Be Peace - Be Hope

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934865528
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7138222060
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$405,863
Expenses
$386,582
Assets
$66,753
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BILL FLORES (PRESIDENT)
  • SACHA LAZARRE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KARINE PARKER (INTERIM TREASURER/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • KARINE PARKER (INTERIM TREASURER/CEO): $89,490 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

At be peace-be hope, we empower under-resourced k-12 students, their teachers, and parents by providing transformative life skills education and well-being practices rooted in socio-emotional/positive intelligence, neuroscience, mindfulness, and the arts. Our mission is to equip them with the necessary tools to overcome life's challenges, ignite peace and hope in their lives, create a sense of belonging, motivate them to invest in their education, establish supportive networks, and develop essential life skills, thus paving the way for a brighter future for themselves, their communities, and our society.

What it reported doing in 2025

Strengthening families & communities through parent support and environmental initiatives.our commitment to community well-being extends beyond schools, as we have supported over 50 parents in developing essential coping skills, emotional resilience, and a renewed sense of hope. Parents who have participated in our workshops report reduced stress, improved family communication, and stronger emotional connections with their children.additionally, our community-driven projects, such as gardening initiatives and environmental stewardship programs, have encouraged youth and families to take an active role in caring for their surroundings, fostering responsibility, and strengthening their connection to nature. These projects have not only beautified shared spaces but have also reinforced the importance of collaboration, sustainability, and civic engagement in our participants.through these initiatives, be peace be hope continues to foster holistic growth, resilience, and empowerment, helping individuals and communities build a more compassionate, thriving, and hopeful future.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 95.8%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 72.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 95.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $370K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $89K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.