Help for Refugees

Analysis

Help for Refugees is a registered charity in United States, based in PLS VRDS PNSL, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1977, 49 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Help for Refugees reported income of $322k and spending of $342k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $302k to $322k (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Help for Refugees sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include K B Tennis Association Inc ($322k), Jerusalem Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($322k) and Congressional Chorus ($322k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $66k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $66k.