Addys Hope Social Services

What it reported doing in 2024

For the year ended December 31, 2024, the organization operated the following programs: Beauty from Ashes-our traditional infant adoption program. Services provided include: support of birth mothers, adoption planning, training, home study services, placement, and monitoring of the placement. Our case managers are available to both the birth mother as well as the adoptive family from the time of match until services are no longer needed, including after the child is placed.They Wait-our child waiting program in which children in the custody of Texas DFPS and are legally free for adoption are placed into adoptive homes. The services provided to the families include: recruitment and training of adoptive parents, home study services, child matching, placement monitoring, and support to children and families through the entire process.Sustaining Hope-our post-adopt program that support any of our agencys families who have completed an adoption. Services include crisis intervention, behavioral intervention, help with locating facilities and providers for needed services, as well as family preservation support. As an agency we have worked with over 100 families and all post-adopt services are available to each of them.Future Hope-our program for young men who are aging out of foster care. Future Hope serves young men 18-22 transitioning to success in life from the foster care system by: providing a furnished studio apartment, equipping them with life skills, supporting them through relationships, and linking them to education, mentors, and community partners. This program includes Hope Crossing, a 14 unit apartment complex built on our property. Young men who are part of this program will lie at Hope Crossing.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 66.3%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 8.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings