Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2008.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
89 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
17 people listed on the 990; $84K paid to officers and key staff.
Christopher Cameron’s $84K as Executive Director is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Cameron | $84,165 | $82,878 | $83,843 | $79,960 | $79,960 | $79,960 |
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 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Transforms communities by mobilizing volunteers and fostering leadership skills.
Questions for Hands on New Orleans
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Disaster Management
Hands on new orleans and its volunteers educate and inform the public on emergency preparedness, providesdisaster response services in the form donation management and public distribution of relief supplies and volunteer management forclean up after natural disasters, and funds clients unmet long term recovery needs such as roofs, home…
Volunteer Engagement
Hands on recruits and manages volunteer teams at its community service project sites. Sites positively impact lowincome residents with improvements to public schools (education), green infrastructure (environment), and neighborhood development(recreation, urban gardens).
Community Revitalization
Hands on new orleans functions as a volunteer center to engage local residents in community service andconnects volunteers with causes they care about. Hands on builds the capacity of smaller nonprofit organizations by providing freetraining on volunteer and project management best practices, offering free use of its volunteer…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.6M | $1.4M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $0 | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.6M | $1.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $31K | $48K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.6M | $1.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $84K | $84K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $83K | $61K | $22K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $12K | $11K | $489 | |
| Management feesLn 11a | $7K | $7K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $36K | $10K | $26K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $621 | $621 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $6K | $96 | $6K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $11K | $9K | $3K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $3K | $551 | $3K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $4K | $1K | $3K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $20K | $16K | $4K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $417K | $410K | $7K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $3K | $1K | $2K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $687K | $611K | $77K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $449K | $687K | −$238K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $403K | $655K | −$251K | $1.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $477K | $633K | −$156K | $1.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $1.8M | $490K | $1.3M | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $610K | $525K | $85K | $717K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $644K | $417K | $227K | $632K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $448,886 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $448,886 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $687,217 across 13 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,407,748 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,359,914 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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