Hands and Feet of Asheville
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Ecumenical service program for young adults, age 18-29, who come to live together in Asheville, NC, each serving different local area nonprofits for 11 months in direct service roles; As an integral part of our program, our community partner nonprofits have the opportunity to build affordable sustainability of their programs or organizations, while mentoring our volunteers and offering real world experience, as they work to help solve community and social justice issues in our city through their service. Hands and Feet of Asheville has historically been an official "Young Adult Volunteer" program site affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s Mission agency, and our participants become integral champions and doers in some of our city's most recognizable community support organizations.
- Income
- $197,888
- Spending
- $201,289
- Reserves
- 2.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 63%
- Highest pay
- $29,602, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 27% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 2% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 June 30, 2025, 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 (3)
- $28,242 spent. In Hands and Feet of Asheville's primary program, serving as the Asheville site of the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s Young Adult Volunteer program, the 2024-25 fiscal year included the last month of hosting 2 young adult volunteers here in Asheville, each engaging in 32 hours per week of service for 9 months (temporarily shorter for one program year), from September 2024 through May 2025, totaling more than 1,152 hours of service in local Asheville nonprofit organizations. Their community impact included project management for affordable housing initiatives through Habitat for Humanity, assisting in facilitating operations for AHOPE day center which serves unhoused individuals in a variety of ways; Haywood Street Congregation which serves meals as well as offering a place of community, conversation, and dignity for unhoused Asheville residents; and supporting Greenworks with sustainability efforts across Asheville.
- $7,893 spent. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, Hands and Feet of Asheville continued a fiscal sponsorship relationship with the Young Adult Transformation Collective (YATC), supporting the initiative formally as a program of Hands and Feet of Asheville as they built toward becoming their own separate organization. Our missions are aligned in that YATC connects, resources, and equips participating locally-led transformation programs for young adults, like Hands and Feet of Asheville. During this fiscal year, the YATC program worked toward developing its structure, transitioning dedicated staff supported by partner organizations to the initiative, starting to develop its network of partners who are supporting young adult nonprofit work experiences with intentional attention to their personal, professional, and spiritual growth at the beginning of their professional lives.
- $16,780 spent. Hands and Feet Provided a mentor to a pre-existing group of volunteers (Black Mountain Presbyterian Church Service Corps) who came together following Hurricane Helene to work on disaster relief efforts in the Swannanoa Valley area. Hands and Feet of Asheville provided some structure and guidance for the program as they enacted service for those impacted by the recent natural disaster. This program ran from December 2024-June 2025.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on November 15, 2014 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2015.
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 June 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 August 2015.
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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