Hope Grounds

What it reported doing in 2024

HOPE Grounds Accomplishments 1st Year 2023-2024Infrastructure: Goat habitatGuardian Dog habitatPasture Fully Regenerative Agriculture Program EstablishedAgreement to purchase adjoining land securedMaintenance of adjoining land Regenerative Agriculture process begunCurriculum: Developing Regenerative AgricultureDeveloping Restorative JusticeDeveloping art and nature curriculumRefining Human-animal bond to include goats and donkeysFoundational Development: Grants Applied for 12. Awarded one. We do not have enough history to be considered.Heard from Robert Wood Johnson in April that we were not selected. Received email sameweek for new Pioneering Ideas Grant that included some of our grant language.Created a Professionalizing Parenting Initiative (PPI)Created Website for PPICreating a Podcast for PPI: The Unseen Career: Honoring the Art and Science of ParentingPartnerships in Development: Farmers FootprintAssociation of Animal Assisted Intervention ProfessionalsThe Animal Bond AcademyParent Institute for Quality EducationOffice of Family Assistance, White HouseDepartment of Developmental ServicesAmerican Academy for PediatricsInstitute for Functional MedicineAspen InstituteContinued development with local Veterinary schools (UC Veterinary Medical Center, College Animal Hospital, PIMA Medical Center, San Marcos)Animals: Rescued eight goats; Rescued two guardian dogs; Update on Horses: Moxie diagnosed with Cushings, metabolic immune syndrome. Pasttrauma working its way out; Bella in process of gentling, riding, led healing circleClient Partners: We have 12 client partners ranging from 8-79 years of age. Ranging fromtrauma backgrounds, autism, suicide ideation, burnout, divorce, chronicstress. Some reviews of Client Partners: HOPE Grounds gave me and my children a kind of peacefulnessthat we have not had. We have been touched by the animals andstac in life changing ways. Thank you HOPE Grounds! I was living with anxiety and fear, the people and animals at HOPEGrounds have taught me how to move through my adversity. I feel safe and understood at HOPE Grounds. Every time I drive toand from HOPE Grounds, an overwhelming sense of peacefulness.I am becoming more confident, honest, and compassionate in myjourney to HOPE program. My child is 11 years old and on the autistic spectrum. He spokefor the first time at HOPE Grounds. I believe, the bond betweenhim and Moxie, gave him the security, time, and patience to speakhis feelings. Our lives have been changed by the bond with theanimals and the kindness of Dr. Dawn. Thank you! I have been struggling with depression and anxiety most of my life.At HOPE Grounds, I feel safe and peaceful. I see my future andhave been given tools to build a better life. My mother lost her husband, my father last year. Since then, shehas not wanted to live. I brought her to HOPE Grounds and wasamazed at how she opened up to life again. She loves brushing thegoats and feeding the horse. She has even started her own gardenat home. Our entire family are grateful to the animals, Dr. Dawn, and the volunteers of HOPE Grounds. My child is free to express themselves without judgement, fear orshame. As a result, of the animal bond and gentle ways of stac, hisconfidence, sense of self, and peacefulness is growing and can beseen at home, school, and with friends. Thank you HOPEGrounds.Outcomes: Provided three Healing Circles August 26, 8 Participants; Sept 27, 14 Participants; October 8, 10 ParticipantsReceived Bronze Status for Candid 2023Receive Silver Status for Candid 2024Funding/Donations: Stotz Equipment - $20,000.00Robert Griffin Trust - $20,000.00James Hervey Johnson Charitable Educational Trust - $2,500.00Dr. Kayvon Jalali - $2,750.00Griffin Family Trust - $145,724.47

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 89.2%; rating input score 89
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 10.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings