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← HELPING WOMEN PERIOD INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HELPING WOMEN PERIOD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$404,027
Total expenses
$321,971
Contributions and grants received
$403,691
Grants paid
$174,053
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$336
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$359,832
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$359,832
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$253,343
Management and general expenses
$32,953
Fundraising expenses
$35,675
Program service expenses (Part III)
$253,343

Program services were 78.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $35,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $368,691

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $247,976

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $336 · excluded $336

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $174,053 · program services $174,053

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $46,920 · program services $25,423 · management and general $8,741 · fundraising $12,756

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $22,290 · program services $12,077 · management and general $4,153 · fundraising $6,060

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $331 · program services $179 · management and general $62 · fundraising $90

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,295 · program services $2,870 · management and general $986 · fundraising $1,439

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,076 · management and general $867 · fundraising $209

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,669 · management and general $1,592 · fundraising $2,077

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,176 · program services $3,162 · management and general $6,507 · fundraising $6,507

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,410 · program services $2,986 · management and general $6,066 · fundraising $2,358

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,013 · program services $17,013

  • 17 · Travel

    total $884 · program services $85 · management and general $779 · fundraising $20

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,689 · program services $6,204 · management and general $485

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,876 · program services $2,101 · management and general $775

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $6,226 · program services $6,226

  • 24b · Other expenses: COST OF EVENTS

    total $3,660 · fundraising $3,660

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $1,426 · program services $964 · management and general $462

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $1,419 · management and general $920 · fundraising $499

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $558 · management and general $558

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $26,028 · end of year $12,929

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $56,948 · end of year $17,773

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $163,088 · end of year $305,015

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

    $33,700

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

    $11,360

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $28,937 · end of year $22,340

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,775 · end of year $1,775

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $277,776 · end of year $359,187

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $645

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS TO HOMELESS, LOW-INCOME, AND AT-RISK PEOPLE IN LOWER MICHIGAN. WE PROVIDE TAMPONS, PADS, PANTYLINERS, WIPES, MENSTRUAL CUPS, PERIOD UNDERWEAR, AND BLADDER CONTROL PRODUCTS TO 216 CHARITY PARTNERS IN 30 COUNTIES IN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE PARTNERS INCLUDE HOMELESS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, FOOD BANKS, SUPPORT PROGRAMS (LIKE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB), AND 40 SCHOOLS (ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR, AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS).

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE NO-COST MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS TO AT-RISK PEOPLE IN LOWER MICHIGAN.

  • IN 2024 WE DISTRIBUTED 1,629,974 ITEMS, ENOUGH TO COVER THE MENSTRUAL NEEDS FOR 5,583 INDIVIDUALS FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, OR 67,000 PERIODS

    Expenses $229,624 · Grants $174,053

  • WE ADVOCATE FOR MENSTRUAL EQUITY THE PROVISION OF FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN PUBLIC PLACES. WE ALSO WORK TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS ON MENSTRUATION AND RELATED ISSUES. IN 2023, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROVIDED TESTIMONY AND SERVED AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE. WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING A LINE ITEM IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR A PILOT PROJECT . ORIGINALLY CALLED THE HELPING WOMEN PERIOD PILOT PROJECT (NOW THE ACCESSIBLE PERIOD PRODUCTS PILOT PROJECT), IT PROVIDES GRANT MONEY FOR 15 SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DISTRIBUTE MONTHLY PERIOD KITS TO ALL MENSTRUATING 31A (AT RISK) STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE PILOT PROJECT RENEWED FOR 2024. IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEVERAL OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS, WE HELD A MICHIGAN PERIOD ACTION DAY EVENT TO EDUCATE AND INFORM ABOUT MENSTRUAL EQUITY. WE WORKED WITH STUDENT GROUPS (BOTH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE) TO EDUCATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES, AND GOVERNMENTAL UNITS ON THE NEED FOR FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN PUBLIC SPACES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PROVIDE PRODUCTS. WE ALSO WORKED WITH NUMEROUS COALITIONS ON NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL MENSTRUAL EQUITY EDUCATION.

    Expenses $23,719

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Adams

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dione Pena

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Calabrese

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirsten Silwanowicz

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alyssa Waid

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catherine John

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane Laycock

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Susie Hyatt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lysne Tait

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $46,920
    From this org
    $46,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533089349302208

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