Bethesda Help

Analysis

Bethesda Help is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethesda, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2024, Bethesda Help reported income of $258k and spending of $217k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2024, income grew from $73k to $258k (+251%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2020, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bethesda Help sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saint Patrick Soup Kitchen ($258k), Cammack Charitable Trust 9371125300 ($258k) and Project Iam Foundation Inc ($258k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $210k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $210k.