HELPFUL

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2022 · Form 990EZ · revenue $375 · expenses $24K · assets $42K

EIN

85-0673635

Address

470 W BROAD STREET UNIT 10, COLUMBUS, OH 43215-2759

Website

HTTPS://HELPFULENGINEERING.ORG

NTEE code

E60 Health Support Services (Health Care) published (IRS Business Master File)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

June 2020 (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))

Principal officer

JAMES BUTLER (its 2025 Form 990-N)

Form 990-N e-postcards

1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗

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Mission

APPLICANT 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.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 8 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

8 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.

People by year

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.

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $10,029 in all, tax years 2022 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

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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.

Trademarks

2 US trademarks, 1 live.

• Helpful, LLC 2 marks, OH FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state

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