Garden of Hope Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872718206
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
9713193195
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Pregnancy Centers
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,953
Expenses
$123,838
Assets
$84,447
Liabilities
$18

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tina Fortin (Director, Founder, President)

People named in this filing

  • Mark Fortin (Secretary)
  • Jackie Swanson (Treasurer)
  • Tina Fortin (Director, Founder, President)

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

Because of the love and compassion of Jesus we help heal the heartbreak of abortion and care for women and children in need, upholding that life is a gift from God.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grace Grows Ministry: Worked together in community to uphold the gift of life from God from conception to natural death through education and awareness and gardening projects. Grew flowers including dahlias, zinnias, and sunflowers. Taught floral arrangement to single moms. Provided community with flowers that we grew. Blessed at least 234 people with volunteer work and flowers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.8%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 15.5%; rating input score 15

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: 10.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 61.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.8% of revenue deployed · 15.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.