Helping Hands for South Sudan

Analysis

Helping Hands for South Sudan is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Gatos, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Helping Hands for South Sudan reported income of $313k and spending of $275k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $157k to $313k (+99%), an average of +99% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Helping Hands for South Sudan sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Renew Life Center Inc ($313k), Dayton Community Food Pantry ($313k) and Target Evolution Incorporated ($313k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. It paid $802 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $48k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $48k.