Building New Hope

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251698704
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,480
Expenses
$156,812
Assets
$192,102
Liabilities
$45,193

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIA SOLEDAD CABEZAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MARIA SOLEDAD CABEZAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BIBI AL-EBRAHIM (BOARD MEMBER)
  • FELIPE GODARD (CHAIRPERSON)

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

To partner with and support underserved communities in Central America through programs in economic development education and health

What it reported doing in 2025

Economic development fair trade coffee project in2002 building new hope partnered with el porvenir a worker-owned cooperative of48 families in nicaragua to market their organic shade-grown coffee at fair and directtrade prices above the world fair trade minimum.this partnership prevented foreclosure and loss of land for cooperative families. Revenue supports the cooperatives infrastructure water systems and educational fund. The coffee is certified organic shade-grown and bird-friendly by the smithsonian migratory bird center roasted fresh to order in pittsburgh and sold directly across the united states. Bnh pays farmers above fair trade minimum price ensuring sustainable income for cooperative families. Through its fair trade awareness program bnh also educates consumers and organizations across the u.s. About fair trade sustainable agriculture and bird-friendly coffee practices demonstrating how purchasing decisions directly impact farming communities in central america

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.6%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 58.9%; rating input score 59

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: 2.3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.6% of revenue deployed · 58.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $92K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.