Missouri · Nonprofit
THE HELP
THE HELP (Missouri) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,000 to it, the largest being United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $176k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $12k
What The Help does
Mission
The HelpKC provides structured housing and economic mobility programming for women overcoming life barriers. The HelpKC primarily serves justice-impacted women and those navigating financial hardship, helping them build stable, self-sufficient futures.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
KC Litter Abatement- The HelpKC partnered with the City of Kansas City Public Works Department to provide community clean-up and illegal dumping abatement services throughout Kansas City communities. Services included removal of trash, debris, and solid waste from public and private right-of-way areas to improve neighborhood safety and environmental conditions.
$58,496 spentof which $58,496 as grants33% of program spendingThe HelpKC provides workforce development and employment readiness services designed to assist participants in obtaining and maintaining employment. Services provided include CPR certification, resume development assistance, interview preparation, financial literacy education, and job referral support. Funding for these services was supported through grants received from Full Employment Council and Capital One.
$76,760 spentof which $76,760 as grants44% of program spendingThe Help House provides structured housing support services for women overcoming barriers to stable housing and economic independence. The program offers supportive housing services and programming designed to assist participants with long-term self-sufficiency and personal stability. Program participants contributed toward housing programming costs through program service revenue.
$6,886 spentof which $6,886 as grants4% of program spendingThe HelpKC provides workforce development and employment readiness services designed to assist participants in obtaining and maintaining employment. Services provided include CPR certification, resume development assistance, interview preparation, financial literacy education, and job referral support. Funding for these services was supported through grants received from Full Employment Council and Capital One.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants14% of program spendingIN-KIND DONATIONS - Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church Women's Ministry - $600 Toys were donated for the Family Dollar$ and Cent$ event Emmanuel Family Child and Development center - $500 Toiletries were donated to our housing program
$1,100 spentof which $1,100 as grants1% of program spendingIndividual Donations -
$5,248 spentof which $5,248 as grants3% of program spendingCash Donation - Emmanuel Family & Child Development Center $500 The help House Second-Year Anniversary Fundraiser $545 Family Dollar$ and Cent$ Event Donations $1534
$2,582 spentof which $2,582 as grants1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $176,072.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $23k to $12k (−48%).
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: 2024 45% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE HELP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of THE HELP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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 HELP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 HELP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 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
100% of THE HELP's grant income comes from Missouri 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.
Against its field
THE HELP has grown faster than half of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE HELP
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE HELP: 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 THE HELP?
- THE HELP (Missouri) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,000 to it, the largest being United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HELP have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $41,000 in grants to THE HELP.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HELP?
- United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HELP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2019–2025), 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