Nonprofit · EIN 47-2569247
HELVETAS USA
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $12,934,862 | $12,886,603 | $48,259 | $1,154,350 | $435,282 | $719,068 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $14,631,412 | $14,530,651 | $100,761 | $687,105 | $16,296 | $670,809 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $12,856,274 | $12,830,106 | $26,168 | $590,939 | $20,891 | $570,048 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $12,915,649
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $19,213
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $12,027,343
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $217,097
- Other salaries and wages
- $387,980
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $736,338
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $15,217
- Travel
- $59,924
- Program services (functional)
- $12,266,183
- Management and general (functional)
- $230,308
- Fundraising (functional)
- $390,112
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $687,105
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,154,350
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $435,282
- Net assets, end of year
- $719,068
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $719,068
- Gross receipts
- $12,934,862
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 13
- Year formed
- 2014
- State of legal domicile
- MN
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 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Steiner | CEO Officer | 40 | $217,097 | $0 |
| Ohanyan Tatevik | Senior Director of Business Develop Highest-paid employee | 38 | $135,470 | $4,742 |
| Christina Barstow | Director of Strategic Partnerships Highest-paid employee | 32 | $118,760 | $4,157 |
| Melchior Lengsfeld | Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Dietrich | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Rudolf Laager | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Avery Bang | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Adriana Beltran | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Raghuveer Vinukollu | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Huber | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Jrg Frieden | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Clare Ignatowski | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarina Prabasi | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Jamie McAuliffe | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Gozzer | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Saki | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Steiner | CEO Officer | 40 | $258,065 | $0 |
| Ohanyan Tatevik | Senior Director of Business Develop Highest-paid employee | 40 | $138,450 | $4,846 |
| Christina Barstow | Director of Strategic Partnerships Highest-paid employee | 32 | $115,300 | $4,035 |
| Lance Pierce | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Raghuveer Vinukollu | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Huber | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Jrg Frieden | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Clare Ignatowski | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarina Prabasi | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Jamie McAuliffe | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Melchior Lengsfeld | Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Stefan Stolle | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Rudolf Laager | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Avery Bang | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Steiner | CEO Officer | 40 | $214,842 |
| Ohanyan Tatevik | Senior Director of Business D Highest-paid employee | 40 | $138,450 |
| Clare Ignatowski | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Jorg Frieden | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Cynthia Hartley | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Sarina Prabasi | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Erik Butler | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Michael Huber | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Mark Way | Diretor Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Lance Pierce | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Raghuveer Vinukollu | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Stefan Stolle | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Melchior Lengsfeld | Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Avery Bang | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Rudolf Laager | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1101 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 450, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-4359
- In care of
- % CHRISTIAN STEINER
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Christian Steiner, 1101 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 200364300
- Signed the 990
- CHRISTIAN STEINER, CEO
- Phone
- (240) 743-0023
- Website
- helvetasusa.org
- 990-N for 2015 filed under this EIN
- Most likely by a chapter, club or affiliate (it says receipts are normally $50,000 or less). Officer: GARY PLANT MOOTY, 100 S 5TH ST STE 1075, MINNEAPOLIS MN 554021265. Mailing address: 100 S 5TH ST STE 1075, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402.
- Return prepared by
- Mullins PC
Mission
We support poor and disadvantaged people and communities in developing and transitional countries in their efforts to improve their living conditions.
Program accomplishments
- Helvetas USA is organized to support poor and disadvantaged people and communities in developing countries in their efforts to improve living conditions, primarily by raising public awareness in the United States of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation and its global programs aimed at such purposes, and to raise funds and make grants in furtherance of such purposes.Expenses $12,266,183 · grants $12,027,343
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-2569247
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2015
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,154,350
- Income (IRS master file)
- $12,934,862
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $12,934,862 | $12,886,603 | $1,154,350 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $14,631,412 | $14,530,651 | $687,105 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $12,856,274 | $12,830,106 | $590,939 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $9,906,698 | $9,842,577 | $584,936 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2015 Officer: GARY PLANT MOOTY Filed under this EIN, most likely by a chapter or affiliate | December 31, 2015 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 47-2569247).
Questions about HELVETAS USA
- What is the EIN of HELVETAS USA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HELVETAS USA is 47-2569247.
- Is HELVETAS USA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2015.
- Are donations to HELVETAS USA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HELVETAS USA 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 HELVETAS USA due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HELVETAS USA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HELVETAS USA?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Christian Steiner.
- Who are the officers and directors of HELVETAS USA?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $217,097 (Christian Steiner, CEO).
- How much revenue does HELVETAS USA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $12,934,862, expenses of $12,886,603 and total assets of $1,154,350 at year end.
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