Hope Bridge
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 921734347
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Hartville, OH, United States
- Phone
- 330.877.2612
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $691,208
- Expenses
- $588,861
- Assets
- $279,315
- Liabilities
- $4,306
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Scott Laughman (Board President)
- Lisa Robertson (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Scott Laughman (Board President)
- Lisa Robertson (Executive Director)
- Susan Burns (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Hope Bridge is on a gospel-led mission to mobilize the state of Ohio to step into the crisis within its foster care system by raising awareness and equipping churches and communities in the care and support of vulnerable children and families. The mission of Pegasus Farm is to create a community that holistically supports and empowers people with diverse needs through therapeutic equestrian programs, vocational services, and recreational and social activities. Hope Bridge and Pegasus Farm are linking arms to bring an equine assisted program to children affected by the foster care system. While Pegasus Farm is dedicated to the idea that equine assisted activities provide exceptional physical and psychological benefits, challenging participants to positively learn and grow in ways they may not experience in day-to-day life, Hope Bridge is closely connected to many of the vulnerable...
What it reported doing in 2024
Single moms: in the program, single moms, age 18 and older, work to set goals with the guidance of dedicated and supportive staff, while living in a comfortable residential setting with her children for approximately 18-24 months. Hope bridge assists single moms with continuing or completing their education, developing budgets in order to graduate the program with more stability, and essential life skills to help them be the best mom possible.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 58
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 61%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 45.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 80.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 77.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 52% of revenue deployed · 61% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $359K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 52/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.