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I-HELP FOUNDATION

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2020 · Form 990 · revenue $9K · expenses $10K · assets $3K

EIN
35-2389671
Address
335 E ALBERTONI STREET, CARSON, CA 90746-1425
Website
www.i-helpfoundation.org
NTEE code
E70
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2012
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Mission

The Mission & Vision of I-Help Foundation is dedicated to creating pathways to prosperity for the under-served communities and improve the health of individuals by taking action on the social determinants of health. Promote education, training and professional development. Implement career developments that empower youth and adults. Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 6 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Tavonia Ekwegh President/CEO2018-2020 10 $0 reported 1
Sharon Cobbs Financial Sec/Director2016-2020 10 $0 reported 1
Latricia Harris Secretary2018-2020 10 $0 reported 1
Timothy Ekwegh (former) President/CEO2010-2017 24 $0 reported 2
Celene Hampton (former) Secretary/Director2010-2017 24 $0 reported 2
Mary Asoera (former) Financial Sec/Director2010-2015 24 $0 reported 1

People by year

2020 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tavonia Ekwegh President/CEO10 $0$0$0 $01
Sharon Cobbs Financial Sec/Director10 $0$0$0 $01
Latricia Harris Secretary10 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tavonia Ekwegh President/CEO10 $0$0$0 $01
Sharon Cobbs Financial Sec/Director10 $0$0$0 $01
Latricia Harris Secretary10 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tavonia Ekwegh President/CEO24 $0$0$0 $01
Sharon Cobbs Financial Sec/Director24 $0$0$0 $01
Latricia Harris Secretary24 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Timothy Ekwegh President/CEO24 $0$0$0 $02
Sharon Cobbs Financial Sec/Director24 $0$0$0 $01
Celene Hampton Secretary/Director24 $0$0$0 $02
2016 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Timothy Ekwegh President/CEO24 $0$0$0 $02
Sharon Cobbs Financial Sec/Director24 $0$0$0 $01
Celene Hampton Secretary/Director24 $0$0$0 $02
2015 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Timothy Ekwegh President/CEO24 $0-$0 $02
Mary Asoera Financial Sec/Director24 $0-$0 $01
Celene Hampton Secretary/Director24 $0-$0 $02
2014 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Timothy Ekwegh President/CEO24 $0-$0 $02
Mary Asoera Financial Sec/Director24 $0-$0 $01
Celene Hampton Secretary/Director24 $0-$0 $02
2013 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Timothy Ekwegh President/CEO24 $0-- $02
Mary Asoera Financial Sec/Director24 $0-- $01
Celene Hampton Secretary/Director24 $0-- $02
2012 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Timothy Ekwegh President/CEO20 $0-$0 $02
Mary Asoera Financial Sec/Director12 $0-$0 $01
Celene Hampton Secretary/Director12 $0-$0 $02
2011 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Timothy Ekwegh President/CEO10 $0-$0 $02
Mary Asoera Financial Sec/Director8 $0-$0 $01
Celene Hampton Secretary/Director8 $0-$0 $02
2010 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Timothy Ekwegh President/CEO10 $0-$0 $02
Mary Asoera Financial Sec/Director10 $0-$0 $01
Celene Hampton Secretary/Director8 $0-$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$9,400$10,500 $3,408$3,408 $9,400$0 $000
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$17,350$15,300 $4,508$4,508 $17,350$0 $000
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$32,400$31,484 $2,458$2,458 $32,400$0 $005
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$21,880$20,338 $1,542$1,542 $21,880$0 $003
2016 · Form 990 period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$9,600$9,600 $0$0 $9,600$0 $003
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$15,000$15,000 $456$456 $15,000$0 ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$18,636$18,800 $18,680$456 $18,686$0 ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$9,760$9,729 $120$120 $9,760$0 ---
2012 · Form 990EZ period ending 2012-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$3,865$4,170 $89$89 $3,865$0 ---
2011 · Form 990EZ period ending 2011-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,875$2,689 $394$394 $2,875$0 ---
2010 · Form 990EZ period ending 2010-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$790$582 $208$208 $790$0 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $31 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “I-HELP FOUNDATION” 2020-2023 4$31 2023$16
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2020 · Form 990 · $10,500 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $6,100
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Conferences, conventions and meetings $6,100$6,100$0$0 58.1%
Office expenses $3,600$3,600$0$0 34.3%
Advertising and promotion $800$800-- 7.6%
Total$10,500100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $15,300 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $9,500
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Conferences, conventions and meetings $9,500$9,500$0$0 62.1%
Office expenses $4,800$4,800$0$0 31.4%
Advertising and promotion $1,000$1,000$0$0 6.5%
Total$15,300100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $31,484 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $9,262
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $13,235$895$12,340$0 42.0%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $9,262$1,442$6,395$1,425 29.4%
Office expenses $3,701$1,405$2,296$0 11.8%
Information technology $2,125$950$1,175$0 6.7%
Travel $1,550$350$1,200$0 4.9%
Advertising and promotion $1,261$0$1,261$0 4.0%
Fees: accounting $350$0$350$0 1.1%
Total$31,484100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $20,338 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $13,500
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Conferences, conventions and meetings $13,500$13,500$0$0 66.4%
Office expenses $2,753$300$1,942$511 13.5%
All other expenses $2,676$2,376$0$300 13.2%
Information technology $572$0$572$0 2.8%
Interest $319$0$319$0 1.6%
Travel $282$107$175$0 1.4%
Advertising and promotion $236$236$0$0 1.2%
Total$20,338100%

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2016 · Form 990 · $9,600 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $3,900
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Conferences, conventions and meetings $3,900$2,400$1,500$0 40.6%
Fees: management $3,600$2,400$1,200$0 37.5%
All other expenses $2,100$1,200$900- 21.9%
Total$9,600100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $15,000 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,400 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $7,600 50.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,800 25.3%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,400 16.0%
Printing, publications, postage $1,200 8.0%
Total$15,000100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $18,800 spent · pay $0 · grants $6,800 · events $500
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $6,800 36.2%
Printing, publications, postage $6,000 31.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,500 29.3%
Fees to independent contractors $500 2.7%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$500reported apart
Total$18,800100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $9,729 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,489 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,000 61.7%
Grants and similar amounts paid $3,489 35.9%
Printing, publications, postage $240 2.5%
Total$9,729100%

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2012 · Form 990EZ · $4,170 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,665 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $3,665 87.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $305 7.3%
Printing, publications, postage $200 4.8%
Total$4,170100%

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2011 · Form 990EZ · $2,689 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,502 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,502 93.0%
Printing, publications, postage $187 7.0%
Total$2,689100%

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2010 · Form 990EZ · $582 spent · pay $0 · grants $420 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $420 72.2%
Printing, publications, postage $162 27.8%
Total$582100%

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