Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,304,217

Total expenses

$1,930,231

Contributions and grants received

$1,304,217

Grants paid

$1,339,935

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$602,467

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,683

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$596,784

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,823,202

Management and general expenses

$106,021

Fundraising expenses

$1,008

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,823,202

Program services were 94.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Helens Hope Chest exists to reduce the financial burden on foster and kinship families while creating a safe, welcoming, and dignified space for the children in their care. Through its shop-by-appointment boutique located in Mesa, foster and kinship children pick out clothing, school supplies, birthday gifts, and more at no cost. The holiday season culminates with JaKelles Christmas Box, an event in which foster and kinship families choose from an assortment of high-quality gifts. The event brings even more holiday joy because it comes at no cost to the foster/kinship families. Through its final year of the federally funded AmeriCorps grant program, Helens Hope Chest has augmented its support and volunteer staff with AmeriCorps members. Management of this AmeriCorps grant will end in August 2024, but Helens Hope Chests involvement with AmeriCorps members will continue through other agency partnerships. This kind of attention to budget-friendly costs results in more funds dedicated to Helens Hope Chest services. As a result, Helens Hope Chest has now expanded to serve people across the state of Arizona in the 15 years since its founding. In 2024, more than 7,000 clients have been served, with more than 56,000 items of clothing and shoes and 9,000 books being provided for children in foster and kinship care. The need is as immense as the financial relief provided.

  Expenses $1,823,202 · Grants $1,339,935

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

• AZURA INC

  $659,462

  ESTABLISH RELATED ENTITY

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• MESA UNITED WAY

  C3 · OVERSIGHT AND PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES · AZ

• AZURA INC

  C3 · OVERSIGHT AND PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES · AZ

• FOSTER 360

  C3 · ASSIST FORMER FOSTER CARE IND · AZ

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202511359349315941

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