North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY
THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY (North Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,847 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NC EAST INC ($92,150). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $230k
- Net assets
- $306k
What The Christian Help Center of Person County does
Mission
Our mission is in response to matthew 25:35-36, for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
At the end of june 2024, the backpack ministry was divested to its own 501(c)(3) organization.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Collection and distribution of in-kind donations of food, clothing, and household items to the needy. Approximately 28,464 people served.
$1,299,120 spent$1,246,520 earned by the program90% of program spendingFood assistance to needy and homeless individuals. Approximately 13,786 people benefited.
$60,039 spent$35,113 earned by the program4% of program spendingProvide transient utility, rent, and clothing assistance. Approximately 603 people benefited.
$42,504 spent3% of program spendingBackpack ministry
$35,819 spentof which $343 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,437,482.
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 2022 to 2023, from $347k to $266k (−23%).
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: 2017 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 4% · 2022 14% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Melissa Lancaster
Executive director
Board chair
Pecolia Beatty
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $200.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 funders by total. 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
THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 46% · 2022 89% · 2023 100% — 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $57k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $173k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY has grown faster than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY?
- THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY (North Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,847 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NC EAST INC ($92,150). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $229,847 in grants to THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NC EAST INC is the largest funder on record, with $92,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 9 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