Boca Helping Hands Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311713631
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Boca Raton, FL, USA
- Phone
- 5614170913
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Congregate Meals
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,430,485
- Expenses
- $13,120,901
- Assets
- $8,536,985
- Liabilities
- $495,489
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARY PETERS (PRESIDENT)
- RON COOMBS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- GREGORY HAZLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 05/31))
- ANDREW HAGEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (EFF. 06/01))
Highest reported compensation
- GREGORY HAZLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 05/31)): $227,239 total reported compensation
- STEVEN KING (CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER): $168,649 total reported compensation
- KATHERINE ALANO (FINANCIAL CONTROLLER): $114,251 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Boca helping hands, inc. Is a community-supported not-for-profit organization, incorporated in the state of Florida in 2000, established to address increasing food insecurity and other challenges faced by the underservedcommunities in palm beach county, Florida. Bhh's mission is to provide food, medical and financial assistance to meet basic human needs as well as education, job training and guidance to create self-sufficiency.
What it reported doing in 2025
See schdule o - job training / job mentoring programsbhh's job training program recruits and screens eligible clients and covers the costs of job readiness training, vocational training and certification for those admitted to the program. The program offers a variety of training programs, including commercial driver's license; certified nursing assistant; medical billing and coding; heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration; drafting; and carpentry.commercial driver's license (cdl): the organization has partnered with the cdl school in fort pierce and miami to train students to earn a class a commercial driver's license. Students must begin the program with a temporary permit and then complete required exams and forty hours of vehicle driving training. Upon completion, graduates work with these schools and the organization's job mentors to pursue job opportunities.certified nursing assistant (cna): the organization has partnered with south Florida healthcare institute to prepare students to work in the home healthcare industry. The organization has paid the tuition and related costs to complete their training curriculum, which includes hands-on training and clinical experience. Upon completion, students take Florida's board of nursing (prometric) nurse aide exam to obtain their certification. Graduates work with the organization's job mentors to pursue job opportunities with local home healthcare agencies and hospitals.medical billing and coding (mbc): the organization has partnered with cohens consulting to deliver the medical billing and coding (mbc) program. This program is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue careers in medical billing and coding, including preparation for industry-recognizedcertification. The organization covers all tuition and related costs for participating students. The program includes student memberships, required coding materials (cpt, icd-10, and hcpcs books), cpc training book sets, and certification exam vouchers with a retake option. Students also receive online and instructor access to support theirlearning throughout the program.heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (hvac): the organization partners with palm beach state college in lake worth to train students as technicians in this high-demand field, which supports a wide range of commercial and residential clients. Students complete a 12-month, instructor-led program at pbsc during whichthey earn their national center for construction education and research (nccer) hvac/r levels 1 & 2 credentials, north american technician excellence (nate) certification, and north american insulation manufacturers: epa section 609 certification. Graduates work with pbsc and bhh mentors to pursue job opportunities. At abc institute, the electrical and hvac apprenticeship programs are structured as 4-year programs operating on an annual training cycle, from august through june. The electrical program also offers a january enrollment optionconsisting of a condensed 6-month instructional schedule, during which students complete extended classroom hours to meet required instructional thresholds for advancement.drafting: the organization partners with atlantic technical college in coconut creek to teach students the drafting principles, techniques, and technology needed to work as a certified drafter and begin employment in approximately 14 months. Leading up to taking the american design drafting association (adda) exams, students prepare 2-d work in computer-aided design and drafting (cadd) and create prototypes using a 3-d printer. Graduates work with bhh job mentors to pursue job opportunities. Demand for architectural and civil drafters is expected to grow about 4% by 2029, according to the bureau of labor statistics.carpentry: the organization partners with atlantic technical college in coconut creek to prepare students for employment in the construction and manufacturing industries by t
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $24.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $227K · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.