Help-kids-india Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611572756
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
East Corinth, VT, USA
Phone
8024395241
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,185
Expenses
$120,161
Assets
$192,660
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Catherine Kidder (Co-President)
  • Tom Rudin (Co-President)
  • Tom Lovett (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Catherine Kidder (Co-President)
  • Tom Rudin (Co-President)
  • Tom Lovett (Vice-President)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Help Kids Inida's (HKI) primary purpose is to raise funds in support of the work of HKI's partner, the Betsy Elizabet Trust (BET), located in Porayar, Tamil Nadu, India. BET is an initiative to improve the life of the poor in rural villages, primarily of Dalit families, through the care and education of young children. BET, a nonprofit organization licensed by the government of India, works with HKI under a Memorandum of Understanding. HKI funds three of BET's five preschools; the other two are supported by Asha for Education and the International School of Geneva, Switzerland. 170 children attend the HKI supported schools. Funding covers all operating expenses, including salaries for 27 staff, food, health care, transportation, utilities and maintenance, insurance, uniforms, administration and necessary building projects. HKI also supports a community health center and purchased land for a small farm that provides employment and food for local families, and the preschools.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide Education to the Dalit Children -- The preschools supported by HKI opened in 2002, 2002, and 2010 in response to community need. HKI also starting funding a fourth pre-school. The schools select children, 2-5 years old, from families in the greatest need. There is no charge. The schools provide safety, a sound preschool education, dental and health care, full nutrition, and socialization. They receive frequent guests, both Indian and foreign, and coordinate with a local international school for environmental projects. Children who attended the BET preschools are now completing high school at a rate far exceeding their peers and the majority go on to trade school or college. HKI agreed to fund a 4th preschool program for FY 2024 - 2025. The preschool's Swiss based funding organization was focused on raising funding to construct a new school building and needed temporary financial support from HKI.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $99K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.