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HELPFUL: Form 990EZ, tax year 2020

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Organization
HELPFUL (EIN 85-0673635)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-05-10
IRS object ID
202101319349200850
Schema version
2020v4.0
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2021-05-10T10:21:40-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2020-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2020-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN850673635EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1HELPFULBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlHELPBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone6043594788PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1470 W Broad Street 10AddressLine1Txt
CityColumbusCityNm
State AbbreviationOHStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP43215ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonStuart CobbePersonNm
Person TitleDirectorPersonTitleTxt
Phone4478560947PhoneNum
Signature2021-05-10SignatureDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer0TrustedCustomerCd
OOB Security Verification11OOBSecurityVerificationCd
Last Submission Rqr OOB1LastSubmissionRqrOOBCd
Authentication Assurance LevelAAL2AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Profile Password ChangeYes (X)ProfilePasswordChangeInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2020TaxYr
Build TS2022-09-23 18:48:47ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Initial ReturnYes (X)InitialReturnInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Website Addresshttps://helpfulengineering.org/WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$34,504GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
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Special Events Direct Expenses$0SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
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Cost Of Goods Sold$0CostOfGoodsSoldAmt
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Other Revenue Total$0OtherRevenueTotalAmt
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Benefits Paid To Or For Members$0BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft$0SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct$4,404FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$0OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$0PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$4,819OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$9,223TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year$25,281ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$0NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
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Info In Schedule O Part IIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$23,112EOYAmt

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

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BOY$0BOYAmt
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Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
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Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
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BOY$0BOYAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt PurposeApplicant is empowering and engaging people around the world in order to respond to this pandemic and the issues it has exposed by providing the essential infrastructure and an organizational framework to allow a network of volunteers to collaborate to solve these and other challenges. Applicant has built a network of volunteers who are collaborating via Applicant's Slack Group. This network is concentrated in the United States but has members in countries throughout the world. Applicant is responding to the shortage of resources and equipment needed to keep people healthy during the pandemic by providing assistance to volunteers who are creating novel solutions to meet these needs, and by providing project management standards and oversight, and an open-source legal, contractual, and licensing framework, to ensure that the work of Applicant's volunteer network translates into active supply chains providing desperately needed equipment to health care providers and patients.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc AccomPrototyping of medical equipment 1)Design of PPE, masks and face shields, with design distribution numbering in the multi-millions and physical deliverables beyond counting. 2) One open source product at market, before FDA. 3) Multiple technologies tested by the USG (Sandia Labs and US Army) 4) Development of a comprehensive suite of early stage medical hardware countermeasures relating to CoVID, with utility beyond the pandemic. These include multiple ventilators, software and human and logistics coordination software (Reach4Help). 5) More than 100 projects begun 6) An unfunded Helpful/NIST collaboration exploring medical supply chain functionings and resulting in the production of a concept solution.DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations$0GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses$2,153ProgramServiceExpensesAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$2,153TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmtEmployee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmtExpense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
Charles He
Resigned Director40$0$0$0
Stuart Cobbe
Director2$0$0$0
Brian Finch
Director1$0$0$0
Mark Xu
Director2$0$0$0
Rebecca Sacouto
Resigned Director1$0$0$0
Maxim Kraft
Treasurer12.5$0$0$0
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Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt0ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
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Tax Imposed Under IRC4911$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
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Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr$0TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization$0TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is FldOHStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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PersonStuart CobbePersonNm

Foreign Address ForeignAddress

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Address Line19 Sandy CloseAddressLine1Txt
CityWokingCityNm
CountryUKCountryCd
Foreign PostalGU22 8BQForeignPostalCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone4478560947PhoneNum
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds0DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided0TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent0TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org0TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd EmplNONEPartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof SrvcNONEPartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule AYes (1)FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$34,504CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$34,504TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
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Total$34,504TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$34,328SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
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Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

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Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

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Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$34,504TotalSupportAmt
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First5 Years170Yes (X)First5Years170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16Description;Amount^Research and Development Prototyping fees;1404|Memberships;450|Software subscriptions;2525|Miscellaneous Expense;440^Total;4819^
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24Description;EOY Amount^Prepayments;178|Contributions Receivable;7259^Total;7437^
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26Description;EOY Amount^Accounts payable;413|Accrued Expenses;4855^Total;5268^

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