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Mission Helps

EIN 23-2521841 · Lititz, PA

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong100 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

To provide spiritual support and assistance to evangelical missions and their missionaries, through volunteers and material resources which are donated or furnished at cost.

Income
$146,564
Spending
$113,059
Reserves
40.6 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 88%

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending April 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 88% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 40.6 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 23% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending April 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending April 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

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

Programs described in its return (10)
  1. $422 spent. Ambassador Program. Bulletins that highlight missions and present the needs of missions and missionaries were sent twice each month to twenty-six Ambassador Program church representatives. Participating churches respond to mission and missionary needs with prayer support, material goods, and volunteers.
  2. Construction Services Ministry. Provides construction volunteer services, advice, and guidance for missions upon request.
  3. $1,016 spent. General Services. Coordinates and provides various short-term volunteer skills, resources, and produces ministry packages that are sent to missionaries. Shipped ninety-eight (98) media packages with sermon and music USBs and inspiring printed materials. An accordion donated for a mission in Bolivia was received for restoration. Maintained an audio resource library and a Kindle-based missions resource library for missionaries.
  4. $5,000 spent. College Mission Student Scholarship Program. Funds for this purpose are sent to Bible Colleges who select the recipients from among their students preparing for a career in missions. Six students attending five Bible Colleges received scholarships providing financial assistance toward their college tuition.
  5. $11,513 spent. Rope Holders and Crisis Prayer Ministry. This ministry network provides prayer support for forty-four evangelical missions and their missionaries through more than seventeen hundred enlisted prayer volunteers. Prayer requests received from missionaries were printed in a prayer publication and mailed monthly to the prayer volunteers on the network. Urgent, crises requests were communicated via e-mail to an additional 410 volunteer participants of the Crisis Prayer Network.
  6. $756 spent. Tech Services Ministry. Offers computers, tech equipment - either loaned or at cost, and technical support to evangelical missions and their missionaries. During the period loaner digital projectors, projector stands, screens, GPS units, wireless speakers, and Kindle readers were provided to fifteen missionaries and/or families. Purchased and setup one new laptop computer for a missionary. The Tech Services team responded to various missionary inquiries for technical support and guidance.
  7. $73,915 spent. Vehicle and Auto Services Ministry. Provides vehicles, vehicle pickup and return overnight lodging, volunteer mechanics, and auto services to evangelical missions and their missionaries. Thirteen missionary families and five individual missionaries used eight Mission Helps vans on twenty-two different occasions for their transportation needs while traveling in the USA. Volunteer drivers provided pickup and drop-off service at the Harrisburg airport. Ten auto service sites located throughout the USA are available to provide service or repairs for mission vehicles.
  8. $499 spent. Lodging Services. This network of homes and rest facilities offers missionaries overnight lodging or facilities for short-term rest in twenty-eight states and one province. Lodging Directories listing sixty-four locations were reprinted and distributed to missionaries for their use while traveling in the USA and representing their mission ministries.
  9. Medical Services. Provides medical services for missionaries that includes a doctor, nurse practitioner, chiropractor, nurses, and dentists. During the period the medical and dental needs of missionaries were serviced by various qualified medical professionals on the network.
  10. $61 spent. Counseling Services. Counseling Services offers trained professional counselors who make their services available without charge to the missions and their missionaries served by Mission Helps.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending April 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending April 2026.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since November 1988.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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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