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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MATTHEWS HELP CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,234,085
Total expenses
$1,928,885
Contributions and grants received
$963,985
Grants paid
$971,014
Program service revenue
$1,111,370
Investment income
$83,408
Other revenue
$75,322
Total assets, end of year
$3,196,866
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,760
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,160,106
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,548,498
Management and general expenses
$262,997
Fundraising expenses
$117,390
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,548,498

Program services were 80.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $963,985

  • 2a · Program service revenue: THRIFT SHOP

    total $1,111,370 · related or exempt $1,111,370

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $83,408 · related or exempt $83,408

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $75,322

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $75,322 · excluded $75,322

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $971,014 · program services $971,014

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $94,670 · program services $28,401 · management and general $18,934 · fundraising $47,335

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $527,369 · program services $395,527 · management and general $105,474 · fundraising $26,368

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,327 · management and general $3,327

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,877 · management and general $36,877

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $50,598 · program services $34,102 · management and general $10,441 · fundraising $6,055

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,404 · program services $26,554 · management and general $8,886 · fundraising $5,964

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,200 · program services $10,097 · management and general $21,931 · fundraising $2,172

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $70,438 · program services $42,128 · management and general $23,925 · fundraising $4,385

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,857 · program services $20,571 · management and general $2,286

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,677 · program services $18,348 · management and general $6,491 · fundraising $2,838

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $24,280 · program services $1,756 · management and general $22,524 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSE

    total $22,273 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $22,273

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $1,901 · program services $0 · management and general $1,901 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,612,339 · end of year $1,868,886

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $603,950 · end of year $623,711

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,311 · end of year $10,112

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,133,724

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $441,722

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $667,240 · end of year $692,002

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,922 · end of year $2,155

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,030 · end of year $21,359

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,826 · end of year $15,401

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,785,210 · end of year $3,155,106

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,696 · end of year $5,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE SHORT-TERM CRISIS ASSISTANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE GREATER MATTHEWS, NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HELPS ITS NEIGHBORS SURVIVE FINANCIAL CRISIS BY PROVIDING SHORT-TERM ASSISTANCE.

  • MHC'S PRIMARY PROGRAM PROVIDES SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. HOWEVER, MHC SUPPORTS SEVERAL OTHER COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS. AT OUR FOOD PANTRY, CLIENTS RECEIVE THE FOOD ITEMS NEEDED TO FEED THEIR HOUSEHOLD FOR 1 WEEK. MHC OPERATES THE BACK PORCH TREASURES THRIFT BOUTIQUE TO OFFER ARTICLES OF EVERYDAY LIVING AT NO COST TO CLIENTS AND AT AFFORDABLE PRICES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. MHC ALSO SUPPORTS SEASONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE BACK 2 SCHOOL PROGRAM (PROVIDING GRADE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES), THE THANKSGIVING FEAST PROGRAM, AND THE HOLIDAY SUPPORT PROGRAM.IN FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 WE PROVIDED 12,634 FINANCIAL AND IN-KIND SERVICES TO 2,881 HOUSEHOLDS WHICH IMPACTED 7,065 INDIVIDUALS FOR A TOTAL OF $944,817 IN FINANCIAL/NON-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,548,498 · Grants $971,014 · Revenue $1,194,778

  • DONATED SERVICES THAT DO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR RECOGNITION, ALONG WITH DONATED MATERIALS, ARE RECORDED AT THE ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE AS REVENUE AND EXPENSE. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 MHC RECOGNIZED $116,234 AS CONTRIBUTED REVENUE AND EXPENSE FOR VARIOUS IN-KIND GOODS AND SERVICES.IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TAX RETURN INSTRUCTIONS, THIS REVENUE AND EXPENSE IS NOT INCLUDED ON FORM 990.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aurora Palmer

    PROGRAMS AND SERVICE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Crotty

    RETAIL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Ross

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melinda Wilshire

    COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Blaise Dierks

    STORE SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suzanne Leighton

    STORE SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy Welch

    STORE SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Debbie Zanino

    DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alison Lord

    DONATIONS SUPERVISOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marcia Young

    DONATIONS COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Hunter

    DONATIONS COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dani Maddox

    SOCIAL WORKER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachelle Bosse-Rosarion

    SOCIAL WORKER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beverly Leak

    OPERATIONS ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sandra Conway

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $94,669
    From this org
    $94,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202630159349301528

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