Hope Is Everything Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852693293
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Phone
4349817876
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,573
Expenses
$89,086
Assets
$31,634

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSHUA GRIZZLE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOSEPH VARAKSA (EX DIR & EX-)
  • LAURA WOODWORTH (CFO JAN-AUG)
  • JOSHUA GRIZZLE (PRESIDENT)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide hope to those who find themselves affected by the judicial and social service systems. By using the best means available in our communities and providing a vision of hope, we want to help individuals in the midst of despair and uncertainty know they are not alone.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided hope to 12 people impacted by the judicial system by paying housing costs, purchasing bunkbeds and bedding for a group foster home, paying for vehicle repairs for a family affected by the judicial system, buying clothing for formerly incarcerated people, providing 100 duffels with infant supplies for foster children, and giving holiday presents to 250 foster children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 47.4%; rating input score 47

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: -63.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.4% of revenue deployed · 47.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.