Believe In Tomorrow National Children's Foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

Children's housing believe in tomorrow owns and operates seven respite housing properties: believe in tomorrow house by the sea, believe in tomorrow house by the sea ii, and believe in tomorrow house on the bay, all located in ocean city, Maryland; believe in tomorrow house on fenwick island, located in fenwick island, Delaware; believe in tomorrow house on wisp mountain and believe in tomorrow at deep creek lake, co-located in the wisp mountain resort in mchenry, Maryland; and believe in tomorrow house at pinnacle falls, located just outside asheville, North Carolina. The believe in tomorrow children's house at johns hopkins has been the cornerstone of believe in tomorrow's hospital housing program for over 30 years. It has provided an average of 2,000 individual overnight accommodations per month to families from every state in the u.s. And over 90 countries worldwide. Believe in tomorrow is proud to be building a brand new, state-of-the-art facility, located at 45 north wolfe street in baltimore, Maryland. During construction, our hospital housing program remains active and committed to supporting families in their time of greatest need. Through our continued partnership with the residence innjohns hopkins campus, we are able to provide families with a comforting home away from home. Although these families are located off-site, each family is a guest of the believe in tomorrow children's house with our team managing every detail of their stay. Program remains active and committed to supporting families in their time of greatest need. Through our continued partnership with the residence inn johns hopkins campus, we are able to provide families with a comforting home away from home. Although these families are located off-site, each family is a guest of the believe in tomorrow children's house with our team managing every detail of their stay.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 16%; rating input score 16
• Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $189.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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: 92%; rating input score 92; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 85.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.71; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings