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US nonprofit · EIN 223615744 · Oradell, NJiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 223615744) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2008.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Helping Arms Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$688k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$656k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.2m
$842k liabilities
Net assets
$322k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
6.6y av
Staff
6
4 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
7
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Helping Arms Inc's network

5 people6 organisationsi5 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Frank GrassiBoard Member2022
4 yrs
James McGovernBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Laura WolffCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
REG DryzgaBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Ronald BrownPresident2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

7 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
James A Dorsey - Unitl 118Program Director2018
Joanne CollinsProgram Coordinator (Current)since 2022
John ArbitellProgram Directorsince 2019
John Arbitell-From 1018Program Director2018
Kevin McHughExecutive Director2023
Laura WolffCompany secretarysince 2019
Ronald BrownPresidentsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Joanne CollinsProgram Coordinator40$56k$8k
Kevin McHughExecutive Director3$19k
Ronald BrownPresident2$0
Laura WolffSecretary1$0
Frank GrassiBoard Member1$0
Reg DryzgaBoard Member1$0
James McGovernBoard Member1$0

About

Legal name
Helping Arms Inc
EIN
223615744
Address
Po Box 518, Oradell, NJ, 07649-0518
State
New Jersey
Mission
To provide social services and housing to low and very low income people. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
L40 Housing and shelter
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Housing & Shelter
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1998
Principal officer
Ronald Brown (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 April 1999
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsLaura Wolff
≥8years on the filingsREG Dryzga
≥7years on the filingsJames McGovern
≥4years on the filingsFrank Grassi

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.2m
Total liabilities
$842k
Net assets or fund balances
$322k
Contributions and grants received
$503k
Program service revenue
$169k
Employees
6
Volunteers
4