Transparency
Financials
We Help War Victims is a small, tightly-run nonprofit. The money goes directly to the work. There is no overhead, no paid staff, no marketing budget. Below is what's on file with the IRS, the state, and the bank.
Federal tax ID (EIN)
26-1918222
IRS classification
501(c)(3) public charity
Annual filing
IRS Form 990-N
Filed because annual revenue is below the $50,000 threshold.
State of incorporation
Wisconsin
Where the money goes
Every dollar funds direct work. We have no paid administrative staff, no rented office, no fundraising contractor. The categories below describe roughly how recent year's expenditures have broken down.
UXO clearance operations
Wages for Lao deminers, vehicle leases, fuel, TNT, drinking water, and medical supplies for clearance teams working in Khammuan, Sekong, and Phongsali Provinces. The single largest expense category.
Lao Mountain Coffee
Cost of green coffee beans purchased directly from farming families whose land we have cleared, plus US roasting and shipping. Roughly half of annual revenue is generated by coffee sales โ a circular model where cleared land becomes a cash crop that funds the next year's clearance.
Book Box libraries
More than forty rural Lao elementary schools have received their first libraries through this program. Each Book Box is constructed by the Lao National Library and contains 200 Lao-language children's titles.
Medical care & surgery
Surgery and prosthetics for amputees, cleft-palate surgery, treatment for victims of Noma, transport to clinics for villagers who cannot access care locally, and donated medical supplies to rural Lao hospitals.
Cultural & refugee programs
Hmong elder support and community gardens in Wausau, Wisconsin; school lyceums; the museum-quality artifact collection; oral histories with refugee families.
Administrative overhead
Bank fees, payment processing, and a small annual filing fee. There is no compensated staff. Travel costs to and from Laos are paid personally by Jim and Marty Harris, not by the nonprofit.
Board of Directors
- Jim Harris โ President
- Anne Kieffer โ Vice President
- Marty Harris โ Secretary / Treasurer
- Randall Colton โ Director
- Anwen Mullen โ Director
WHWV has no paid administrative staff.
IRS determination letter
Confirmation of our status as a 501(c)(3) public charity, originally issued by the IRS:
Mailing address & contact
We Help War Victims, Inc.1833 Creek Road
Mosinee, Wisconsin 54455
Phone: 715 355 1309
Email: contact@wehelpwarvictims.org
Public records
Our public IRS filings can be searched on third-party sites such as Candid (GuideStar) and Charity Navigator using EIN 26-1918222.
If you have a question about how donations are used, or would like a copy of any specific filing, please email contact@wehelpwarvictims.org.