Hope in a Box Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824020709
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Yonkers, NY, USA
Phone
9089177256
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,924
Expenses
$163,543
Assets
$71,799
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMENA JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 10/2023))

People named in this filing

  • AMENA JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 10/2023))
  • DRAKE BROWN (DIRECTOR (THRU 05/2023))
  • JOE ENGLISH (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hope in a box provides public school educators with curated sets of lgbtq-inclusive literature, distinctive curriculum for these books, and community and training on how to build an lgbtq-inclusive classroom. We are the nation's largest early-intervention program for buildinglgbtq-inclusive classrooms and maintain the most extensive library of lgbtq-inclusive curriculum in the united states.

What it reported doing in 2023

In fy2024, hope in a box continued to support teachers in delivering curriculum that supported lgbtq students and all students through support groups and other meetings with our facilitators. We were able to ship boxes to schools in support of our mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -148.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 74%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -46.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.