Venice 2000

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954759013
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3109088364
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,490,393
Expenses
$2,515,530
Assets
$1,352,486
Liabilities
$1,115,278

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ansar Muhammad (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ansar Muhammad (Executive Director): $204,679 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of HELPER Foundation is to provide the resources and guidance to help struggling youth and community members of all ages to make the transition from negative anti-social behavior to positive value-oriented alternatives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Antelope Valley Trauma Prevention Initiative: Our community intervention workers interface with the community in Lancaster and Palmdale areas to educate them about the causes and effects of gang iolence ad the alternatives that can help affected youth and their families become productive members of the community. We are committed to supporting and assisting the highest-need groups victims and survivors of gang violence and their families ad at-high-risk individuals. Our organization understands the proven the importance of reducing crime and gun violence and we are proud to be part of this initiative. We have a Trauma Prevention Initive with the Office of violence prevention. Our work includes but is not limited to mental healt support employment services substance abuse prevention and yuth engagement programs. We provided the following services and activities: 1. Outreach efforts to identify high risk individuals and connect them to the appropriate resources 2. Support and assistace to surivors of gun violence and their families 3. Participation in collaborative efforts with other community organizations to ensure that we are working towards the sae goal and 4. Training and eduction to individuals and groups on the dangers of gun violence and the importance of prevention and intervention.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 97% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12,169.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $205K · 5 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.