Dakota Hope Clinic

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460998388
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Minot, ND, USA
Phone
7018524673
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Pregnancy Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,085,338
Expenses
$960,732
Assets
$795,634
Liabilities
$11,456

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICKY ABERLE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MANDY CROCKER (DIRECTOR): $86,408 total reported compensation
  • NADIA SMETANA (CLINIC DIREC): $84,770 total reported compensation
  • TIM KNUTSON (DIR OF DEVEL): $60,752 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Dakota hope offers services that empower women and men to make choices about sexual health and pregnancy that will help them and their children to have a bright future. These services include pregnancy tests, ultrasound, and evidence-based consultation about pregnancy options, all free of charge. All medical services are provided by specially trained registered nurses with medical oversite by local medical providers. Healing groups are also provided for women who have experienced a past abortion or domestic abuse. The clinic is a faith-based non-denominational christian organization that was started by and continues to be governed by a local board of directors. The staff collaborate with and make referrals back and forth with many other community organizations including churches, shelters, social services, and health care providers. About 72 volunteers contribute to the work of dakota hope.

What it reported doing in 2025

Dakota hope opened its doors in 2013 and continues to experience steady growth in the number of clients served. In 2025, we saw a 19% increase in new clients. We currently provide services across three locations in North Dakota, supporting individuals and families facing challenging pregnancy and parenting situations. Our programs serve families from pregnancy through a child's third birthday, offering evidence-based education on child development, pregnancy, infant and toddler care, healthy relationships, and life skills. Through our incentive-based program, clients earn points to obtain essential items for their children. In 2025, dakota hope recorded 2,782 client visits, representing a 19% increase from the previous year. In addition to direct client services, we offer youth tours and provide education on fetal development. We also facilitate support groups for individuals who have experienced reproductive loss and those impacted by domestic violence.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $795K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.