WILLING HELPERS INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $71K · expenses $52K · assets $26K

EIN
20-5485873
Address
PO BOX 1144, COVINGTON, GA 30015-1144
NTEE code
E30
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 2007 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

TO PROVIDE FOOD, SERVICES AND CLOTHING TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Jack Vanderzwart (former) VICE PRESIDENT2012-2016 $0$160,800 1
Jennifer Mills (former) TREASURER2012-2016 $0$19,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Cheryl Cheek CFO2017-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Jodi Garner FINANCIAL SECRETARY2017-2024 5 $0 reported 2
Mike Franklin CEO2015-2024 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN CEO5 $0-- $01
JODI GARNER FINANCIAL SECRETARY5 $0-- $02
CHERYL CHEEK CFO1 $0-- $02
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN CEO5 $0-- $01
JODI GARNER FINANCIAL SECRETARY5 $0-- $02
CHERYL CHEEK CFO1 $0-- $02
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN CEO2 $0-- $01
JODI GARNER FINANCIAL SECRETARY6 $0-- $02
CHERYL CHEEK CFO2 $0-- $02
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
JODI GARNER FINANCIAL SECRETARY2 $0-- $02
CHERYL CHEEK TREASURER1 $0-- $02
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
JODI GARNER FINANCIAL SECRETARY7 $0-- $02
CHERYL CHEEK TREASURER1 $0-- $02
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
JODI GARNER FINANCIAL SECRETARY7 $0-- $02
CHERYL CHEEK TREASURER1 $0-- $02
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
JODI GARNER FINANCIAL SECRETARY0 $0-- $02
CHERYL CHEEK TREASURER0 $0-- $02
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN PRESIDENT5 $0-- $01
JODI GARNER FINANCIAL SECRETARY10 $0-- $02
CHERYL CHEEK TREASURER1 $0-- $02
2016 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE FRANKLIN PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
JACK VANDERZWART VICE PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
JENNIFER MILLS TREASURER0 $0-- $01
2015 · 3 people listed · 2 paid, $45K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JACK VANDERZWART VICE PRESIDENT40 $40,200-- $40,2001
JENNIFER MILLS TREASURER4 $4,800-- $4,8001
MIKE FRANKLIN PRESIDENT5 $0-- $01
2014 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $45K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JACK L VANDERZWART Director40 $40,200-- $40,2001
JENNIFER MILLS Sec/Treasurer4 $4,700-- $4,7001
2013 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $45K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JACK L VANDERZWART Director40 $40,200-- $40,2001
JENNIFER MILLS Sec/Treasurer4 $4,800-- $4,8001
2012 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $45K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JACK L VANDERZWART Director40 $40,200-- $40,2001
JENNIFER MILLS Sec/Treasurer4 $4,700-- $4,7001

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$71,480$52,332 $26,264$26,264 $71,480- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$74,387$72,770 $7,116$7,116 $65,133$9,254 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$26,969$36,216 $5,499$5,499 $24,942$2,027 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$30,701$34,907 $14,746$14,746 $18,045$12,656 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$47,515$39,886 $18,952$18,952 $24,866$22,649 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$50,241$55,879 $11,323$11,323 $26,999$23,242 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$49,468$30,722 $16,961$16,961 $27,095$22,277 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$83,247$92,497 $633-$1,785 $36,363$46,884 ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$92,864$100,970 $8,923$7,465 $17,526$70,338 ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$115,519$127,245 $16,930$15,571 $73,343$42,176 ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$127,411$140,760 $28,656$27,297 $42,953$84,458 ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$145,675$139,037 $42,005$40,646 $61,965$83,710 ---
2012 · Form 990EZ period ending 2012-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$119,828$117,795 $35,951$34,008 $52,479$67,349 ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $235,500 in all, tax years 2013 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC Public charity Exact 2022-2024 3$188,130 2024$94,529
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JAMES HYDE PORTER TESTAMENTARY Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “WILLING HELPERS INC” 2013-2015 3$40,200 2015$10,200
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C R BARD FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Willing Helpers Inc”, “WILLING HELPERS INC” 2017-2018 2$7,000 2018$4,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “WILLING HELPERS INC” 2020-2021 2$170 2021$99
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Who funds organizations like this

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PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND DAF sponsor$420,22212 52018–2023 PEOPLE TO PEOPLE; GEORGIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION FOR ORAL HEALTH INC; HEARAIDE INC; GIVING SMILES and 1 more
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$277,42921 62018–2024 WORLD HEALTH DENTAL ORGANIZATION; MENNO-CLINIC INDIA INC; CAMOTAN CLINIC; SHALOM HOLISTIC HEALTH SERVICES INC and 2 more
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$225,40313 52019–2025 CAMOTAN CLINIC; UNITY CLINIC OF TEXAS; INTERNATIONAL SMILE POWER FOUNDATION; FOUNDATION FOR SAVING SIGHT INC and 1 more
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EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$183,0009 12015–2024 KERRYS KIDS
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $52,332 spent · pay $28,958 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $28,958 55.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $23,374 44.7%
Total$52,332100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $72,770 spent · pay $35,409 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $35,409 48.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $25,874 35.6%
Fees to independent contractors $11,487 15.8%
Total$72,770100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $36,216 spent · pay $34,617 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $34,617 95.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,599 4.4%
Total$36,216100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $34,907 spent · pay $22,586 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $22,586 64.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,885 19.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $5,436 15.6%
Total$34,907100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $39,886 spent · pay $11,998 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $14,086 35.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $13,802 34.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $11,998 30.1%
Total$39,886100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $55,879 spent · pay $14,378 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $25,272 45.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,229 29.0%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $14,378 25.7%
Total$55,879100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $30,722 spent · pay $2,611 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $16,801 54.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $11,310 36.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $2,611 8.5%
Total$30,722100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $92,497 spent · pay $39,260 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $39,260 42.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $35,840 38.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,397 18.8%
Total$92,497100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $100,970 spent · pay $30,903 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $59,403 58.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $30,903 30.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $10,664 10.6%
Total$100,970100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $127,245 spent · pay $45,000 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $64,787 50.9%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $45,000 35.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,067 13.4%
Printing, publications, postage $391 0.3%
Total$127,245100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $140,760 spent · pay $45,500 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $74,741 53.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $45,500 32.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $20,384 14.5%
Printing, publications, postage $135 0.1%
Total$140,760100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $139,037 spent · pay $45,500 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $75,277 54.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $45,500 32.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,621 12.7%
Printing, publications, postage $639 0.5%
Total$139,037100%

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2012 · Form 990EZ · $117,795 spent · pay $45,400 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $53,697 45.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $45,400 38.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $18,375 15.6%
Printing, publications, postage $323 0.3%
Total$117,795100%

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