Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271158468
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Seaside, OR, US
Phone
(503) 738-4321
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,662,984
Expenses
$8,219,841
Assets
$8,140,787
Liabilities
$4,241,456

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALAN EVANS (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER)
  • MIKE DAVIS (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALAN EVANS (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER): $188,885 total reported compensation
  • MIKE DAVIS (CEO): $170,588 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Helping Hands provides hope and care through personal, trauma-informed programs to individuals experiencing homelessness.

What it reported doing in 2024

Founded in 2002, helping hands re-entry outreach centers aims to address the growing crisis of homelessness and behavioral health challenges in Oregon by providing trauma-informed, data-driven, person-centered care to individuals in five counties. Our project offers a comprehensive continuum of support, beginning with low-barrier emergency shelter and extending through long-term reentry programming that is customized to meet the needs of participants. Our facilities, known as hope centers, provide individuals with immediate access to low-barrier shelter, meals, and basic necessities. (continued on schedule o)beyond addressing immediate physical needs, we offer navigation services to connect individuals with behavioral health resources, government assistance, healthcare, and other essential services. Helping hands works closely with local cultural organizations to ensure that the services offered are culturally responsive and linguistically accessible. Helping hands also offers a high-barrier long-term reentry program that is tailored to each participant's unique needs through an individual reentry plan (irp), which addresses factors such as employment, education, health care, and addiction recovery. Participants also receive case management, life skills training, and access to support groups, including those specifically designed for marginalized populations. Helping hands operates in clatsop, lincoln, multnomah, tillamook, and yamhill counties in Oregon.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 63% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
  • 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $36.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 6 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $189K · 10 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $410K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.