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HELPING HAND CENTER

EIN 36-2327271 COUNTRYSIDE, IL

Revenue 2024
$26,332,140
Expenses 2024
$23,515,450

Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P820
Classification
2000
Street
9649 W 55TH ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TRANSFORMING LIVES OF ALL CONNECTED TO HELPING HAND THROUGH GENUINE CARE AND EDUCATION SO PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL/DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE EQUALLY VALUED IN ALL COMMUNITIES.

  • HELPING HAND'S COMMUNITY LIVING PROGRAMS ENHANCES THE LIVES OF OVER 80 INDIVIDUALS AT 13 DIFFERENT SUBURBAN HOMES TO PROVIDE 24-HOUR GENUINE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL/DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. EACH HOME ENCOURAGES AUTONOMY AND CREATES PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE PERSONS INTERESTS AND CHOICE. HELPING HAND OFFERS MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL THERAPY TO EVERYONE IN NEED AT THE HOME ALONG WITH MEDICAL OVERSITE AND CASE MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $8,056,678 · Revenue $9,081,254

  • HELPING HAND'S SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL/DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HELPING HAND'S EXTENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES BOTH FOCUS ON PREPARING AND ENSURING KEY/CORE SKILLS ARE ENHANCED. THE SCHOOL EDUCATES OVER 82 STUDENTS WITH A DYNAMIC TEAM THAT COLLABORATES WITH THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FAMILY. THIS TEAM INCLUDES CLOSE TO ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT FOR EACH STUDENT, ALONG WITH HIGHLY QUALIFIED SPECIAL EDUCATORS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS, SPEECH THERAPISTS, BEHAVIORAL THERAPIST, AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS PROVIDE GENUINE EDUCATION FOCUSED ON RETURNING TO THEIR HOME DISTRICT OR ADULT PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $6,083,525 · Revenue $6,487,539

  • HELPING HAND'S ADULT LEARNING PROGRAMING PROVIDES GENUINE CARE AND EDUCATION TO OVER 400 ADULTS. THERE ARE MANY FOCUS AREAS FOR LEARNING THAT ARE CHOSEN BY THE PERSON IN THE PROGRAM SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. EACH PERSON HELPING HAND SERVES IS UNIQUE AND HAS THEIR OWN INTERESTS. HELPING HAND PROVIDES AN ARRAY OF CHOICES FROM JOB TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO RETIREMENT AND AGING PROGRAMS. HELPING HAND ENCOURAGES EACH PERSON TO EXPLORE NEW SKILLS IN THE ARTS (CULINARY, PAINTING, DANCE, MUSIC, ETC.), STEM, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ATHLETICS, AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY TO NAME A FEW. EACH AREA INCORPORATES INDEPENDENCE AND AUTONOMY INTO THE CURRICULUM. EVERYONE HELPING HAND SERVES HAS ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL THERAPY ALONG WITH CASE MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $4,120,999 · Revenue $3,677,308

  • PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT CLINIC - THE OUTPATIENT CLINIC SERVES OVER 200 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH HIGHLY SKILLED THERAPISTS QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL, SPEECH, FEEDING, AND BEHAVIOR THERAPY SERVICES. HELPING HAND IS ONE OF THE FEW PROGRAMS THAT ACCEPT CLIENTS WITH PUBLIC AID FUNDING IN ADDITION TO INSURANCE PAYMENTS.

    Expenses $1,146,704 · Revenue $892,015

  • EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOCUSES ON VOCATIONAL SKILLS TO READY CLIENTS FOR THE WORKPLACE. ADULTS IN THE ADULT LEARNING PROGRAM EXPRESSING INTEREST IN EMPLOYMENT WORKING WITH VOCATIONAL SPECIALISTS TO IDENTIFY SKILLS NEEDS AND JOBS TO MATCH THE INDIVIDUAL'S INTERESTS. HELPING HAND FOCUSES ON COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT WHICH WILL SHOWCASE THE VALUE EACH INDIVIDUAL BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $483,490 · Revenue $186,799

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.

  • Rich Mikitka

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vicki Van Alphen

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Federick Kaufmann

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Marge Ackermann

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Cliff Cadle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brendan Friar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Patrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Burris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Saladino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janel Bassett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Bastuga

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Farrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rich Sikes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Waszak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Stephen Dwyer

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $340,836
    From this org
    $321,876
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,960
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,974
    Bonus
    $63,902
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,133
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,827
    Filer's total
    $340,836
  • Kenneth Gaul

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $225,825
    From this org
    $211,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,271
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,885
    Bonus
    $35,669
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,889
    Filer's total
    $225,825
  • April Dislers

    VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $164,001
    From this org
    $151,069
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,932
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,525
    Bonus
    $25,544
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,043
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,889
    Filer's total
    $164,001
  • Latreece Vankinscott

    VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $156,574
    From this org
    $143,928
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,646
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,272
    Bonus
    $24,656
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,889
    Filer's total
    $156,574
  • Marissa Post

    VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC INTIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $149,825
    From this org
    $137,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,976
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melissa MacKay Campbell

    VICE PRESIDENT OF SCHOOL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $147,143
    From this org
    $131,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,205
    Hours/week
    40
  • Erika Vavrik

    VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $149,311
    From this org
    $126,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,412
    Hours/week
    40
  • James Zale

    DIRECTOR OF INFO TECH & FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $134,491
    From this org
    $122,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,739
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $26,332,140
    Expenses
    $23,515,450
    Contributions
    $3,513,972
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $35,431,532
    Expenses
    $20,738,823
    Contributions
    $12,254,638
    Grants paid
    $843,838
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $18,318,256
    Expenses
    $22,025,534
    Contributions
    $2,048,779
    Grants paid
    $4,371,730

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
    $16,246,364
    Expenses
    $15,895,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,525,393
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,307,779
    Expenses
    $14,651,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,077,855
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,983,604
    Expenses
    $14,523,131
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,338,905
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,519,524
    Expenses
    $14,266,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,520,720
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,682,044
    Expenses
    $14,666,010
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,803,485
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,835,132
    Expenses
    $15,190,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,410,535
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,440,612
    Expenses
    $16,378,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,919,473
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,960,733
    Expenses
    $14,000,992
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,908,729
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $13,337,212
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,656,295
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $12,749,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,495,235

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.