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HELP THE HELPLESS

EIN 41-1878721 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2025
$1,885,164
Expenses 2025
$1,270,400

Program services were 89.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q113
Classification
1000
Street
2716 COLFAX AVE S

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 · 2025

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 THE ELDERLY WHO ARE IN NEED. THE NON-PROFIT IS CHAIRED BY FATHER ALTIER (A CATHOLIC PRIEST) AND STAFFED MAINLY BY VOLUNTEERS FROM MINNESOTA'S TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF DISABLED AND IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN IN INDIA AND ECUADOR.

  • 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 $687,848 · Grants $687,848

  • 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 2,000 CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHES, EDUCATION, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND GOSPEL TEACHINGS.

    Expenses $453,517 · Grants $403,675

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Father Robert Altier

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Krause

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Benyon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kay Foht

    CO-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Joseph Foht

    CO-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Rocio Huizel

    CO-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Huizel

    CO-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Taggart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $27,144
    From this org
    $27,144
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,885,164
    Expenses
    $1,270,400
    Contributions
    $1,838,670
    Grants paid
    $1,091,523
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,332,621
    Expenses
    $1,406,614
    Contributions
    $1,270,942
    Grants paid
    $1,225,478
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,052,674
    Expenses
    $1,267,178
    Contributions
    $1,116,394
    Grants paid
    $1,117,396
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $875,798
    Expenses
    $953,946
    Contributions
    $1,140,133
    Grants paid
    $823,646

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
    $1,913,097
    Expenses
    $1,139,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,654,185

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $982,605
    Expenses
    $913,385
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,904,505

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.