Helpmate INC FY2020 filing

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Asheville, NC501(c)(3)Since 1981Human ServicesEIN 56-1276293Revenue $2.6M in FY2020

On file with the IRShelpmateonline.orgPo Box 2263, 28802-2263 · Asheville, NCTax-exempt since Aug 1981Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Our mission is to work with our community to eliminate abuse and fear by providing safety, shelter, and support for the people who have been victimized by domestic violence.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$129K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.8M a year · 36% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$129K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $28K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$560K
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.6M
Spent
$2.4M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$2.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.6M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$6.6M
FY2025$9.7M
Expenses
$2.4M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$3.3M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.7M
FY2025$3.6M
Net assets
$2.1M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$6.6M
FY2025$12.7M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1981.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $2.1M Management & general 11% · $263K Fundraising 3% · $82K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $129K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$74,348Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Dire
$54,220Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Treasur
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

April Burgess-Johnson’s $93K as Executive Di is at the 28th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
April Burgess-Johnson$93,139$99,935$80,925$73,554$74,348$74,348
Catherine Shore$80,576$81,290$65,483$62,647$54,220$54,220

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

Provides safety, shelter, and support to end domestic violence and fear.

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3 programs · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Crisis Stabilization

Helpmate provided critical and life-saving services to 3,250 victims of domestic violence, including emergency shelter, crisis hotline, counseling, case management, court advocacy, system-advocacy and education.

$1.7Mprogram expense
02

Prevention

Helpmate's prevention and outreach programming provided education to 461 at-risk individuals, 946 professionals in the community and 1,875 middle and high school students. Helpmate reached 1,910 individuals through general community events and fundraisers. The program did a total of 174 outreach events.

$228Kprogram expense
03

Court Advocacy

Helpmate's court advocacy program supported 840 people accessing help through criminal and civil court systems. Advocates assisted people to obtain 454 emergency restraining orders and 186 people attain a one year domestic violence protective order.

$126Kprogram expense

Funders

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$28K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $2.2M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$687,552
Unitemized GrantFY2023$609,671
Unitemized GrantFY2022$231,212
Unitemized GrantFY2021$324,398
Unitemized GrantFY2020$191,195
Unitemized GrantFY2019$166,908

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$2.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.1M
Managementcol C$263K
Fundraisingcol D$82K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$754K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$560K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.6M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$66K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$146K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$191
Total revenueLn 12$2.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$328K
SavingsLn 2$427K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$754K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.0M
Other assetsLn 15$17K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$560K
Net assetsLn 32$2.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 570
VolunteersI 667
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$496K$754K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.0M$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$164K$560K
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$2.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$167K$167K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$145K$70K$67K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.2M$119K$44K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$33K$25K$7K$975
Other employee benefitsLn 9$231K$197K$25K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$105K$86K$15K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3K$3K$173$110
Office expensesLn 13$116K$101K$3K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$71K$67K$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$94K$94K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$669$441$220$8
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$76K$76K
InsuranceLn 23$25K$25K$178$43
All other expensesLn 24e$35K$24K$10K$472
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.4M$2.1M$263K$82K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $9.7M$3.6M$6.1M$12.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.6M$3.7M$2.9M$6.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.2M$3.0M$1.2M$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.4M$3.1M$314K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.5M$3.3M$238K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $2.6M$2.4M$142K$2.1M 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 $2,590,078 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,147,296$2,600,573
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,331$1,055
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$10,566−$11,550
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,138,061$2,590,078
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $49,887$166,908
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,683,553$1,844,621
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $346,647$436,744
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,080,087$2,448,273
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $57,974$141,805
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $2,590,078 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$39,092
VIII-1c Fundraising events$145,724
VIII-1e Government grants$1,576,755
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$839,002
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$66,396
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,600,573
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,246$1,246
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$191−$191
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$12,275−$12,275
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $725$725
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax −$10,495$2,590,078
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,448,273 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $166,908$166,908
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $69,965 · Management $67,056 · Fundraising $8,185$145,206
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,166,784 · Management $119,378 · Fundraising $44,129$1,330,291
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $25,331 · Management $6,902 · Fundraising $975$33,208
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $196,749 · Management $24,782 · Fundraising $9,736$231,267
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $85,688 · Management $15,041 · Fundraising $3,920$104,649
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,216$1,216
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,167$14,167
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,616 · Management $173 · Fundraising $110$2,899
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $101,071 · Management $3,189 · Fundraising $11,589$115,849
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $66,561 · Management $2,302 · Fundraising $2,341$71,204
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $94,482$94,482
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $441 · Management $220 · Fundraising $8$669
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $76,500$76,500
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $24,972 · Management $178 · Fundraising $43$25,193
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $24,018 · Management $10,075 · Fundraising $472$34,565
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,103,302 · Management $263,463 · Fundraising $81,508$2,448,273
Part X · Balance sheet $2,636,996 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $283,171$327,593
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $212,503$426,619
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $544,588$855,426
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,389$6,598
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,048,672$1,003,981
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,843$16,779
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,099,166$2,636,996
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $140,132$233,585
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $23,450$31,410
X-25 Other liabilities$294,612
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $163,582$559,607
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,738,663$1,682,026
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $196,921$395,363
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,935,584$2,077,389
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,099,166$2,636,996
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,077,389 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,590,078
XI-2 Total expenses$2,448,273
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$141,805
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,935,584
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,077,389

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