our story

It started with people who were not being heard.

Hear Me began as a simple idea: that the act of being listened to, fully and without hurry, changes what is possible for a person. That idea became Hear Me, a service connecting people with trained listeners. It also revealed something else: many of the people reaching out to be heard were also going without basic care, especially for sleep and breathing problems that had shaped their lives for years.

The Hear Me Health Center in Orem grew from that recognition, and the Hear Me Foundation was formed alongside it with a single job: to make sure that cost is never the reason someone is turned away.

TODO: replace the paragraphs above with the real founding story (who, when, the moment that started it). Keep it to three short paragraphs.

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founders or the Orem building

How we are governed

Before we asked anyone for a dollar,
we decided how every dollar would be watched.

  • Directors serve unpaid

    No board member receives compensation from the Foundation. Board members who have a relationship with any organization we fund disclose it in writing and recuse themselves from votes that touch it.

  • Two signatures on every account

    Every disbursement from every Foundation account requires approval from two authorized officers. There are no single-signer accounts and no petty cash.

  • No payment is ever self-approved

    The person who requests a payment cannot be one of the people who approves it. This applies to everyone, including officers and founders.

  • Form 990 filed every year

    Our annual return is filed with the IRS and posted on this page as soon as it is accepted, along with a plain-language summary of what came in and where it went.

  • Restricted gifts stay restricted

    If you designate a gift to a specific program, it is tracked separately and spent only on that program. Details are in our donor policy.

Financials & legal status

The paperwork, in plain sight.

501(c)(3) public charity EIN 41-2684012 Legal name: HEARME FOUNDATION Utah nonprofit corporation Orem, Utah

Gifts are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. You can verify our status directly with the IRS using the search tool below.

TODO: once the first Form 990 is accepted, add a short table here: total revenue, total expenses, program %, fundraising %, management %. Those same percentages feed the donate page breakdown.
Board of directors

The people responsible.

Every director is a volunteer. Every director can be reached through the contact page.

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TODO Full NameBoard Chair

TODO: one sentence on background and why they serve.

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TODO Full NameTreasurer

TODO: one sentence on background and why they serve.

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TODO Full NameSecretary

TODO: one sentence on background and why they serve.

The Hear Me family

Three organizations, one name.

  • Hear Me Foundation

    This organization. A 501(c)(3) public charity that funds care, conversation, and education for people who cannot afford them. Governed by an independent, unpaid board.

  • Hear Me Health Center

    A clinic in Orem, Utah providing sleep and orthodontic care, with primary care to come. The Foundation's largest grantee. hearmehealth.org

  • Hear Me

    The listening service that connects people with trained listeners. The Foundation funds conversations for people who cannot pay. hearme.app

TODO (counsel): confirm the legal form of each entity and how related-party transactions are disclosed. This section should match what is reported on Schedule L / Schedule R of the 990.

Now you know how we work. Help us do more of it.

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