United Help-Self Help Housing

Analysis

United Help-Self Help Housing is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending March 2023, United Help-Self Help Housing reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.3m (+6.5%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, United Help-Self Help Housing sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 79th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helping Hands Team ($1.3m), River View Gardens Housing Development Fund Company Inc ($1.3m) and Mutual Housing Association of Baltimore Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $131k. At year end it held assets of $5.2m against liabilities of $7.2m, net assets of -$2.0m. It reported 4 employees.