JOY OF HELPING
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Plain text JOY OF HELPING. Strategy Studio, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2021–2025. https://strategystudio.org/org/852839677. Retrieved 2026-10-20.
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Retrieved 2026-10-20; covers tax years 2021–2025. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.
2025 · Form 990 · revenue $633K · expenses $625K · assets $27K
- EIN
- 85-2839677
- Address
- 1960 W SNEAD ST, LA HABRA, CA 90631-9504
- Website
- joyofhelping4u.com
- NTEE code
- S12
- Subsection
- 501(c)(3)
- Ruling year
- 2021
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
Our mission is to serve humanity by supporting like-minded individual philanthropists who have been working for a social and humanitarian cause at the grassroots level. Contribution from our foundation, family, and friends are distributed 100% every year. ' Our goal is to visit all the institutions that we have been supporting in India and Africa.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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 7 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
7 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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramesh Shah | President | 2021-2025 | 20 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Prafulla Shah | Secretary | 2021-2025 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Pradip Shah | Treasurer | 2021-2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Navin Gangar | Director | 2021-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Pradip Kansagara | Director | 2021-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Vasant Rathi | Director | 2021-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Bhanji Kundaria | Director | 2021-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramesh Shah | President | 20 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Prafulla Shah | Secretary | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Shah | Treasurer | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Navin Gangar | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Kansagara | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Vasant Rathi | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Bhanji Kundaria | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2024 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 15 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramesh Shah | President | 18 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Prafulla Shah | Secretary | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Shah | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Navin Gangar | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Kansagara | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Vasant Rathi | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Bhanji Kundaria | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2023 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 17 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramesh Shah | President | 18 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Prafulla Shah | Secretary | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Shah | Treasurer | 4 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Navin Gangar | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Kansagara | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Vasant Rathi | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Bhanji Kundaria | Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2022 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramesh Shah | President | 15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Prafulla Shah | Secretary | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Shah | Treasurer | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Navin Gangar | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Kansagara | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Vasant Rathi | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Bhanji Kundaria | Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2021 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramesh Shah | President | 15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Prafulla Shah | Secretary | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Shah | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Navin Gangar | Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Pradip Kansagara | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Vasant Rathi | Director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Bhanji Kundaria | Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
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.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $632,995 | $624,916 | $26,726 | $26,726 | $632,995 | $0 | $0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2024 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $558,973 | $575,460 | $18,647 | $18,647 | $558,973 | $0 | $0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2023 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $420,959 | $398,350 | $35,134 | $35,134 | $420,959 | $0 | $0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2022 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $281,975 | $279,500 | $12,525 | $12,525 | $281,975 | $0 | $0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $389,551 | $379,501 | $10,050 | $10,050 | $389,551 | $0 | $0 | 0 | 10 |
Funders of this organization
4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,463,371 in all, tax years 2020 to 2025. 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
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2020-2024 | 5 | $1,160,240 | 2024 | $338,300 | show |
| THE VASANT AND PRABHA RATHI FOUNDATION | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “JOY OF HELPING” | 2021-2022, 2024-2025 | 5 | $175,000 | 2025 | $50,000 | show |
| DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2020-2021, 2023-2024 | 4 | $92,300 | 2024 | $49,000 | show |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2021-2023 | 3 | $35,831 | 2023 | $20,481 | show |
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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.
2025 · Form 990 · $624,916 spent · pay $0 · grants $624,916 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $624,916 | $624,916 | - | - | 100.0% | |
| Total | $624,916 | 100% |
2024 · Form 990 · $575,460 spent · pay $0 · grants $575,460 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $575,460 | $575,460 | - | - | 100.0% | |
| Total | $575,460 | 100% |
2023 · Form 990 · $398,350 spent · pay $0 · grants $398,350 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $398,350 | $398,350 | - | - | 100.0% | |
| Total | $398,350 | 100% |
2022 · Form 990 · $279,500 spent · pay $0 · grants $279,500 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants outside the US | $279,500 | $279,500 | - | - | 100.0% | |
| Total | $279,500 | 100% |
2021 · Form 990 · $379,501 spent · pay $0 · grants $379,501 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants outside the US | $379,501 | $379,501 | - | - | 100.0% | |
| Total | $379,501 | 100% |