Ohio · Nonprofit
HELP INC
HELP INC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,750 to it, the largest being THIRD FEDERAL FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Help Inc does
Mission
Help, inc. Serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in two group home settings. These homes emphasize attainment of personal and life skills to build confidence and the ability to transition to independent living.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Help, inc. Operates the kohn and zborowsky homes in cleveland heights, ohio. Opened in 2000, these homes were custom-built for accessibility and ease-of-service while maintaining a homey, family atmosphere. These homes provide resident individuals with the support and services theyrequire to develop their independence and manage their disabilities. It is the goal of help, inc. To empower all residents to live their best life and realize their potential through assisted independent living. The staff at help, inc. Provides assistance with daily living to help individuals achieve the highest quality of life possible by enhancing current capabilities through hands-on learning.
$1,342,355 spent$1,595,341 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,342,355.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $983k to $1.2M (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Tamara Honkala
President / CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $2k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $345k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Help Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money HELP INC raised.
From the IRS filings of HELP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
HELP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
99% of HELP INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like HELP INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Help Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HELP INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HELP INC?
- HELP INC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,750 to it, the largest being THIRD FEDERAL FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HELP INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $37,750 in grants to HELP INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HELP INC?
- THIRD FEDERAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HELP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing