Serving Hands International has coordinated cross-border humanitarian aid from its San Diego headquarters at 4607 Mission Gorge Pl in Grantville, 92120, since its founding as a 501(c)(3) public charity in 1982. The organization's primary mission targets poverty in the Baja California border region and has expanded to serve communities in extreme poverty across multiple countries, delivering food, shelter, medical care, and educational resources to more than 100,000 people each year. SHI's financial structure designates 100 percent of public donations directly to program services, with all administrative and operational costs covered by a separate pool of private donors who have pledged to absorb overhead indefinitely. The Grantville office sits on Mission Gorge Place alongside faith-based organizations including Grove Church, one of several congregations along the Mission Gorge corridor that participate in volunteer coordination and supply-drive partnerships with border-serving nonprofits. The education program supports after-school programming and classroom supplies for roughly 7,500 children annually, distributing backpacks, learning materials, and financial aid to schools in impoverished areas south of the border. Medical aid extends to over 19,000 patients in Mexico through a network of partner clinics covering dental care, eye care, internal medicine, pediatrics, cancer treatment, reconstructive surgery, and hospice services. SHI's humanitarian aid program delivers basic life necessities—food, water, clothing, blankets, emergency shelters, and sandbags—to an estimated 724,000 people annually through its vetted partner organizations. Each partner operates with minimal administrative overhead, and SHI reviews every organization before channeling funds, ensuring that portable building placements and supply logistics reach their intended recipients without intermediary loss. The organization's cross-border pediatric work parallels other Grantville-based charities, including Foundation for the Children of the Californias, which focuses specifically on surgical interventions for families who cannot access care on either side of the border. SHI holds EIN 95-3797996, and its IRS ruling year of 1983 establishes it as one of the longer-operating cross-border charities headquartered in San Diego.