Helping Others Pursue Excellence

Analysis

Helping Others Pursue Excellence is a registered charity in United States, based in Fresno, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Helping Others Pursue Excellence reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.6m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $234k to $2.0m (+751%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 337%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Helping Others Pursue Excellence sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Freedom for Youth Ministries ($2.0m), Harrison House Community Programs Inc ($2.0m) and Camp Sonshine ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $107k (6.6% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $795k.