Humanity First USA

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Silver Spring, MD501(c)(3)Since 2004Arts & CultureEIN 20-0464012Revenue $6.0M in FY2024

On file with the IRSusa.humanityfirst.org15000 Good Hope Rd, 20905-4120 · Silver Spring, MDTax-exempt since Apr 2004Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 4 employees.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $436K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$404K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 57% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $223K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$471K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.0M
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$5.9M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$4.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$6.0M
FY2024▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$5.6M
FY2024$6.0M
Expenses
$5.9M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$5.5M
FY2024$5.9M
Net assets
$4.6M
FY2024▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$4.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $5.3M Management & general 6% · $382K Fundraising 4% · $229K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $404K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
VP, Fund Development & Marketing
$132,212Pt VII · Sec A
Member & President, Hf Health Svc
$125,769Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Human Development Programs
$113,152Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Marketing
$33,279Pt VII · Sec A
Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alana Laudone’s $132K as VP, Fund Development & Marketing is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alana Laudone$132,212$115,000$8,846——
Majid Khan$125,769$119,231$37,384$12,000$62,962
Sahibzada Waleed Ahmad$113,152$83,198$75,519$66,000$66,000
Ismat Mahmood$33,279$30,254$27,462$23,539$5,538

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Feeds the hungry and reduces food waste to combat hunger in America.

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3 programs · $4.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Guatemala Hospital

Operation of a hospital in guatemala

$3.0Mprogram expense
02

Human Development

Vocational school - funded school in liberia to teach technical skills such as construction, plumbing, electrician, etc. Computer school - support computer school in mali. Medical clinics - continued to fund medical clinics including in mali and tanzania. Hospital - funded construction of hospital in ivory coast.

$1.3Mprogram expense
03

Feed the Hungry Program

Reduce hunger and wastage of food to make america hunger free.

$532Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 3 grants · $148K · 2022–2023

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$19K
Money outPt IX
$5.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.3M
Managementcol C$382K
Fundraisingcol D$229K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$471K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$217K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$174K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$19K
Total revenueLn 12$6.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
SavingsLn 2$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.4M
Other assetsLn 15$116K
Total assetsLn 16$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$471K
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.1M$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$596K$471K
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M$4.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1.7M$1.7M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$347K$239K$108K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$1.1M$40K$31K
Payroll taxesLn 10$139K$119K$6K$14K
Legal feesLn 11b$17K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$30K$30K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$29K$22K$3K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$534$534
Office expensesLn 13$20K$509$16K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$13K$13K
OccupancyLn 16$115K$59K$56K
TravelLn 17$98K$76K$8K$14K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$149K$134K$15K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$7K$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.1M$1.9M$168K$54K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.9M$5.3M$382K$229K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $6.0M$5.9M$39K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.6M$5.5M$119K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.8M$4.4M$422K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.1M$4.1M$1.0M$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.8M$3.3M$581K$3.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $5,988,475 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,770,590$3,305,226
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,888,358$2,714,208
I-10 Investment income$18,803
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$13,413−$49,762
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,645,535$5,988,475
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,578,517$1,690,995
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,484,892$1,648,696
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,462,698$2,610,229
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,526,107$5,949,920
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $119,428$38,555
Part VI · Governance 14 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $5,988,475 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $15,863 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$174,356
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,130,870
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$217,434
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,305,226
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,714,208$2,714,208
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $18,803$18,803
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$65,625−$65,625
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,714,208 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$30,959$5,988,475
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,949,920 across 16 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,690,995$1,690,995
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $238,922 · Fundraising $107,835$346,757
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,091,946 · Management $40,125 · Fundraising $30,617$1,162,688
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $119,344 · Management $6,337 · Fundraising $13,570$139,251
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $17,081$17,081
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $29,723$29,723
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $21,758 · Management $2,528 · Fundraising $4,753$29,039
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $534$534
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $509 · Management $16,012 · Fundraising $3,945$20,466
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $13,147$13,147
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $59,097 · Management $56,254$115,351
IX-17 TravelPrograms $76,132 · Management $8,117 · Fundraising $14,155$98,404
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $133,707 · Management $15,382$149,089
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,297 · Management $8,693$15,990
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,899,213 · Management $168,158 · Fundraising $54,034$2,121,405
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,338,920 · Management $381,557 · Fundraising $229,443$5,949,920
Part X · Balance sheet $5,119,436 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,632,645$1,142,412
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$1,011,748
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $207,000$174,111
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $122,282$161,363
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $78,555$111,133
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,069,543$2,402,419
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $67,021$116,250
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,177,046$5,119,436
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $526,650$353,627
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $69,662$117,131
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $596,312$470,758
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,348,938$2,499,094
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,231,796$2,149,584
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,580,734$4,648,678
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,177,046$5,119,436
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,648,678 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,988,475
XI-2 Total expenses$5,949,920
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$38,555
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,580,734
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$29,389
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,648,678

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