H E L P for Mom

Analysis

H E L P for Mom is a registered charity in United States, based in Lebanon, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1981, 45 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, H E L P for Mom reported income of $253k and spending of $280k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $293k to $253k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, H E L P for Mom sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arts Council of Southern Indiana ($253k), Fries Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($253k) and Roncalli Apartments Inc ($253k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $200k (71% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $194k against liabilities of $51k, net assets of $143k. It reported 16 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.