Hope for Children Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752756638
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2143824673
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Abuse, Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$107,865
Expenses
$105,333
Assets
$2,532
Liabilities
$88,536

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Patricia L Hope Kirby Rasmussen (President-Treasurer-Executive Director)
  • Pamela Noblitt (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Patricia L Hope Kirby Rasmussen (President-Treasurer-Executive Director)
  • Pamela Noblitt (Vice President)
  • Sheree Baur (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

Prevention of cruelty to children: Provide proactive, prevention & intervention education to 1st responders, offering a shield of protection to prevent child abuse and help prevent child victims from falling through the cracks of the legal system. Offer referrals of education, legal, medical, food, shelter to public via online services and training, and in person training to the general public located each state of the nation free of charge. This is accomplished through our website: hopeforchildrenfoundation.org

What it reported doing in 2024

Year 2024 more than 1000000 individual users and visitors accessed information from the website of Hope for Children Foundation in the United States at no charge from Hope for Children Foundation. They accessed the educational, life skills resources or referrals. Some of this access was accomplished through the help of a sizeable Noncash advertising grant targeting the United States. We also conducted a toy drive and Hope For Children Gala and over 1,466 children were provided at least one gift each. We offered free online video and website training to the general public throughout the United States supported through a NON CASH advertising grant in the amount of $25,667, it was expended for our program services to enhance the quality of life for children, teens, families and other adults. This NON CASH donation is instructed by the IRS not to be included as income to the charity since it is an NON CASH advertising donation. Therefore this amount is not included in the total income or expense for 2024 990 tax return.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 34.97; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -38.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -34% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -23.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.6% of revenue deployed · 92.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.