Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,052,674
- Total expenses
- $1,267,178
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,116,394
- Grants paid
- $1,117,396
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- -$63,720
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,506,987
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,134
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,502,853
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,117,396
- Management and general expenses
- $123,666
- Fundraising expenses
- $26,116
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,117,396
Program services were 88.2% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,116,394
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$19,721
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3 · Investment income
total $18,282 · excluded $18,282
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,340,648
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $2,422,650
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$82,002
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$82,002 · excluded -$82,002
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $1,117,396 · program services $1,117,396
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $29,106 · management and general $29,106
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $4,326 · management and general $4,326
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11g · Fees: other
total $42,174 · management and general $42,174
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13 · Office expenses
total $54,007 · management and general $27,891 · fundraising $26,116
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16 · Occupancy
total $3,091 · management and general $3,091
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17 · Travel
total $368 · management and general $368
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $780 · management and general $780
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24a · Other expenses: PLEDGES WRITTEN OFF
total $8,091 · management and general $8,091
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24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $4,330 · management and general $4,330
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24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $3,509 · management and general $3,509
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,551,046 · end of year $1,382,315
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $11,190 · end of year $3,631
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $624 · end of year $624
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$9,735
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$7,338
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $3,177 · end of year $2,397
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $940,813 · end of year $1,118,020
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $18,410 · end of year $4,134
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,402,951 · end of year $2,496,402
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $85,489 · end of year $6,451
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
HELP THE HELPLESS IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF ABANDONED, HANDICAPPED, DEAF, AND POOR CHILDREN IN THE COUNTRIES OF INDIA AND ECUADOR. WE ALSO HELP POOR FAMILIES AND ELDERLY THAT ARE IN NEED. THE NON-PROFIT IS CHAIRED BY FATHER ALTIER (A CATHOLIC PRIEST) AND STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS FROM MINNESOTA'S TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. WE ARE A 100% VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS SERVE FREELY AND WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF DISABLED AND IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN IN INDIA AND ECUADOR.
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HELP THE HELPLESS RAISES FUNDS AND SUPPORTS THE MISSIONARY WORK OF THE HOME OF THE MOTHER CATHOLIC ORDER IN ECUADOR. THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ARE PROVIDED WITH CLOTHING, FOOD, EDUCATION, SHELTER AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. OFFERING LOVE, MOTIVATION AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, WE SEEK TO HELP CHILDREN THRIVE AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT YOUNG ADULTS, AND SUPPORT THE ELDERLY WITH DIGNITY AND NEEDED ASSISTANCE.THE SERVANT SISTERS MINISTER TO THE POOR IN MANY WAYS, BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. THEY OPERATE FOUR SOUP KITCHENS, HELP SECURE FUNDING TO SPONSOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, PROVIDE MONTHLY FOOD BASKETS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED, OFFER MEDICAL CARE FREE OF CHARGE, FUND WELLS AND FACILITATE CLEAN WATER OPTIONS, PROVIDE MICROLOANS TO START FAMILY BUSINESSES, AND MORE.
Expenses $758,346 · Grants $758,346
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HELP THE HELPLESS RAISES FUNDS AND SUPPORTS THE WORKS OF ST. MARY'S SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE FOR THE HANDICAPPED, DEAF, POOR AND ABANDONED CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN INDIA. APPROXIMATLEY 1,900 CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHES, EDUCATION, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND GOSPEL TEACHINGS.
Expenses $359,050 · Grants $359,050
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Father Robert AltierFATHER ROBERT ALTIER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Jim BenyonJIM BENYON
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe FohtJOE FOHT
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
-
Kay FohtKAY FOHT
ASSISTANT TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
-
David HuizelDAVID HUIZEL
ASSISTANT TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Rocio HuizelROCIO HUIZEL
ASSISTANT TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David KrauseDAVID KRAUSE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Teresa TaggartTERESA TAGGART
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $29,106
- From this org
- $29,106
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 11 July 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202401989349300600
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