Helping Hands for the Blind

Analysis

Helping Hands for the Blind is a registered charity in United States, based in Chatsworth, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1995, 31 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 2023, Helping Hands for the Blind reported income of $188k and spending of $131k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $313k to $188k (-40%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Helping Hands for the Blind sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 55th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centro de Apoyo Comunitario ($188k), Community Harvest of Central Vermont ($188k) and Two Burning Candles ($188k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $62k. At year end it held assets of $46k against liabilities of $5,195, net assets of $41k. It reported 4 employees.