California · Nonprofit
Helpers Community Inc
Helpers Community Inc (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,084 to it, the largest being BOTHIN FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $555k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Helpers Community Inc does
Mission
Helpers Community, Inc. is dedicated to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities and the organizations that serve them in the greater SF Bay Area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Helpers list of accomplishments throughout the year were many. The Grant Award Program provided over $137,000 in financial support for infrastructure, and program needs to nine Bay Area and beyond organizations. In the past seven years, Helpers Community Inc has awarded $3,000,000 to over two dozen nonprofits in the Bay Area and throughout the state of California, as well as Oregon and Arizona. Providing grants to organizations that have a similar mission and expanding impact and betterment for the lives of over 400 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.For the Retail Store, Helpers Artisan Boutique, Program Helpers was able to provide a VOICE and spotlight for over three dozen entrepreneurial Artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By showcasing the artists exceptional talents under one roof at Helpers Artisan Boutique we were able to increase visibility while providing each artist with an income stream. In addition to our brick and mortar store Helpers was able to grow awareness and impact through the expansion of store sales by holding Pop-Ups at various art shows, and community events throughout the bay area.For the Group Homes Program,…
$551,995 spentof which $137,000 as grants$81,653 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $551,995.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $6.7M to $9.1M (+35%).
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.
24% of Helpers Community Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Nathan Campbell
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $6k → $1k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Helpers Community 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
Helpers Community Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 90%; 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: 2021 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
76% of Helpers Community Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $84 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
Helpers Community Inc's revenue grew 23% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Helpers Community 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
19%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Helpers Community 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 Helpers Community Inc?
- Helpers Community Inc (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,084 to it, the largest being BOTHIN FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Helpers Community Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $72,084 in grants to Helpers Community Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Helpers Community Inc?
- BOTHIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Helpers Community Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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