Certain Hope Community
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880609779
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2023
- Location
- Rockford, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2488800373
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $161,773
- Expenses
- $129,642
- Assets
- $103,233
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- ANDY GIBSON (EXECUTIVE DI)
- LAURA GIBSON (LAURA GIBSON)
- THOMAS SUDYK (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 share the gospel of jesus christ, and his life changing message of salvation and to encourage and bring hope to families who have children with disabilities through consistent, accessible, events outside (if possible), as well as small group home encounters and similar activities.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2024, certain hope community welcomed 150 unique families to 20 different eventsranging from whole-family gatherings to mom- and dad- focused experiences. Most events sold out, with families enjoying activities like roller skating, the grand rapids childrens museum, a local baseball game suite, and an accessible hayride, etc. Moms connected through cooking classes and mothers day dinners, while dads bonded over paintball, fowling, and simulator golf. Special holiday gatherings and worship nights brought added connection, while our presence at multiple community expos helped showcase certain hopes mission and invite new families into the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.9%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
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: 19.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 54%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.9% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.