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HELP A MOTHER OUT

EIN 83-2001085 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,831,284
Expenses 2024
$2,202,481

Program services were 86.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P40
Classification
1000
Street
101 BROADWAY STE 250

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Help a Mother Out works to improve baby and family well being by increasing access to diapers for families in need.We distribute diapers to families in need through a network of social service partners including voluntary home visiting programs, facilitated parent support groups, family resource centers, and public health departments. We also advocate for the inclusion of diapers in the social safety net.Our vision is a day when every baby has a healthy supply of diapers.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Help a Mother Out works to improve baby and family well being by increasing access to diapers for families in need.

  • BAY AREA DIAPER BANKEstablished in 2009, Help a Mother Out's Bay Area Diaper Bank for community partners in the greater Bay Area region provides social workers with an innovative and vital way to meet the concrete needs of children, build trust with families, and offer additional support and services. Diapers are distributed to families in need exclusively through a network of community partners, including family resource centers, voluntary home visiting, facilitated parent support groups, homeless and foster children services, and public health departments.

    Expenses $1,913,291 · Grants $184,978 · Revenue $61,774

  • SAN FRANCISCO DIAPER BANKEstablished in 2015, Help a Mother Outs San Francisco Diaper Bank (SFDB) is the nation's first and only diaper public assistance program. We established the program in 2015 and operate it through a partnership with San Francisco Human Services Agency. Families eligible for CalWORKS, CalFresh, and Medi-Cal may receive up to 2 cases (full months supply) of diapers each month, for each eligible child ages 0-24 months.

  • ELO BABY DIAPERSWe distribute our own private label diaper brand (est. 2019), ELO Baby. Our high-quality diapers are manufactured in a North American ISO certified state of the art facility, alongside numerous popular U.S. diaper brands. In addition to our suppliers rigorous internal quality controls, we use independent laboratory testing for extra peace of mind.

  • CALIFORNIA DIAPER BANKHelp a Mother Outs California Diaper Bank provides one-time diaper grants for disaster relief as well as diapers for organizations that do not have a diaper bank in their area. This program allows us to make discretionary donations outside of our normal service area, when resources are available.

  • In FY25 (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025) Help a Mother Out distributed 7.6 million diapers ($2.9 million retail value) diapers, and 2.4 million baby wipes ($71k retail value) to approximately 40,000 children. This was done through a network of 55 partner agencies participating in our three main programs. These programs are described in more detail below.

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lisa Truong

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $150,835
    From this org
    $150,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,835
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $150,835

  • Annie Bercovich Myers

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Caroline O'Connor

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Claudia Cesena

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Swati Pande

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ashley Martin-Golis

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Meghan Crowell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mitra Rezvan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Denise Bethel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,831,284
    Expenses
    $2,202,481
    Contributions
    $2,728,841
    Grants paid
    $184,978
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,874,458
    Expenses
    $3,038,139
    Contributions
    $2,735,697
    Grants paid
    $533,455
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,671,555
    Expenses
    $3,583,172
    Contributions
    $3,553,208
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,062,030
    Expenses
    $2,876,623
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,582,811

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,593,307
    Expenses
    $2,744,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,455,073

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,029,747
    Expenses
    $1,714,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,462,796

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
Principal officer
Lisa Truong
Mailing address
101 BroadwayOakland CA 94607
Website
https://www.helpamotherout.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • Oakland EHS - Centers

    $0

    2024 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • Orgs under 5K

    $0

    2024 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • Samaritan House

    $0

    2024 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • San Mateo County Health Found

    $0

    2024 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • There with Care

    $0

    2024 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • West Valley Community Service

    $0

    2024 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • YMCA - SSF

    $0

    2024 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • AC MPCAH

    $0

    2023 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • Alameda County WIC

    $0

    2023 In-Kind Goods Distributed

  • Alameda County WIC

    $0

    2024 In-Kind Goods Distributed

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.