Building Hope Uganda
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 332971517
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Libertyville, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7083095790
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $181,058
- Expenses
- $50,158
- Assets
- $130,900
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- James Lobus (Board President)
- Martin Luboyera (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- James Lobus (Board President)
- Kate Lobus (Board Secretary)
- Bernard Tucker (Board Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Building Hope Uganda has a multi-phase plan to renovate and expand Hope Infant School in Kampala, Uganda. Phase 1: Building Hope Uganda will demolish the existing classroom building and construct a three-story building. The first floor will have 4 classrooms and separate boys and girls bathrooms. The second floor will have 4 classrooms. The third floor will have dormitories for boys and girls, and separate bathrooms. New furniture and accessories for the classrooms, dormitories, and bathrooms will be purchased. Phase 2: Building Hope Uganda will demolish the existing building with old classrooms and dormitories and construct a new building with a kitchen and lunchroom, staff meeting rooms, staff bathrooms, and a sick bay. All construction activities will be overseen by the Founder and Executive Director. The renovation and construction efforts aim to support the educational mission of Hope Infant School and Building Hope Uganda.
What it reported doing in 2025
At the Hope Infant School in Kamapala, Uganda, the removal of an obsolete classroom building; construction of a new building with classrooms on the first and second floors, with the future addition of dormitories and boys and girls bathrooms on the third floor.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 87
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 27.6%; rating input score 28
- Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 72.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.61; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 27.6% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.