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Help Association Inc

All proceeds from the sale of donated clothing and household items are donated to other non-profit community organizations in the form of monetary grants

$207k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$147kHuman Services$124kHousing & Shelter$120kReligion$27kCrime & Legal$26kArts & Culture$13kHealth$12kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $118,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $206,981 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $88,981 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $111k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$469k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTMAS IN APRIL-CALVERT CO$25,000
CALVERT MEALS ON WHEELS$20,000
FRIENDS OF CALVERT CO SENIORS$15,000
ST ANTHONY'S LADIES OF CHARITY$11,000
ST JOHN VIANNEY FOOD PANTRY$10,000
CALVERT FAMILY ADVOCATES$10,000
PROJECT ECHO$10,000
CALVERT CHURCHES COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$10,000
CALVERT BOE-MCKINNEY VENTO HOMELESS CHILDREN$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $182k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%CALVERT FAMILY ADVOCATES: $15k → 5%LIFESTYLES OF MD FOUNDATION - CALVERT CO: $5k → 8%CALVERT FAMILY ADVOCATES: $10k → 5%PROJECT ECHO INC HOMELESS SHELTER: $15k → 5%PROJECT ECHO: $15k → 5%FRIENDS OF CALVERT CO SENIORS: $15k → 5%FRIENDS OF CALVERT CO SENIORS - DENTAL PRGM: $15k → 5%FRIENDS OF CALVERT CO SENIORS INC: $15k → 5%PROJECT ECHO: $10k → 5%FRIENDS OF CALVERT CO SENIORS: $10k → 5%PROJECT ECHO HOMELESS SHELTER: $10k → 5%PROJECT ECHO: $10k → 5%CALVERT FAMILY ADVOCATES: $10k → 5%CALVERT FAMILY ADVOCATES: $10k → 5%PROJECT ECHO: $10k → 5%ON OUR OWN OF CALVERT CO: $7k → 5%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$530k · 13 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$530k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+9%

Still filing today

54%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsArts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    Christmas-In-April Calvert County Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $85k · revenue +37%
  • PE
    PROJECT ECHO INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $70k · revenue +25%
  • MF
    MASSB FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $45k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • CC
    CALVERT CHURCHES FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • CC
    CALVERT CHURCH FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Calvert County Rescue Dive Team Inc

Providing Rescue and Recovery Dive Services for Calvert County

Public Safety & Disaster
2
CalvertHealth Medical Center Inc

Calverthealth medical center provides quality inpatient and ambulatory health care to the people of southern maryland that is accessible, cost-effective and compassionate. chmc works in partnership with the community to improve the health…

Health
3
Calver Foundation
Human Services
4
End Hunger in Calvert County Inc

Work in partnership with faith communities, not-for-profit organizations, businesses, and concerned citizens to provide groceries, self-sufficency assessments, training and other services to local families and individuals in need.

Food & Nutrition
5
Community Foundation of Southern Marylan

It is the mission of the Community Foundation of Southern Maryland to enhance the quality of life for the community of Southern Maryland by aligning philanthropic interests with community needs through stewardship, collaboration, and…

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6
CalvertHealth Foundation Inc

The CalvertHealth Foundation is focused on the development, optimization and operation of multiple charitable donation programs to maximize support for CalvertHealth Medical Center and its subsidiaries whose vision is to provide…

Health
7
Carroll County Food Sunday Inc

To provide emergency supplemental food weekly in a way that enhances human dignity.

Food & Nutrition
8
Caldwell Community

religious and charitable

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9
Gaithersburg Meals On Wheels Inc

Gaithersburg meals on wheels, inc (gmw) was incorporated in 1981 by a group of volunteers for the purpose of developing nutritious meals, at a low cost to homebound disabled people of any age who are unable to safely shop for and prepare…

—
10
Friends of the Calvert County Library Inc

Support for Calvert County Public Libraries

Education
11
Calvert Health System Inc

Calvert health system, inc. was organized and at all times operates exclusively for the benefit of calverthealth medical center. calvert health system,inc. manages its subsidiaries in order to promote and support public health programs and…

Health
12
Community Ministry of Calvert County

Provide financial assistance and support to individuals in need due to emergency situations.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Southern Maryland; the most unlike its peers is Special Olympics Maryland Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALVERT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $72,000 · OtherCALVERT MEALS ON WHEELS INCSAINT JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH: $30,000 · OtherSAINT JOHN VIANNEY CHURCHCALVERT FAMILY ADVOCATES: $26,000 · OtherCALVERT FAMILY ADVOCATESFRIENDS OF CALVERT CO SENIORS: $24,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CALVERT CO SENIORSCHRISTMAS IN APRIL: $22,000 · OtherCHRISTMAS IN APRILST JOHN VIANNEY FOOD PANTRY: $16,000 · OtherST JOHN VIANNEY FOOD PANTRYCALVERT CHURCHES FOOD PANTRY: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $41,500 · Other+7 morePROJECT ECHO INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT ECHO INCFRIENDS OF CALVERT COUNTY SENIORS INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF CALVERT COUNTY SENIORS …MASSB FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Human ServicesMASSB FOUNDATIONON OUR OWN OF CALVERT INC: $6,500 · Human Services+2 more: $11,000 · Human Services+2 moreChristmas-In-April Calvert County Inc: $85,000 · Housing & ShelterChristmas-In-Ap…LADIES OF CHARITY CALVERT COUNTY INC: $42,000 · Food & NutritionLADIES OF CHA…CALVERT CHURCHES COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionCALVERT CHURC…THE BAYSIDE HISTORY MUSEUM INC: $12,725 · Arts & CultureSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND: $6,000 · PhilanthropyCalvert County Public Library Foundation: $5,000 · Education
Other$241,500Human Services$187,500Housing & Shelter$85,000Food & Nutrition$72,000Arts & Culture$12,725Recreation & Sports$10,000Philanthropy$6,000Education$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChristmas-In-April Calvert County Inc: $85,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetCALVERT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $72,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetPROJECT ECHO INC: $70,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMASSB FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetLADIES OF CHARITY CALVERT COUNTY INC: $42,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCALVERT CHURCHES COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTHE BAYSIDE HISTORY MUSEUM INC: $12,725 over 2y, 21% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetON OUR OWN OF CALVERT INC: $6,500 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND: $6,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALVERT HOSPICE INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalvert County Public Library Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLIFESTYLES OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Souther…Give Back FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of Southern MarylandMD20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Southern Maryland · Give Back Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Help Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Help Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Maryland Inc: 17% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Help Association Inc?

Find your warmest path to Help Association Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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