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Helping Hands for Haiti

EIN 20-5931465 · Irene, SD

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

Humanitarian, education, community development, and Christian based programs for rural communities in Haiti.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Weak: 49 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).

Reserves
4 of 35
Spendable reserves would cover 0.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20
It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15
Spending exceeded income by 27% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15
Income fell 8% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15
100% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 74% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).

Independent board
25 of 25
6 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15
Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8
Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7
Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5
Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10
Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10
Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (4)

$88,642 spent. Education--Helping Hands for Haiti continues to support the new school near the mission house that is free to all that attend. This includes tuition, unforms, books, testing, and hot lunch meals at the new school. The school structue has a security wall and includes classrooms for the students as well as teacher housing and housing for security personnel. We also continue supporting schools in Jumelle, Petite Rivierre Artibonite, Savane a Roches, LePina, and the deaf school in Verrettes. In addition to these projects Helping Hands for Haiti provides education scholarships to individuals beyond the schools that we support to include primary and secondary education as well as individuals in professional programs such as nursing and doctoral programs.
$79,005 spent. Aid to the Poor including food, housing, and medical care including new homes. While a substantial amount of aid is administered to emergency situations, Helping Hands for Haiti also administers aid in the form of economic development to include grants to individuals and communities to help them help to be able to support themselves. This includes rice mills in Petite Rivierre and LePina as well as numerous individual grants to rent land and for seed and fertilizer as well as grants for women to enter a business where they buy items in bulk and sell them piecemeal.
$960 spent. Expenses associated with providing in country projects.
no teams went to Haiti in 2024

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2007.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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