Better Business Bureau Report for
Call For Help, Inc.

Better Business Bureau Report issued May 2011
Better Business Bureau Report expires May 2012


This BBB Accredited charity meets all 20 Standards for Charity Accountability and is a Seal Holder. Find out more...


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Call For Help, Inc.
Address: 9400 Lebanon Road
  E. St. Louis, ID 62203
Phone: 618-397-0968
Web Address: www.callforhelpinc.org
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1970, Illinois
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: "exists to provide 24-hour crisis intervention and support services to enhance coping skills and improve the lives of those served."

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Call For Help, Inc. (CFH) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

CFH operates a suicide and crisis hotline 24/7, follow-up counseling services are available, information and referral services are provided, a sexual assault program is provided to assist victims of sexual assault with counseling, medical and legal advocacy and educational services to the community to prevent sexual assault and further vitimization of persons who have been assaulted. CFH also operates transitional living services for adults with mental illness and transitional living services to young women who may be pregnant and or parenting one or two small children under the age of 5. CFH has 22 adult residential beds for mentally ill homeless and 22 beds for young women who are homeless and 18 beds for their children. Both transitional living programs offer case management, counseling and life skills classes with the goal of helping individuals finish an eduction, get a job and learn the skills necessary to live independently in the community.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, CFH's program expenses were:

  
Transitional Living Ctr 634,676
Clinical Services 594,517
Sexual Assault 473,254
Suicide and Crisis 363,128
Inform & Referral 302,459
Total Program Expenses: $2,368,034
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Cheryl Compton, Executive Director
Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Barton Tate
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Belleville News-Democrat

Board Size: 15

Paid Staff Size: 55

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, print advertisements, grant proposals
Fund raising costs were 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,237,870, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on CFH's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds  
DHS Medicaid 585,375
DHS Grant in Aid 559,052
IGD HUD 523,383
Unitd Way 201,247
In-Kind Contributions 198,971
ICASA Gen SERV 172,140
ICASA VOCA 128,251
St. Clair 708 113,864
ICASA Other 83,670
ICASA VAWA 77,141
DCEO HPRP 72,704
Donations 56,939
CDBG 50,925
Atty Gen VCVA 42,000
Contract Services 33,850
CDBG 20,000
DCEO 19,600
Madison 708 16,391
Emer Food & Shelter 11,000
Fundraising 8,220
DHS 1 x Funds 5,774
Misc. Inco 5,641
Interest Inc 844
Gain on Sale of Equip 200
Equip Donation
Foundation Grants
Total Income $2,987,182


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 77%  Fund Raising: 1%  Administrative: 22% 

Total income   $2,987,182
  Program expenses $2,368,034
  Fund raising expenses 32,545
  Administrative expenses 682,895
 
Total expenses   $3,083,474
Expenses in Excess of Income   (96,292)
Beginning net assets   2,996,788
Ending net assets   2,900,496
Total liabilities   272,677
Total assets   $3,173,173


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