South Carolina · Nonprofit
THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC
THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $231,761 to it, the largest being THE RESERVE AT LAKE KEOWEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($136,420). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $232k
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What The Helping Hands of Clemson Inc does
Mission
Helping hands of clemsons mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment, shelter and bedding, and the essential necessities for the survival of abused and neglected children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 1978, helping hands of clemson was established by president jean tulli and cofounder, elaine chisman. Six years later in august of 1984, the shelter first opened to receive children. At that time, the shelter was licensed to hold a capacity of 16 children. Now, the organization has grown to house an average of 40-45 children. Most of the children come from anderson, oconee, and pickens counties, but we are also licensed to serve children from abbeville, edgefield, greenville, greenwood, laurens, mccormick, newberry, and saluda counties. All of the children that are placed in the shelter are referred by the department of social services. In some cases, they have been neglected, while in other cases, they have been sexually, physically, and/or emotionally abused. In mild cases of abuse and neglect, the children are allowed to return to their own homes. Our goal is to reunite as many families as possible.
$1,712,201 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,712,201.
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 2017 to 2018, from $3.1M to $3.8M (+25%).
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 71% · 2018 44% · 2019 80% · 2020 82% · 2021 71% · 2022 72% · 2023 70% · 2024 69% · 2025 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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
Brigitte Stephens
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $21k → $25k.
1 of 9 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 THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC’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 HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 64% · 2019 58% · 2020 97% · 2021 55% · 2022 72% · 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
29% of THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
99% of THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC's grant income comes from South Carolina 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 HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC?
- THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $231,761 to it, the largest being THE RESERVE AT LAKE KEOWEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($136,420). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $231,761 in grants to THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC?
- THE RESERVE AT LAKE KEOWEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $136,420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South 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