The Help Center

Analysis

The Help Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, The Help Center reported income of $591k and spending of $952k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $182k to $591k (+225%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 509%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Help Center sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rogue Action Center ($591k), Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone ($591k) and Mount Rogers Develpoment Partnership Inc ($590k).

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 $290k (30% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $98k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 25 employees.