Project Helping

Analysis

Project Helping is a registered charity in United States, based in Centennial, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Project Helping reported income of $3.3m and spending of $3.1m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $674k to $3.3m (+385%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Project Helping sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liga Contra El Cancer Inc League Against Cancer Inc ($3.3m), Clyde Development Inc ($3.3m) and Child Development Center ($3.3m).

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 $202k (6.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $654k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $142k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 32 employees.