Help Me Help You Foundation

Analysis

Help Me Help You Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Richmond, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 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 December 2023, Help Me Help You Foundation reported income of $749k and spending of $700k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $270k to $749k (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 214%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Help Me Help You Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mountain Seed Foundation ($749k), Take Charge Minnesota ($749k) and Covina Valley Community Support ($749k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $72k (10% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $153k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $153k.