Anything Helps

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862924375
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2068801777
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$242,718
Expenses
$215,833
Assets
$43,615
Liabilities
$11,474

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mike Mathias (Executive Director)
  • Mark Garrett (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mike Mathias (Executive Director): $927 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Anything Helps creates and clears pathways to stability for individuals experiencing homelessness in Washington State. The organization provides Foundational Community Supports services through Washington State Medicaid, using a by-and-for staffing model in which case managers with lived experience of homelessness serve as Pathfinders to help clients secure and maintain housing and employment across King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties.

What it reported doing in 2024

Foundational Community Supports (FCS) Pathfinder Program: Provided Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) and Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services to approximately 300 individuals experiencing homelessness across King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties in Washington State. Services were delivered through the Pathfinder case management model, which employs staff with lived experience of homelessness to serve as peer navigators. Pathfinders met clients where they were, including in unsheltered settings, and provided housing navigation, employment support, benefits enrollment, and community integration services. The organization operated under a by-and-for philosophy in which the people closest to the problem are recognized as experts in solving it. Services were funded through Washington State Medicaid Waiver (Foundational Community Supports) billing administered by Wellpoint Washington. The organization also distributed $18,526 in Transitional Assistance Program (TAP) funds directly to individual clients to address immediate barriers to housing stability, including move-in costs, essential supplies, identification documents, and other needs as identified by each client and their Pathfinder.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $176K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $927 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.