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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: December 2025 Expires: December 2027

Helping Hand for Relief and Development

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(888) 808-4357
21199 Hilltop Street
Southfield, MI, 48033
https://hhrd.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Helping Hand for Relief and Development meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to serve humanity by integrating resources for people in need and to provide immediate response in disasters, and effective programs in places of suffering, for the pleasure of Allah."

Year, State Incorporated:
1998, MI

Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) reports that it works with individuals and communities, especially in emergency and disaster situations globally, with special focus on needy people in Africa and Asia. The organization's major activities include reconstruction and rehabilitation of disaster affected areas, mainly by providing emergency relief, food, shelter, vocational and skills development, education, water, support programs for widows and orphans, health facilities, and economic and livelihood programs.

For the year ended December 30, 2024, Helping Hand for Relief and Development's program expenses were:

Emergency $30,321,910
Orphans $12,039,494
Health and medical $9,247,262
Seasonal $7,975,191
Water for life $5,075,257
Education $5,037,154
Community development $3,088,754
Total Program Expenses $72,785,022

Chief Executive
Javaid Siddiqi, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$190,816

Chair of the Board
Hamid Siddiqi, JD

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Trial Counsel, Allstate

Board Size
11

Paid Staff Size
124

*2024 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Telephone appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements

Fundraising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $88,134,138, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

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.

The following information is based on Helping Hand for Relief and Development's audited financial statements - consolidated for the year ended December 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions $57,563,420
In-kind contributions $30,570,718
Investment return, net $766,473
Other income $484,137
Miscellaneous income $38,956
Total Income $89,423,704

Programs: 88% Fundraising: 7% Administrative: 4%

Total Income $89,423,704
Total expenses: $82,421,284
  Program expenses $72,785,022
  Fundraising expenses $5,711,015
  Administrative expenses $3,592,307
  Other expenses $332,940
Income in Excess of Expenses $7,002,420
Beginning Net Assets $74,245,707
Other Changes In Net Assets $162,745
Ending Net Assets $81,410,872
Total Liabilities $2,454,568
Total Assets $83,865,440

Note 1: As noted in the above financial section, "other changes in net assets" refers to foreign currency translation adjustments.

Note 2: According to HHRD's consolidated audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, the organization recieved in-kind contributions totalling $30,570,718 in the form of clothing and household goods ($21,296,959), drugs and medical supplies ($3,170,497), hygiene supplies ($2,817,950), school funiture ($2,139,172), food inventory ($1,146,040).

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance