Help by Phone Ltd

Analysis

Help by Phone Ltd is a registered charity in United States, based in Hyattsville, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1978, 48 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 by Phone Ltd reported income of $57k and spending of $53k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $152k to $57k (-62%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Help by Phone Ltd sits at the 20th percentile: it is larger than about 20% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 25th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include SSSBC Inc ($57k), LA Verne & San Dimas Meals on Wheels ($57k) and O2 Urban Farms ($57k).

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 $20k (38% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $7,954 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $7,954. It reported 2 employees.