Here to Help Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881696813
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$498,479
Expenses
$488,168
Assets
$67,150
Liabilities
$2,800

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TAMEKIA STRAYHORN (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • TAMEKIA STRAYHORN (President): $58,800 total reported compensation
  • DANA SCEAU (Secretary): $32,400 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of Here to Help Foundation is to provide resources, support, and outreach services that assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness and economic hardship, while promoting stability, dignity, and pathways toward self-sufficiency.

What it reported doing in 2025

During the year, Here to Help Foundation carried out a variety of direct community support services aimed at assisting unhoused, low-income, and vulnerable individuals and families in Los Angeles. The Foundations efforts focused on providing essential basic needs, advocacy, and access to long-term stability resources. The organization provided food, personal hygiene items, and other basic supplies at two community shelters, ensuring that individuals experiencing housing insecurity had access to necessities at no cost. In addition, the Foundation organized a Christmas toy drive for children in underserved communities, distributing donated new toys and bringing holiday support to families who might not otherwise receive gifts. Beyond these initiatives, the Foundation also offered a range of ongoing services designed to improve quality of life and promote self-sufficiency, including: Immediate Housing Assistance: Partnering with other organizations to provide shared housing and meals. Housing Navigation Services: Helping clients secure affordable and stable housing by assisting with applications, waitlists, and vouchers. Fee Waivers for IDs and Birth Certificates: Supporting homeless and low-income individuals in obtaining vital identification needed for employment and housing. Employment Workshops: Offering job readiness and employment support classes. Laundry & Shower Services: Providing free access to facilities to maintain personal hygiene. Treatment Assistance: Helping those in need of substance abuse treatment and re-entry support. These combined efforts enhanced the physical well-being and long-term prospects of many community members, advancing the Foundations mission of uplifting individuals and strengthening underserved communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.8%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 41
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -81.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 50.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.8% of revenue deployed · 40.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 0 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $198K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.