Mothers' Helpers Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611605644
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8052687123
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $196,672
- Expenses
- $166,369
- Assets
- $95,541
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELLE ERICKSON (PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- MICHELLE ERICKSON (PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- ROBIN UNANDER-LA BERGE (SECRETARY)
- ROBIN TOWE (TREASURER)
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
Mothers' helpers receives new and gently used baby items like clothing, car seats, strollers, cribs, books, toys, etc. From the community and sorts and stores them in our support center. The purpose of collecting, storing, and sorting goods is so we can verify they are in good shape and distribute them to parents in need. Our purpose is to alleviate the stress of material hardship so parents can focus on nurturing their babies, resulting in more favorable outcomes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Every december a select number of families that received goods from mothers' helpers during the year are matched to sponsors in the community who buy christmas gifts for the children of the family. For the year ended september 30, 2025, 131 children received assistance through this program.
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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.8%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
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: 15.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 42; 42nd 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: 46.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.8% of revenue deployed · 81.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $135K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.