A non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the independence and dignity of seniors and at risk populations through a spectrum of Services. Selfhelp is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the independence and dignity of seniors and at-risk populations through a spectrum of housing, home health care, and social Services and will lead in applying new methods and technologies to address changing needs of its Community. Selfhelp will continue to serve as the "last surviving relative" to its historic constituency, victims of nazi persecution.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 700 volunteers and 549 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2.1M a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.7M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $25.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $10K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$65.1M
72% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 72% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
30
of 30 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$121.9M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$126.3M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$25.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$121.9M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$98.3M
FY2021$100.6M
FY2022$97.0M
FY2023$102.3M
FY2024$117.9M
FY2025$121.9M
Expenses
$126.3M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$98.0M
FY2021$102.8M
FY2022$97.0M
FY2023$108.5M
FY2024$118.0M
FY2025$126.3M
Net assets
$25.6M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$30.7M
FY2021$33.6M
FY2022$29.6M
FY2023$25.3M
FY2024$27.6M
FY2025$25.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2006.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $109.3M Management & general 13% · $17.0M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

44 people listed on the 990; $3.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$1,007,594Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$396,826Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$344,236Pt VII · Sec A
General Counsel
$207,354Pt VII · Sec A
VP of HR
$207,075Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Home Care
$205,609Pt VII · Sec A
$186,776Pt VII · Sec A
$185,536Pt VII · Sec A

Stuart C Kaplan’s $1.0M as Chief Executive Officer is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $100M+ human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Stuart C Kaplan$1,007,594$1,025,384$1,009,740$1,023,016$692,597$696,641
Russell Lusak$396,826$380,710$368,167$354,180$320,019$325,012
Paula Yamakaitis$344,236$321,908$305,507$279,551$245,102$187,357
Astrid Andre$207,354$189,704$167,958$161,687——
Mark Parauda$207,075$202,239$184,924$174,929$171,817$156,105
Amy Thomas$205,609$199,721$192,231$189,616$183,100$166,371
Hanan Simhon$186,776$180,830$173,534$164,028$158,803$151,806
Barbara Ann Fox———$186,686$166,130—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides home health care, skilled nursing, and housekeeping services to frail, older, and disabled adults in New York City and Long Island.

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2 programs · $109.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Selfhelp's Social Service Programs Include

Specialized programs for holocaust survivors, serving approximately 4,700 individuals each year; six senior housing complexes housing 1,000+ senior residents with services available on-site; four naturally occurring retirement communities(norcs); three case management programs; six senior centers, including one of nyc's first innovative…

$59.2Mprogram expense
02

Selfhelp's home care program provides approximately 2 million hours of home care each year to approximately 2,500 clients who are frail, older adults, or disabled. Services include home health care, skilled nursing, chore assistance, housekeeping, homemaking, and emergency home care.

$50.1Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$10K
Grants paid · 10 grants · $15.0M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,429,082
Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,223,490
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,768,357
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,026,932
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,537,098
Selfhelp Realty Group INCNY · FY2020$827,925
Unitemized GrantFY2020$255,767
Unitemized GrantFY2019$2,355,293
Selfhelp Realty Group INCNY · FY2019$450,000
Unitemized GrantFY2019$110,681

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$121.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$83.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$37.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$913K
Money outPt IX
$126.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$109.3M
Managementcol C$17.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$25.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$10.8M
Total assetsLn 16$90.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$65.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
44
listed · VII A
PaidVII A14
Voting boardVI 1a30
IndependentVI 1b30
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$83.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$18.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$37.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$809K
Other incomeLn 4–11$913K
Gains on assetsLn 7$444K
Total revenueLn 12$121.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$9.6M
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$10.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$25.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.7M
Other assetsLn 15$38.7M
Total assetsLn 16$90.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$65.1M
Net assetsLn 32$25.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5549
VolunteersI 6700
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M$10.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$23.9M$25.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$93.1M$90.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$65.5M$65.1M
Net assetsLn 32$27.6M$25.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.4M$3.4M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$3.3M$2.9M$398K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$56.6M$50.8M$5.8M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2.0M$1.8M$240K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8.8M$7.7M$1.1M
Payroll taxesLn 10$5.8M$5.1M$700K
Legal feesLn 11b$423K$146K$277K
Accounting feesLn 11c$257K$89K$168K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$101K$101K
Investment management feesLn 11f$66K$66K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.6M$1.1M$1.5M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$298K$145K$152K
Office expensesLn 13$2.1M$1.2M$864K
Information technologyLn 14$1.5M$494K$1.0M
OccupancyLn 16$4.1M$2.5M$1.6M
TravelLn 17$951K$904K$47K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$47K$47K
InterestLn 20$468K$468K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$357K$341K$16K
InsuranceLn 23$2.5M$210K$2.3M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$30.1M$29.7M$414K
All other expensesLn 24e$549K$548K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$126.3M$109.3M$17.0M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $121.9M$126.3M−$4.4M$25.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $117.9M$118.0M−$172K$27.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $102.3M$108.5M−$6.2M$25.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $97.0M$97.0M−$10K$29.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $100.6M$102.8M−$2.1M$33.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $98.3M$98.0M$341K$30.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $121,869,317 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $72,652,122$83,190,834
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $40,762,849$36,956,452
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $604,908$808,744
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,854,080$913,287
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $117,873,959$121,869,317
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,223,490$3,429,082
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $75,159,045$76,462,610
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $40,663,023$46,410,521
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $118,045,558$126,302,213
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$171,599−$4,432,896
Part VI · Governance 30 of 30 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body30
VI-1b Independent voting members30
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $121,869,317 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$2,750,000
VIII-1d Related organizations$2,988,940
VIII-1e Government grants$18,750,462
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$58,701,432
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$83,190,834
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $36,956,452$36,956,452
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $365,173$365,173
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $443,571$443,571
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $913,287$913,287
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $36,956,452 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,722,031$121,869,317
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $126,302,213 across 22 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,429,082$3,429,082
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,908,857 · Management $397,992$3,306,849
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $50,821,423 · Management $5,763,539$56,584,962
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,752,019 · Management $239,713$1,991,732
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,705,202 · Management $1,054,230$8,759,432
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,119,220 · Management $700,415$5,819,635
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $146,178 · Management $277,164$423,342
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $88,831 · Management $168,428$257,259
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $100,848$100,848
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $65,845$65,845
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,089,223 · Management $1,464,144$2,553,367
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $145,406 · Management $152,281$297,687
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,232,778 · Management $863,844$2,096,622
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $493,906 · Management $1,024,200$1,518,106
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,543,935 · Management $1,559,890$4,103,825
IX-17 TravelPrograms $903,636 · Management $46,898$950,534
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $47,104$47,104
IX-20 InterestManagement $468,315$468,315
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $340,503 · Management $16,134$356,637
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $209,724 · Management $2,298,020$2,507,744
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $29,700,588 · Management $413,608$30,114,196
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $548,053 · Management $1,037$549,090
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $109,279,412 · Management $17,022,801 · Fundraising $0$126,302,213
Part X · Balance sheet $90,693,607 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,148,072$9,599,902
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,031,193$1,243,720
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $25,259$25,259
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $19,527,658$13,413,466
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $155,717$310,001
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,906,583$1,748,866
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $20,375,247$22,303,363
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $2,796,073$2,549,364
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $770,062$770,062
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $44,350,035$38,729,604
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $93,085,899$90,693,607
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,997,255$15,531,688
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,727,547$13,607,561
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,099,704$8,512,945
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $65,479,214$65,117,048
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $18,856,699$16,577,671
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $8,749,986$8,998,888
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $27,606,685$25,576,559
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $93,085,899$90,693,607
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $25,576,559 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$121,869,317
XI-2 Total expenses$126,302,213
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$4,432,896
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$27,606,685
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,402,770
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$25,576,559

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