IRS 990 Nonprofit Profile

Henrietta Lacks House Of Healing

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 1 - Organization Mission or Significant Activities The Henrietta Lacks House of Healing is a 501c3 non-profit that provides transitional living, educational services, and health resources in the greater Baltimore area in order to combat homelessness and recidivism by supporting re-entry into the community after recent release. Founded by Henrietta??s grandson, Alfred Lacks Carter, Jr. to provide equitable opportunities in Baltimore for marginalized men and women in the very community Henrietta raised her children. Henrietta Lacks House of Healing collaborated as the fiscal sponsor of The Lacks Family-led HELA100 to honor her 100th birthday on August 1, 2020. In 2021, in honor of Henrietta??s 101st birthday, The Lacks Family advanced HELA100: The Henrietta Lacks Initiative to commemorate 70 years sinceher HeLa cells changed the world and her untimely death on October 4, 1951. Today,HELA100 continues on to educate future generations on the impact of her HeLa cells while advancing health equity and social justice through arts, advocacy,education and science. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 1 - Organization Mission The Henrietta Lacks House of Healing is a 501c3 non-profit that provides transitional living, educational services, and health resources in the greater Baltimore area in order to combat homelessness and recidivism by supporting re-entry into the community after recent release. Henrietta Lacks House of Healing collaborates as the fiscal sponsor of HELA100: The Henrietta Lacks Initiative on a mission to educate future generations on the impact of her HeLa cells while advancing health equity and social justice through arts, advocacy, education and science. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 4a - Program Service Accomplishments In 2021, HELA100: The Henrietta Lacks Initiative commemorated 70 years since her HeLa cells changed the world and her untimely death on October 4, 1951. NO ACTIVITY FOR THE YEARS 2022 TO 2024.