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H E L P GROUP WEST

EIN 95-4750066 SHERMAN OAKS, CA

Revenue 2023
$16,587,518
Expenses 2023
$15,229,208

Program services were 91.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B280
Classification
1200
Street
13130 BURBANK BLVD

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).

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Barbara Firestone PhD

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $2,184,640
    From this org
    $440,901
    From related orgs
    $1,711,937
    Other
    $31,802
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,568 + $976,793 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $189,333 + $735,144 related
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,513 + $25,289 related
    Filer's total
    $447,414 + $1,737,226 related
  • Susan Berman PhD

    Pres&CEOFr10/23

    Total calculated
    $898,332
    From this org
    $173,248
    From related orgs
    $672,692
    Other
    $52,392
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $66,195 + $257,024 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $107,053 + $415,668 related
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,730 + $41,662 related
    Filer's total
    $183,978 + $714,354 related
  • Michael Love

    Sr. VP of Finance (Thru 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $304,736
    From this org
    $62,150
    From related orgs
    $241,317
    Other
    $1,269
    Hours/week
    8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $5,154 + $20,013 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $56,996 + $221,304 related
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $260 + $1,009 related
    Filer's total
    $62,410 + $242,326 related
  • Oscar Valadez

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $279,527
    From this org
    $52,477
    From related orgs
    $203,759
    Other
    $23,291
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $52,477 + $203,759 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,770 + $18,521 related
    Filer's total
    $57,247 + $222,280 related
  • Pamela Clark MA

    Sr Director of Sch

    Total calculated
    $212,060
    From this org
    $87,435
    From related orgs
    $106,865
    Other
    $17,760
    Hours/week
    18 + 22 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $84,465 + $103,235 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,970 + $3,630 related
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,992 + $9,768 related
    Filer's total
    $95,427 + $116,633 related
  • Randall Kissel

    Dir. of Facilities

    Total calculated
    $190,701
    From this org
    $31,236
    From related orgs
    $121,282
    Other
    $38,183
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $31,236 + $121,282 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,820 + $30,363 related
    Filer's total
    $39,056 + $151,645 related
  • Amelia Gomez

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $164,194
    From this org
    $31,981
    From related orgs
    $124,176
    Other
    $8,037
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $31,981 + $124,176 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,646 + $6,391 related
    Filer's total
    $33,627 + $130,567 related
  • Sheila Zaft

    Principal

    Total calculated
    $129,102
    From this org
    $120,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,012
    Hours/week
    40
  • Trudy Barker

    Dir. of School Adm

    Total calculated
    $119,068
    From this org
    $110,056
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,012
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gary H Carmona

    Dir./Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Joy Monkarsh

    Dir./Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jae Hyun

    Dir./Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Aaron Coleman

    Dir (From 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Yolanda Pina

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Susan Berk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert Dorman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David Firestone DDS

    Dir.(Thru10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Perry Katz

    Dir.(Thru12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Danny Raffle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ken Solomon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Valerie Seymour

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,587,518
    Expenses
    $15,229,208
    Contributions
    $1,253,641
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,414,083
    Expenses
    $14,670,852
    Contributions
    $398,511
    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
    $15,858,787
    Expenses
    $17,165,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,702,652
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,433,872
    Expenses
    $14,112,867
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,040,794
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,881,461
    Expenses
    $17,193,436
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,696,425
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,580,962
    Expenses
    $19,444,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,884,756
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,381,516
    Expenses
    $19,250,945
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,328,011
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,204,357
    Expenses
    $18,958,979
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,751,726
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,787,861
    Expenses
    $19,006,354
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,389,809
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,346,157
    Expenses
    $18,327,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,485,116
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,503,531
    Expenses
    $14,016,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,578,152
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $12,812,579
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,214,168

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

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

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 2023 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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.