International Council for Helplines

Analysis

International Council for Helplines is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1973, 53 years ago. 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 December 2023, International Council for Helplines reported income of $550k and spending of $502k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $65k to $550k (+745%), an average of +191% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, International Council for Helplines sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skaalen Village Inc ($550k), St Johns Lutheran Hospital Foundation Inc ($550k) and Kotzebue Broadcasting Inc ($550k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1,700 (0.3% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $401k against liabilities of $263k, net assets of $139k.