Jack's Helping Hand Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204731313
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Phone
8055471914
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,991,560
Expenses
$795,405
Assets
$11,662,700
Liabilities
$23,049

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LESLIE ORRADRE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DR CHRISTOPHER HULBURD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRIDGET READY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LESLIE ORRADRE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $74,880 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 jack's helping hand, inc. Is to establish and provide community programs that enable and empower families, professionals and the broader community to meet the unique unmet physical, mental, and medical needs of special children and young adults under 21.

What it reported doing in 2025

Outreach programs: a back-to-school program, a toy lending program, and two oncology programs complete our program service delivery. The back-to-school program provides filled new backpacks to assistance program clients and their siblings serving nearly 150 annually. Jack's toy box is a toy lending library program that serves over 75 children annually with developmentally appropriate toys delivered to their homes by school therapists free of charge. Therapists change out the toy boxes when the child is ready to move on to more advanced toys. Camp reach for the stars is a no-cost weekend camp for children with cancer, and their families in cambria. This camp is directed by oncology medical professionals, counselors and volunteers to provide a safe, supportive camping experience. In 2025, this camp served 25 families, a total of 125 people including staff and volunteers. The holiday oncology party, offered to children with cancer and their families is hosted annually and served 110 people last year. Hosted at the madonna inn, families celebrate with dinner, crafts, a visit fromsanta claus and gifts for the family.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, and 34% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.3%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.66; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.3% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $660K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.