Giving Hope & Help Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Giving Hope and Help mission is to support domestic violence survivors, provide essential resources to end period poverty, empower college bound and nontraditional students and inspire cancer patients, lifting all those we serve to live their best life.
- Income
- $430,442
- Spending
- $497,062
- Spent on programs
- 77%
- Reserves
- 4.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 92%
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 375
- Highest pay
- $108,000, founder and president (non-voting)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 43% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 6% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 15% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 15% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1577% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 11 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 77% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 (4)
- $229,846 spent. Giving Hope and Help, Inc. was launched in honor of Founder and President Jessica L. McClellan's Thanksgiving birthday. The inaugural Thanksgiving Birthday marked the beginning of the organization's mission with the 1st Annual Feminine Hygiene Product Drive, collecting over 5,000 sanitary napkins and tampons to benefit Hope House, a domestic violence shelter with two locations in Jackson County. Since that first initiative, Giving Hope and Help (GH&H) has expanded its reach, now supporting over 30 domestic violence shelters and places of refuge. In 2015, GH&H launched its first annual feminine product drive in Texas, which continued annually through 2019. Throughout the year, GH&H collects period products and packaged children's and women's underwear through partnerships with businesses, organizations, schools, and community members as part of its NO MENSTRUATOR WITHOUT PERIOD PRODUCTS Movement. To date, the organization has partnered with over 200 corporations, nonprofits, churches, and schools to advance its mission. This movement serves domestic violence survivors, natural disaster victims, the homeless community, schools, and women's and girls organizations-providing essential care locally, nationally, and globally. GH&H has also made a global impact in the fight to end period poverty, shipping feminine products to 19 countries and counting. Since 2017, GH&H has supported over 350 girls in Limuru, Kenya, providing period products and girls' underwear. In 2024 alone, the organization received 130,486 period products and 33,186 hygiene and toiletry items, and distributed 164,471 period products along with 22,667 hygiene and toiletry items. To date, Giving Hope and Help has positively impacted more than 55,000 women and girls across the globe-empowering lives, restoring dignity, and ending period poverty.
- $113,107 spent. The Education is Your Passport Program provides educational and financial assistance for students from Pre-K through adult college learners. Its annual scholarship initiative, the Education is Your Passport Scholarship Program, supports underserved high school seniors and non-traditional college-bound students. In 2024, the program awarded 18 college scholarships, including five cash scholarships totaling $10,000. All recipients received a backpack filled with supplies, a laptop, a bed-in-a-bag set, and other college essentials. In total, Giving Hope and Help (GH&H) provided over $60,000 in cash, resources, and in-kind donations to scholarship recipients. Since the program's inception, a total of 159 scholarships have been awarded. In 2004, GH&H hosted its annual Operation Backpack event in partnership with the City of Kansas City, Missouri. The event was a major success, distributing approximately 3,000 backpacks with school supplies and online hotspot access. Additional distributions included 70 tablets, 10,000 period products, gun locks, hand sanitizers, masks, toiletries, and food-benefiting over 700 families in the community.
- $20,836 spent. In 2023, Giving Hope & Help (GH&H) launched "A Way of Escape from Domestic Violence," a life-saving initiative designed to equip, empower, and provide women with the means to escape domestic violence and live free from abuse. The program offers financial assistance and resources to help women with transportation, rent, and utilities, supporting their transition to safety and stability. In 2024, GH&H assisted 30 women through this initiative, helping them build new lives free from violence. The majority of these women were directly referred by domestic violence agencies across Missouri, demonstrating GH&H's strong partnerships and deep commitment to breaking the cycle of abuse
- $19,293 spent. The LOVE Bags 4 Cancer initiative was launched in February 2015 in memory of Founder and President Jessica McClellan's late niece, who courageously battled cancer for six years. Created to honor her legacy, the initiative uplifts hospitalized cancer patients in celebration of Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. Each patient receives a LOVE Bag filled with thoughtful items such as a gift card, hand sanitizer, notepad, pen, tissues, word search book, blanket, small gifts, and an inspirational greeting card. Since its inception, over 750 cancer patients have been inspired and encouraged through this initiative. Giving Hope and Help partners with hospitals across the Kansas City metropolitan area in both Kansas and Missouri to deliver these special gifts of comfort and hope. In 2024, GH&H distributed LOVE Bags to more than 50 recipients, continuing its mission to spread love, dignity, and encouragement to those fighting cancer.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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? 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 2024.
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 February 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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