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LEND A HAND UP INC

EIN 82-4471241 FARGO, ND

Revenue 2024
$1,175,020
Expenses 2024
$462,034

Program services were 98.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E11
Classification
1000
Street
4321 20TH 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 · 2024

Mission

To increase financial help for area families experiencing hardship due to a health issue or other traumatic event by empowering volunteers with comprehensive fundraising resources that inspire and enhance generosity.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Raising financial help and hope for area families experiencing health issues and other trauma.

  • Lend A Hand Up (LAHU) works by and through others to raise financial help and hope for local families facing a serious health issue, trauma, or the recent loss of a loved one. LAHU and caring community members have partnered together to significantly ease the financial burden through the provision of fundraising efforts and Welcome boosts, boost grants and gift cards. In addition to helping eligible families residing in Cass (ND), Clay (MN), Becker (MN), and Otter Tail (MN) counties, LAHU expanded its service area during the fiscal year to include Grand Forks, Steele, and Traill counties in North Dakota and Polk, Pennington, Red Lake and Norman counties in Minnesota. Dakota Medical Foundation (DMF) and its supporting organizations, Lend A Hand Up (LAHU), and Dakota Medical Charities (DMC) collectively referred to as the "Foundations" are recognized leaders dedicated to addressing societal health problems and improving the health and quality of life for people across North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.Lend A Hand Up provides resources to help volunteers host, plan and promote online fundraisers and in-person benefits to raise financial help for eligible families.

    Expenses $454,200 · Grants $454,200

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.

  • Brian Haugen

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Kuhn CNP

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related

  • Peter Hovey

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Thompson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related

  • Stephanie Astrup

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Boutwell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbra Brookshire OD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related

  • Julene Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related

  • Sindy Keller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Jacobson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diane Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristi Persons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jane Skalsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • J Patrick Traynor Executive

    Director (Until June)

    Total calculated
    $599,528
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $505,943
    Other
    $93,585
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $403,208 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $98,703 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,032 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $50,339 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $44,535 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $600,817 related

  • Michael Schumacher CIODirector

    for The Center of Excellence

    Total calculated
    $306,037
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $251,704
    Other
    $54,333
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $188,153 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $62,519 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,032 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $35,771 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,852 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $307,327 related

  • Damon Gleave CFOInterim

    Executive Director (from June)

    Total calculated
    $142,843
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,799
    Other
    $20,044
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,175,020
    Expenses
    $462,034
    Contributions
    $1,139,494
    Grants paid
    $454,200
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $793,044
    Expenses
    $340,601
    Contributions
    $761,620
    Grants paid
    $340,601
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $742,617
    Expenses
    $383,891
    Contributions
    $727,097
    Grants paid
    $383,891

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
    $630,431
    Expenses
    $210,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,244,660

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $642,122
    Expenses
    $212,275
    Assets (EOY)
    $824,529

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $490,932
    Expenses
    $96,250
    Assets (EOY)
    $400,806

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 October 2018 to 30 September 2019
Principal officer
J Patrick Traynor
Mailing address
4141 28th Ave SouthFargo ND 58104
Website
lendahandup.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

Where these grants went next →

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 SO.

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.