Life Help
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Life Help at a glance
In short: Life Help reported $114K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $114,464 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +878.3% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $177,898
- +32.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $265,281
- +12.2% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $226,081
- +7.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Life Help funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2023 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $12K (2024) to $114K (2025). In 2025 it reported $114K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Refugees USA Rent House | To provide housing for refugees in US | $11,700 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $177,898 | $265,281 | $226,081 | $114,464 | Total only | — |
| 2024 | $134,777 | $236,530 | $211,065 | $11,700 | 1 | — |
| 2023 | $109,313 | $275,547 | $307,629 | $16,850 | 1 | $1,650 |
| 2022 | $141,161 | $191,128 | $182,500 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $132,533 | $125,797 | $112,833 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $119,569 | $144,950 | $155,578 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | $130,197 | $180,962 | $145,694 | — | — | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Life Help
Based on IRS filings
Life Help is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Kirkland, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $178K in total assets. In 2025, it reported $114K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Life Help is led by Yury Shabura, President since 2022 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 4 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Yury Shabura
President
President & Director → President, 2022
On filings since 2019
37 hrs/week
$36K (2024) → $36K (2025)
Lyudmila Shabura
Vice President Secretary
Vice President & Secretary → Vice President Secretary, 2021
On filings since 2019
25 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Vyacheslav Lagutin
Vice President
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Zinaida Uvarova
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $36K, to Yury Shabura (President).
Frequently asked questions about Life Help
How much does Life Help give each year?
Life Help reported $114K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $12K across 1 grant.
How large is Life Help?
Life Help reported $178K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $265K.
What is Life Help?
Life Help is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Kirkland, WA. It holds $178K in total assets as of 2025.
What is Life Help's EIN?
Life Help's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 80-0516750. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 27, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 21, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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