Charity profile · Historical source record

Help the Helpless

EIN 41-1878721International Minnesota Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Dedicated to improving the lives of extremely disabled and poor children.

Help the Helpless is dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor children in Southern India. Help the Helpless supports St. Mary's School and Orphanage for handicapped, deaf, orphaned, abandoned and poor children living in severe poverty. Help the Helpless was started in 1969 by Fr. Antony, a Catholic Priest who has devoted his life to serving the poor. Since St. Mary's opened its doors in 1969, they have provided physical, emotional, spiritual, educational and financial help for hundreds of handicapped and poor children, providing these young people with the tools they need to be self-sufficient. St. Mary's School and Orphanage welcomes all visitors and invites you to visit and stay with us in India, free of charge.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.74Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$985,515

Total expenses · USD$950,065

Program expenses

$816,105.84 recorded amount

85.9%

Fundraising expenses

$35,152.41 recorded amount

3.7%

Administrative expenses

$97,856.70 recorded amount

10.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Father Robert Altier
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Help the Helpless
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Help the Helpless is dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor children in Southern India. Help the Helpless supports St. Mary's School and Orphanage for handicapped, deaf, orphaned, abandoned and poor children living in severe poverty. Help the Helpless was started in 1969 by Fr. Antony, a Catholic Priest who has devoted his life to serving the poor. Since St. Mary's opened its doors in 1969, they have provided physical, emotional, spiritual, educational and financial help for hundreds of handicapped and poor children, providing these young people with the tools they need to be self-sufficient. St. Mary's School and Orphanage welcomes all visitors and invites you to visit and stay with us in India, free of charge.
`ein` EIN	41-1878721
`tot_exp` Total expenses	950065.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.037000000000000005
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8590000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Father Robert Altier
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Dedicated to improving the lives of extremely disabled and poor children.
`name` Charity name	Help the Helpless
`tot_rev` Total revenue	985515.0
`score` Overall score	94.74
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	816105.8350000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	35152.405000000006
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	97856.695

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-1878721
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.