3Hopeful Hearts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800788928
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone
9706306136
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$386,984
Expenses
$327,933
Assets
$1,092,336
Liabilities
$16,099

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIN HALL (PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH SALTEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARAH SALTEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,725 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide grief companion support to bereaved parents and families through opportunities to honor, find hope, and seek healing through grief companionship.

What it reported doing in 2025

Direct services: family outreach, camps, and retreats- support from the family support team: the family support team members are specifically trained staff and volunteers who reach out to families soon after the loss of a child and any time during the grief journey. This support team provides outreach in the form of calls, hand-written cards, texts, emails, and in-person meetings (all based on each grievers preference).- listening sessions: provided by trained volunteers, follow a four-session outline to meet, listen to, and integrate our new families to our services. As we welcome and become more familiar with the unique needs of each family or individual, we can better assist them with resources from within and outside our organization.- bear2hope: when a baby loss occurs, a volunteer creates a bear to match the exact weight of the baby. The bear is then delivered to the family at the hospital before the family is discharged in hopes of bridging the gap between delivery and going home. The family is able to hold the bear while grieving and honoring their precious baby. - support groups: with help and support, the grief journey can lead to growth, healing, strength, and transformation. 3hopeful hearts provides 9 categories of open monthly meetings for families: child loss supportgroup; child loss by suicide group; perinatal loss support group; miscarriage support group; pregnancy and parenting after loss; dads support group; grandparent support group; and two virtual support groups.- grief literacy workshops: community education sessions to improve responses to grief and loss.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.4%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.33; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.4% of revenue deployed · 76.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $252K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.