Helping Up Mission Incorporated
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF HELPING UP MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF AND RESTORE HOPE TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION AND POVERTY BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF FAITH, SCIENCE,AND COMMUNITY.
- Income
- $19.7 million
- Spending
- $20.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 79%
- Reserves
- 8.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 62%
- Employees
- 143
- Volunteers
- 2,200
- Highest pay
- $248,003, chief financial officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 67 out of 100.
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 8.5 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 54% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 6% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 29% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1578% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 24 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2512 of 13 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
15 of 15Its accounts were audited 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 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 (1)
- $16.4 million spent. HELPING UP MISSION, INC. (HUM), FOUNDED IN 1885, IS A FAITH-BASED, NON-SECTARIAN CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS TO MEN AND WOMEN FACING ADDICTION, HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY. OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES AND RESTORE HOPE TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION AND POVERTY BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF FAITH, SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY. EVERY PERSON WHO COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS IS TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER, OR BACKGROUND. WE CARRY OUT OUR MISSION THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS. HUM'S 735-BED URBAN CAMPUS PROVIDES A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES CHAPELS, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING ROOMS, MEDICAL CLINICS, CLASSROOMS, COMPUTER LABS, COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING AREAS, ARTS AND MUSIC CENTERS, GYMS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS - ALL DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LASTING RECOVERY AND RESTORED LIVES. HELPING UP MISSION, INC. (HUM) IS A TAX-EXEMPT PUBLIC CHARITY AND IS PREDOMINANTLY SUPPORTED BY DONATIONS FROM THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS. AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, HUM IS NOT PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR INSURANCE, BUT RATHER, DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE WILLING TO GIVE ADDICTED AND HOMELESS PEOPLE A CHANCE AT RECOVERY AND RESTORED LIVES.EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT GUEST SERVICES (OGS) IS THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF HUM, DATING BACK TO OUR BEGINNING IN 1885. EACH DAY, HOMELESS MEN ARE WELCOMED INTO A SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY RECEIVE HOT MEALS, NEW CLOTHING, TOILETRIES, AND ACCESS TO PRIVATE SHOWERS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY HEAR A MESSAGE OF HOPE - THAT REAL AND LASTING CHANGE IS POSSIBLE. THE OVERNIGHT GUESTS ARE SERVED BY AND INTERACT WITH CURRENT CLIENTS IN OUR 12-MONTH SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM (SRP) OFFERING LIVING PROOF THAT TRANSFORMATION CAN HAPPEN. MANY GUESTS ARE INSPIRED TO JOIN THE YEAR-LONG RECOVERY PROGRAM THEMSELVES. IN 1994, HUM STARTED A FREE RESIDENTIAL 12-MONTH SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM (SRP) PROVIDING TRANSFORMATIVE HELP, HOPE, ANSWERS, AND EMPOWERMENT TO MEN SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION, HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY. THIS HAS BECOME THE CORNERSTONE PROGRAM OF HUM AND SERVES ABOUT 290 RESIDENTIAL CLIENTS DAILY. THE SRP IS A MULTIFACETED, HOLISTIC, INTEGRATED, 12-MONTH, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROMOTE LONG-TERM RECOVERY FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL RELATED SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF FAITH, SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY. HUM COMBINES THE VERY BEST CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE (EMBEDDED COUNSELORS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL) AND THE VERY BEST PROFESSIONAL PASTORAL CARE AND SETS THESE SERVICES IN A 12-STEP ORIENTED PEER RECOVERY COMMUNITY, FOSTERING A RESTORATIVE CULTURE OF WELLNESS AND HEALING. THE SRP FOCUSES ON FOUR KEY AREAS TO SUPPORT A MATURE, PRODUCTIVE LIFE: PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL. THE SRP PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME ADDICTION, REESTABLISH HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, REDISCOVER PURPOSE AND RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS PRODUCTIVE, CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS.IN 2016, HUM BEGAN PROVIDING RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO WOMEN IN NEED AND IN 2022 COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF A STATE-OF-ART 250-BED CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. HUM EXPANDED ITS SERVICES AT THAT TIME BY 50% TO HELP WOMEN AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCING ADDICTION, HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY. IN 2023, HUM ESTABLISHED A PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL COMPREHENSIVE ADDICTION AND PREGNANCY PROGRAM TO CARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR BABIES EXPERIENCING ADDICTION. FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM THE SRP, HUM'S GRADUATE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM (GTHP) IS AN IMPORTANT NEXT STEP IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS. IN THIS PROGRAM, FORMERLY HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVE IN HOUSING THAT PREPARES THEM TO RE-ENTER THE COMMUNITY AS PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS. THE "HEART" OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE GRADUATES WITH A SAFE, ENCOURAGING, MUTUALLY ACCOUNTABLE, SOBER, SUPPORTIVE AND SPIRITUALLY NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHILE THEY WORK OR ATTEND SCHOOL. BY LIVING WITHIN A THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY, AND GRADUALLY GROWING IN RESPONSIBILITY AND LIFE-SKILLS, CLIENTS ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO REGAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE - AND KEEP IT. HERE, EACH PERSON IS KNOWN BY HIS "NEIGHBORS", ENCOURAGED AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE SOBER STANDARD OF LIVING ESTABLISHED IN THE SRP.IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS AT HUM THAT FILL OUT THE REST OF THE AVAILABLE BEDS. PROGRAMS WITH OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL HOSPITALS PROVIDE OUTPATIENT RECOVERY HOUSING AND EMERGENCY ROOM DIVERSION PROGRAMS TO PEOPLE IN NEED.HUM'S WORK IS EVIDENCE-BASED, OUTCOMES-DRIVEN AND ROOTED IN RESEARCH. WE MEASURE GROWTH IN CLIENTS USING THE "PROGRESS TO LIFE TRANSFORMATION MATRIX" WHICH IS MODELED AFTER THE NATIONALLY UTILIZED AND RESEARCH VALIDATED TOOL FOR CASE MANAGEMENT KNOWN AS THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY MATRIX. OUTCOMES ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS AND ON-SITE WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE INTEGRATED NETWORK OF STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. THE 300,000+ SQUARE FOOT CAMPUS ENCOMPASSES 735 BEDS IN SEVERAL DISTINCTIVE PROGRAMS AT HUM, WHICH INCLUDE: - YEAR-LONG SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR MEN & WOMEN (400 BEDS) - GRADUATE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM (140 BEDS) - JOHNS HOPKINS INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR MEN & WOMEN (52 BEDS) - EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT GUEST SERVICES PROGRAM (45 BEDS) - JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW CENTER FOR ADDICTION & PREGNANCY (30 BEDS) - VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR MEN & WOMEN (23 BEDS) - SEMI-PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM (25 BEDS) - JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM AND ASCENCION ST. AGNES HOSPITALS' "NEXT STEP" EMERGENCY ROOM DIVERSION PROGRAM FOR MEN & WOMEN (20 BEDS)HUM SERVES A
Source: Form 990 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1937.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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