Hope Meadows Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352327253
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Wadsworth, OH, USA
Phone
2162323656
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$720,243
Expenses
$779,378
Assets
$916,540
Liabilities
$399,662

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michelle Togliatti (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Michelle Togliatti (Executive Director): $53,300 total reported compensation
  • Anne Kichurchak (Director of Community Outreach): $16,595 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hope Meadows is dedicated to transforming lives through equine assisted mental health services and life skills programs; body, mind and spirit.

What it reported doing in 2025

ADULT PROGRAMS Hope Meadows provides trauma-informed equine-assisted psychotherapy, wellness programming, and nature-based mental health services for adults navigating complex emotional, relational, and life challenges. Services are designed to support holistic healing, emotional regulation, resilience, and personal growth. Programming includes: 1. Individual Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Licensed clinicians provide individualized counseling supported by equine-assisted interventions for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, grief, addiction recovery, and life stressors. 2. Grief & Loss Support Groups Group counseling experiences utilizing equine-assisted activities to support individuals processing bereavement, traumatic loss, and major life transitions. 3. Addiction Recovery & Wellness Groups Equine-assisted therapy and wellness groups supporting adults in all stages of substance use recovery with a focus on identity rebuilding, emotional regulation, coping skills, and connection. 4. Human Trafficking Survivor Support Specialized trauma-informed counseling and wellness programming designed to support survivors in rebuilding safety, empowerment, emotional wellness, and community connection. 5. Court Diversion & Reentry Partnerships Therapeutic services supporting adults involved in specialized dockets, diversion programs, and reentry initiatives through mental health and behavioral wellness interventions. 6. Wellness, Mindfulness & Self-Care Programs Group-based equine and nature-assisted wellness experiences promoting stress reduction, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-care practices. 7. Veterans & First Responders Programming Specialized wellness and trauma recovery services for veterans, law enforcement, firefighters, EMS personnel, healthcare workers, and first responders experiencing PTSD, burnout, compassion fatigue, or operational stress. 8. Community Mental Health & Wellness Outreach Educational workshops, wellness retreats, and collaborative community programming designed to increase access to mental health support and reduce barriers to care. 9. Corporate Team Building & Wellness Programs Customized equine-assisted wellness and team-building experiences for businesses and organizations focused on communication, leadership development, stress management, emotional intelligence, and workplace wellness. Programs promote collaboration, resilience, mindfulness, and healthy team dynamics through experiential learning with horses and nature-based activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th 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: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 70.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $548K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $53K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.