Hope House of Northwest Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932491294
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Honor, MI, USA
Phone
2313990142
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Womens' Centers
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,770
Expenses
$200,692
Assets
$538,922
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUDY DUDA (BOARD MEMBER AND PRESIDENT)
  • DONNA SHAW (BOARD MEMBER AND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBIN KEILLOR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBIN KEILLOR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $63,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Hope house of northwest Michigan is a non-profit christian maternity home that provides a safe loving residential environment for single expectant young women. Through up to two years of residence the organization offers housing baby supplies weekday child supervision life-skills training parenting education counseling bible study and church services education and career-development assistance all with the goal of helping mothers and their children transition to stable successful lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hope house of northwest Michigan provides a christian supportive living environment for single expectant young women. The program offers up to two years of housing where residents receive life-skills training education employment support counseling bible study and attend church services. The goal is to help mothers and their children transition to a stable successful future.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 70.4%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 65.8%; rating input score 66; 45th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -81.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.69; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 109.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -144.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 70.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $141K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 43 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX InformationTechnology column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.