Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2006.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
43 people listed on the 990; $3.6M paid to officers and key staff.
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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
See Selfhelp Community Services INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- 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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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…
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.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 1 smaller program.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 2 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 3 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $6.3M | $3.2M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $19.0M | $23.9M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2.3M | $1.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $90.3M | $93.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $65.1M | $65.5M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $25.3M | $27.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $2.2M | $2.2M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $317K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $55.4M | $49.8M | $5.5M | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $186K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $8.8M | $8.0M | $877K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $5.9M | $5.3M | $583K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $269K | $115K | $154K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $331K | $142K | $189K | |
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $67K | $67K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $64K | $64K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2.6M | $1.1M | $1.5M | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $266K | $149K | $117K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $1.9M | $1.2M | $680K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $1.5M | $476K | $1.0M | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $4.1M | $2.7M | $1.4M | |
| TravelLn 17 | $928K | $864K | $64K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $31K | $13K | $18K | |
| InterestLn 20 | $362K | $362K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $424K | $404K | $20K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2.2M | $205K | $2.0M | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $24.7M | $22.4M | $2.3M | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $919K | $747K | $172K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $118.0M | $100.4M | $17.6M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 | $121.9M | $126.3M | −$4.4M | $25.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 14, 2025 | $117.9M | $118.0M | −$172K | $27.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $102.3M | $108.5M | −$6.2M | $25.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 | $97.0M | $97.0M | −$10K | $29.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 | $100.6M | $102.8M | −$2.1M | $33.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $98.3M | $98.0M | $341K | $30.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $117,873,959 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 29 of 29 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $117,873,959 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $118,045,558 across 22 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $93,085,899 assets, 19 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $27,606,685 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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