Help Central Inc

Analysis

Help Central Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chico, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2012, 14 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 June 2023, Help Central Inc reported income of $509k and spending of $582k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $563k to $509k (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Help Central Inc sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Invest to Impact Itoi Network Foundation Inc ($509k), Southwest Sublette County Pioneers Inc ($509k) and Groveland Emergency Food Shelf Inc ($509k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $470k. At year end it held assets of $312k against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $299k. It reported 15 employees.