Help Inc

Analysis

Help Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2004, 22 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 2022, Help Inc reported income of $11.9m and spending of $10.9m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income fell from $23.6m to $11.9m (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Help Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Seattle-King County ($11.8m), Carc Inc ($11.9m) and United States Catholic Conference ($11.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 5.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.9m.