Helpers

Analysis

Helpers is a registered charity in United States, based in Orick, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2021, 5 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Helpers reported income of $59k and spending of $21k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $78k to $59k (-25%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Helpers sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 25th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gull Lake Area Community Volunteers Inc ($59k), Friends of the Latimore Tourist Home Inc ($59k) and Junior League of Fort Wayne Inc ($59k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $5,096. At year end it held assets of $54k against liabilities of $2,156, net assets of $52k.