Handup Community Impact

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881295522
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Mattapoisett, MA, USA
Phone
6173787619
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$380,936
Expenses
$356,736
Assets
$146,298
Liabilities
$2,695

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBORAH DYSON (PRESIDENT/DI)

People named in this filing

  • DEBORAH DYSON (PRESIDENT/DI)
  • ERIK DYSON (TREASURER/DI)
  • MICHAEL MELLO (SECRETARY/DI)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, education, and scientific purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or corresponding section of any future tax code. The purposes of the organization are to advocate for and to provide assistance and 'hand up' support services, directly or through community partners, to the most vulnerable population, especially immigrants and refugees, such services shall include without limitation, basic needs procurement, housing support, education, job and skill training, employment support and access to medical services, legal aid, financial systems and government programs. The organization will also support and promote environmental education, conservation, sustainability and recycling programs and to engage in and carry on any other activities permitted to a corporation organized under chapter 180 of the Massachusetts general laws, but only to the extent that such activities shall not preclude the classific

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, education, and scientific purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or corresponding section of any future tax code. The purposes of the organization are to advocate for and to provide assistance and 'hand up' support services, directly or through community partners, to the most vulnerable population, especially immigrants and refugees, such services shall include without limitation, basic needs procurement, housing support, education, job and skill training, employment support and access to medical services, legal aid, financial systems and government programs. The organization will also support and promote environmental education, conservation, sustainability and recycling programs and to engage in and carry on any other activities permitted to a corporation organized under chapter 180 of the Massachusetts general laws, but only to the extent that such activities shall not preclude the classification of the corporation as an organization exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 55.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.9% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $354K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.