Hope Community Services Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Food program - see schedule osoup kitchen -hope's soup kitchen provides a well-balanced hot meal to clients 52 weeks a year, 5 days a week. At 5 pm we serve a hot meal including fresh salad, soup, a main course with fresh vegetables, bread and butter, potatoes, rice or pasta and dessert. We also serve special holiday meals and, when available distribute fresh produce. In addition, the soup kitchen opens at 9 am and stays open until 6 pm for our homeless resource center (hrc) clients monday through friday. The hrc clients are served breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as snacks and beverages throughout the day. It has become a refuge for the homeless of new rochelle. Food pantry -hope's food pantry provides bagged groceries to the most vulnerable residents of new rochelle. Our clients include senior citizens existing on a fixed income, people with physical and mental challenges, people in recovery, working poor families, immigrants, newly unemployed and the homeless. The grocery bags distributed enable struggling individuals and families to reallocate a portion of their limited income to the high cost of housing in westchester county. Children registered in our pantry relied on hope to provide adequate nutrition for their growing bodies and minds. In an effort to assist home bound seniors and other citizens, hope delivers directly to seniors living in low-income housing buildings. In 2019, hope has extended its pantry services, by also including hope-full kids, which provides children with food when is on break, during the school year. For holidays we provide something extra so that our clients can enjoy a holiday meal with their families or significant others. For easter we gave out chickens and ham. For thanksgiving, hope gave out turkeys with all of the trimmings; we also partner with local houses of worship which deliver completely cooked thanksgiving meals to clients' homes. For christmas we gave out hams and turkeys. Kosher pantry -in 2021, hope opened westchester counties first kosher pantry, in partnership with uja, met council, and feeding westchester. This program provides kosher food to residents throughout westchester county, twice monthly. The program offers home delivery service for seniors throughout westchester county. Participants can also pickup kosher items from hope's office at 50 Washington ave twice monthly. The program also supports the passover holiday with seder meals delivered directly to participant homes, as well as thanksgiving turkeys in november.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $35.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings