HELPGUIDEORG INTERNATIONAL: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: HELPGUIDEORG INTERNATIONAL (EIN 45-4510670)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-11-10
IRS object ID: 202513149349304311
Schema version: 2024v5.2
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
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-11-10T13:33:44-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	950858589	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HUTCHINSON & BLOODGOOD LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	200 EAST CARRILLO STREET SUITE 303	AddressLine1Txt
City	SANTA BARBARA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93101	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	454510670	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HELPGUIDEORG INTERNATIONAL	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	HELP	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3104006764	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	515 S FLOWER ST STE 1800	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90071	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MELINDA SMITH	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3104006764	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-11-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JESSICA MOITOZA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01282487	PTIN
Phone	8059631837	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MELINDA SMITH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	515 S FLOWER ST STE 1800	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90071	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$911,730	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.HELPGUIDE.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2012	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENACE OF WWW.HELPGUIDE.ORG DEDICATED TO TRUSTWORTHY MENTAL HEALTH INFO.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	13	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$282,973	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$54,961	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$303,671	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$316,965	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,084	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$82,615	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$9,053	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$457,189	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$597,781	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$911,730	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$409,312	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$469,989	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$26,915	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$397,651	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$410,331	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$806,963	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$880,320	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$209,182	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$31,410	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$157,487	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,746,541	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$70,673	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,039,926	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$86,814	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$706,615	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THEY NEED TO STRENGTHEN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	Yes (1)	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$684,327	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$774,154	RevenueAmt
Desc	HELPGUIDE SERVES AS A TRUSTED, FREELY-ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCE THAT HELPS BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND TREATMENT. THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATIONAL CONTENT, HELPGUIDE EQUIPS PEOPLE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND, MANAGE, AND IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH - AND SUPPORT OTHERS - WITHOUT COST OR BARRIERS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$684,327	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	8	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	7	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MELINDA SMITH	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3104006764	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	222 S FIGUEROA ST 1312	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90012	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
JANICE BURRILL
BOARD CHAIR	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HENRY RAMOS
SECRETARY	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LIZ BREMNER
TREASURER	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SANGEETA AHLUWALIA
DIRECTOR	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GAVIN CHAN
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHIRLEY FREDRICKS
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHANIE MIHALAS
DIRECTOR (1/1/24-9/15/24)	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHANNA MITCHELL
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DEBRA NAKATOMI
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MONIKA WHITE
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MELINDA SMITH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	50.00		Yes (X)	$149,000	$0	$12,465

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$149,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$12,465	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AVANTPAGE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	523 G STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	DAVIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95616	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	TRANSLATION SERVICES	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$104,904	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$54,961	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$54,961	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	AFFILIATE INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$316,965	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$316,965	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$316,965	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$82,615	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$82,615	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$457,189	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$457,189	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$911,730	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$774,154	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$82,615	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$161,465	TotalAmt
Program Services	$121,099	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,220	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,146	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$96,401	TotalAmt
Program Services	$96,401	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$159,029	TotalAmt
Program Services	$106,172	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$51,242	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,615	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,096	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,724	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,606	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$766	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,998	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,074	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,653	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,271	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,493	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,543	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,529	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$421	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,045	TotalAmt
Management And General	$26,045	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,820	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,820	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$126,845	TotalAmt
Program Services	$126,845	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,157	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,476	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,708	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,973	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$177,725	TotalAmt
Program Services	$159,684	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,318	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,723	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,348	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,348	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,077	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,943	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$134	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,629	TotalAmt
Program Services	$271	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,358	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,983	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,632	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,351	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,209	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,463	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,746	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$880,320	TotalAmt
Program Services	$684,327	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$169,078	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$26,915	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,010	BOYAmt
EOY	$74,434	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$67	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,005,956	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,753	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,554	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$6,330	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$6,330	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$533,971	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,594	BOYAmt
EOY	$127,626	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,063	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$157,487	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,746,541	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$70,673	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,926	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,000,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$70,673	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,039,926	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,003	BOYAmt
EOY	$706,615	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,811	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$86,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$706,615	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$157,487	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,746,541	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$31,410	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$588,391	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$608,201	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$902,165	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$810,105	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$282,973	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$54,961	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,658,405	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$290,061	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$303,671	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$774,154	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,367,886	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$608,201	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$902,165	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,100,166	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$586,644	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$829,115	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,026,291	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$50,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$443,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$760,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$17,050	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,272,650	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$50,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$443,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$760,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$17,050	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,272,650	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$2,753,641	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,836	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,626	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$29,334	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,143	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$82,615	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$128,554	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,836	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,626	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$29,334	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,143	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$82,615	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$128,554	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,546	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,011	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$24	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$4,581	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$610,037	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$910,337	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,131,511	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$595,811	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$911,730	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,159,426	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.66200	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.85070	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.03090	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.01280	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,330	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$6,330	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$908,910	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$908,910	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$2,820	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$2,820	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$911,730	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$877,500	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$877,500	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$2,820	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$2,820	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$880,320	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	HELPGUIDE'S IRS FORM 990 IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES. HELPGUIDE IS NOT AWARE OF ANY ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. HELPGUIDE IS NOT AWARE OF ANY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME, EXCISE OR OTHER TAXES. HELPGUIDE'S TAX RETURNS FROM THE YEAR 2021 TO THE PRESENT REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE IRS FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES, AND THE TAX YEARS FROM 2020 TO THE PRESENT REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MELINDA SMITH	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$149,000	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$12,465	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$161,465	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHRIS SARANCHOCK	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S HUSBAND	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$96,401	TransactionAmt
Transaction	CHRIS SARANCHOCK IS MARRIED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MELINDA SMITH, AND IS EMPLOYED AS THE ORGANIZATION'S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 3	THE ORGANIZATION CEASED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLICATION AND SALE OF BOOKS BY JEANNE SEGAL, PH.D.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO SIGN-OFF AND IS GIVEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK. THE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE DRAFT RETURN PRIOR TO FILING AND THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PROVIDED COPIES OF THE TAX RETURN ONCE IT IS COMPLETED AND FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	EACH BOARD MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE ANNUALLY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS ANNUALLY TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REVIEW SALARY AND EVALUATE AGAINST COMPENSATION SURVEY DATA, AND VOTE ON COMPENSATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IRS FORMATION LETTER, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE ON CANDID AND GUIDESTAR, WHICH A LINK TO THESE SITES IS PROVIDED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	CONSULTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 3,770. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,770. FREELANCE WRITERS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 18,171. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 18,171. TRANSLATION SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 104,904. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 104,904.