Hope for Youth

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760363907
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7136709000
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$244,184
Expenses
$254,430
Assets
$26,512
Liabilities
$15,766

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brandon Prince (Executive Director (beg 12/2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • Brandon Prince (Executive Director (beg 12/2024)): $3,083 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Build and maintain long-term Christian mentoring relationships with urban youth to challenge and enable them to reach their full potential spiritually, academically, and socially. See Schedule O.We serve at-risk youth in grades 6th to 12th. Our unique focus is we seek out transient youth and proactively maintain relationships with them regardless of where they may move throughout Houston.

What it reported doing in 2024

Large Group Programs and Activities: Friday Night Live (FNL) AKA Friday Night With The Fam is our primary large group program throughout the year. Active youth are encouraged to invite their friends to join them. Usually held two Fridays per month, a typical night starts off with dinner, games, and fellowship before hearing a short devotion/message followed by smallgroup discussion about the topic. Our goal is to have a caring and inviting atmosphere where students can not only lay their worries aside, but also build relationships with adult volunteers who expose them to the gospel of Jesus Christ. See Schedule O.Our hope is that the youth get plugged into this community, form positive and lasting relationships with the other youth, keep coming back to FNL, and also get involved in our other programs. We also have a weeklong vacation bible school (JNTH) in the summer which features high energy fun and games, bible verse memorization, gospel rap artists, speakers and small group breakout time. Other weekend activities include fun social outings such as ice skating, service projects for our youth to give back to the community, educational experiences, and attending special church programs.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.7%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 63%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.7% of revenue deployed · 63% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $160K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.