MISSION HELPS

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990-EZ for the year ended April 30, 2026, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

139 BRIAR HILL RD, LITITZ, PA 17543-9127

In care of

% WILBUR BYLER

Signed the 990-EZ

Ralph Boltz, Treasurer

Phone

(717) 627-2976

Website

missionhelps.com

Mission

To provide spiritual support and assistance to evangelical missions and their missionaries, through volunteers and material resources which are donated or furnished at cost.

Program accomplishments

• Ambassador Program. Bulletins that highlight missions and present the needs of missions and missionaries were sent twice each month to twenty-six Ambassador Program church representatives. Participating churches respond to mission and missionary needs with prayer support, material goods, and volunteers.
  Expenses $422
• Construction Services Ministry. Provides construction volunteer services, advice, and guidance for missions upon request.
• General Services. Coordinates and provides various short-term volunteer skills, resources, and produces ministry packages that are sent to missionaries. Shipped ninety-eight (98) media packages with sermon and music USBs and inspiring printed materials. An accordion donated for a mission in Bolivia was received for restoration. Maintained an audio resource library and a Kindle-based missions resource library for missionaries.
  Expenses $1,016
• College Mission Student Scholarship Program. Funds for this purpose are sent to Bible Colleges who select the recipients from among their students preparing for a career in missions. Six students attending five Bible Colleges received scholarships providing financial assistance toward their college tuition.
  Expenses $5,000
• Rope Holders and Crisis Prayer Ministry. This ministry network provides prayer support for forty-four evangelical missions and their missionaries through more than seventeen hundred enlisted prayer volunteers. Prayer requests received from missionaries were printed in a prayer publication and mailed monthly to the prayer volunteers on the network. Urgent, crises requests were communicated via e-mail to an additional 410 volunteer participants of the Crisis Prayer Network.
  Expenses $11,513
• Tech Services Ministry. Offers computers, tech equipment - either loaned or at cost, and technical support to evangelical missions and their missionaries. During the period loaner digital projectors, projector stands, screens, GPS units, wireless speakers, and Kindle readers were provided to fifteen missionaries and/or families. Purchased and setup one new laptop computer for a missionary. The Tech Services team responded to various missionary inquiries for technical support and guidance.
  Expenses $756
• Vehicle and Auto Services Ministry. Provides vehicles, vehicle pickup and return overnight lodging, volunteer mechanics, and auto services to evangelical missions and their missionaries. Thirteen missionary families and five individual missionaries used eight Mission Helps vans on twenty-two different occasions for their transportation needs while traveling in the USA. Volunteer drivers provided pickup and drop-off service at the Harrisburg airport. Ten auto service sites located throughout the USA are available to provide service or repairs for mission vehicles.
  Expenses $73,915
• Lodging Services. This network of homes and rest facilities offers missionaries overnight lodging or facilities for short-term rest in twenty-eight states and one province. Lodging Directories listing sixty-four locations were reprinted and distributed to missionaries for their use while traveling in the USA and representing their mission ministries.
  Expenses $499
• Medical Services. Provides medical services for missionaries that includes a doctor, nurse practitioner, chiropractor, nurses, and dentists. During the period the medical and dental needs of missionaries were serviced by various qualified medical professionals on the network.
• Counseling Services. Counseling Services offers trained professional counselors who make their services available without charge to the missions and their missionaries served by Mission Helps.
  Expenses $61

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in April, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

23-2521841

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1988

Accounting year ends

April

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

International, foreign affairs and national security (Q300)

Assets (IRS master file)

$382,604

Income (IRS master file)

$146,564

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-2521841).

Questions about MISSION HELPS

What is the EIN of MISSION HELPS?

The employer identification number (EIN) of MISSION HELPS is 23-2521841.

Is MISSION HELPS tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1988.

Are donations to MISSION HELPS tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does MISSION HELPS file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of MISSION HELPS due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending April 30, 2027) is due September 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did MISSION HELPS last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended April 2026.

Who are the officers and directors of MISSION HELPS?

The 990-EZ for the year ended April 30, 2026 lists 9 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does MISSION HELPS have?

On its 990-EZ for the year ended April 30, 2026 it reported revenue of $146,564, expenses of $113,059 and total assets of $382,604 at year end.

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