Driving Hope Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861739235
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Somers, MT, USA
Phone
4068854550
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Transportation Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$199,984
Expenses
$179,718
Assets
$107,295

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICK GLYNN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PATRICK GLYNN (PRESIDENT)
  • DAWN GLYNN (SECRETARY)
  • LUKE O'CONNELL (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

Driving hope gives vehicles away to individuals in need and/or repairs the existing vehicle of an individual in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Repaired various vehicles and gave away 28 vehicles to individuals in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.2%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 67.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 55.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 69.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.2% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $178K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.