Hand Up Community Resource Center
Analysis
Hand Up Community Resource Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Richmond, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2025. 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 2020, Hand Up Community Resource Center reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.2m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2020, income grew from $869k to $1.4m (+58%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.
Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hand Up Community Resource Center sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lee Conlee House Inc ($1.4m), Planned Parenthood Advocates of Texas ($1.4m) and Children with Hair Loss Inc ($1.4m).
On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2020, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 6.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $196k. At year end it held assets of $325k against liabilities of $82k, net assets of $244k. It reported 4 employees.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Contributions & grants 92%
- Program services 6.0%
- Other 1.7%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Conlee House Inc | Palatka | $1.4m |
| Planned Parenthood Advocates of Texas | Austin | $1.4m |
| Children with Hair Loss Inc | S Rockwood | $1.4m |
| Allamakee New Beginnings Inc | Decorah | $1.4m |