Rowan Helping Ministries

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Salisbury, NC501(c)(3)Since 1986Human ServicesEIN 56-1544532Revenue $6.7M in FY2025

On file with the IRSrowanhelpingministries.org226 N Long St, 28144-5049 · Salisbury, NCTax-exempt since Feb 1988Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Direct various programs and services designed to provide shelter, food, clothing and various other types of assistance for the needy. Includes the kitchen, the homeless shelter, the clothing center, crisis assistance, etc.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,041 volunteers and 77 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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FY2025 · 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 $789K a year · 13% 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
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$131K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 62% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $85K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$326K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.7M
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$5.8M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$9.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.7M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.7M
FY2021$6.7M
FY2022$5.5M
FY2023$7.0M
FY2024$6.3M
FY2025$6.7M
Expenses
$5.8M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.3M
FY2021$5.6M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$5.9M
FY2024$5.5M
FY2025$5.8M
Net assets
$9.3M
FY2025▲ +19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$6.5M
FY2024$7.8M
FY2025$9.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Feb 1988.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $5.2M Management & general 4% · $221K Fundraising 6% · $329K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $131K 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
Executive Dir.
$130,649Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kyna S Grubb’s $131K as Executive Dir. is at the 62nd 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Kyna S Grubb$130,649$105,272$93,812$90,151$83,759

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 shelter, food, clothing, and other aid to those in need.

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3 programs · $5.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Crisis assistance network (can) provides financial help, groceries and clothing to individuals in need. During the year ended 06/30/25, can assisted 2,435 individuals and distributed 999,528 pounds of groceries to 4,751 families.

$2.8Mprogram expense
02

Miscellaneous Programs Include

Eagle's nest, which is transitional housing for single parents; eagle's nest ii, which is transitional housing for single individuals; case management and budget counseling; RHM west and RHM east, which serve western & eastern rowan county; jeannie's kitchen, and food for thought which provided 32,890 weekend bags of food to…

$1.4Mprogram expense
03

The shelter for homeless individuals. During the year ended 06/30/25, RHM provided 28,639 overnights to 777 different men, women and children. New tomorrows had 543 participants.

$1.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$85K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$489K
Other incomeLn 4–11$339K
Money outPt IX
$5.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.2M
Managementcol C$221K
Fundraisingcol D$329K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$9.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$326K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$489K
Investment incomeLn 3$90K
Other incomeLn 4–11$339K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$6.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.4M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$662K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$9.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$326K
Net assetsLn 32$9.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 577
VolunteersI 62,041
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$2.5M$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.9M$6.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$424K$662K
Total assetsLn 16$8.4M$9.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$605K$326K
Net assetsLn 32$7.8M$9.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.7M$2.7M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$131K$65K$65K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.7M$1.5M$57K$81K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$56K$50K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$71K$52K$10K$9K
Payroll taxesLn 10$140K$118K$10K$12K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$46K$21K$22K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$131K$129K$2K$457
TravelLn 17$30K$23K$4K$3K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$96K$92K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$93K$89K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$416K$330K$12K$74K
All other expensesLn 24e$196K$99K$23K$75K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.8M$5.2M$221K$329K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $6.7M$5.8M$884K$9.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.3M$5.5M$759K$7.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $7.0M$5.9M$1.1M$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.5M$5.0M$472K$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $6.7M$5.6M$1.1M$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.7M$4.3M$409K$3.3M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,678,131 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,480,185$5,760,952
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $406,157$488,814
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $56,609$89,557
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $365,645$338,808
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,308,596$6,678,131
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,982,496$2,714,895
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,743,403$2,061,892
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $823,759$1,017,591
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,549,658$5,794,378
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $758,938$883,753
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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 $6,678,131 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,451,260
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,309,692
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,903,050
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,760,952
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $488,814$488,814
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $89,557$89,557
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$314,827
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $23,981$23,981
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $488,814 · Excluded from tax $113,538$6,678,131
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,794,378 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,714,895$2,714,895
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $65,324 · Fundraising $65,324$130,648
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,526,458 · Management $57,018 · Fundraising $80,989$1,664,465
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $50,004 · Fundraising $6,116$56,120
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $52,213 · Management $10,128 · Fundraising $8,645$70,986
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $118,488 · Management $9,590 · Fundraising $11,595$139,673
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,000$10,000
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $20,758 · Management $22,003 · Fundraising $2,780$45,541
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $128,771 · Management $1,828 · Fundraising $457$131,056
IX-17 TravelPrograms $23,301 · Management $3,958 · Fundraising $2,872$30,131
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $91,589 · Management $4,046$95,635
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $89,397 · Management $2,214 · Fundraising $1,425$93,036
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $329,939 · Management $12,294 · Fundraising $73,751$415,984
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $98,597 · Management $22,974 · Fundraising $74,637$196,208
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,244,410 · Management $221,377 · Fundraising $328,591$5,794,378
Part X · Balance sheet $9,609,665 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,468,158$2,424,357
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $450,014$156,016
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $143,836$275,005
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $12,570$33,783
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $22,710$32,633
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $424,126$661,804
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,852,871$6,026,067
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,374,285$9,609,665
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $154,762$169,798
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $450,015$156,016
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $604,777$325,814
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,016,009$8,829,669
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $753,499$454,182
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,769,508$9,283,851
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,374,285$9,609,665
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,283,851 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,678,131
XI-2 Total expenses$5,794,378
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$883,753
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,769,508
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$674,723
XI-7 Investment expenses−$31,528
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$12,605
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,283,851

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