Hope Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462000881
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Elk Point, SD, USA
Phone
7122046148
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$196,403
Expenses
$171,313
Assets
$375,983

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAYLE STROSCHEIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GAYLE STROSCHEIN (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY HANSON (SECRETARY)
  • EVONNE BLINKERS (VICE PRESIDE)

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

Shining christ's light of hope in a broken and hurting world. Hope ministries is a nonprofit christian family that cares for orphans, provides medical care and supplies, provided educational and spiritual support, and brings faith, hope and love to the people in tanzania, africa.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide opportunities that strengthen and enliven the faith of those who are served as well as those who serve through a personal, hands-on mission experience that reflects christ's love and hope to all. Caring for orphans, providing medical care and supplies, providing educational and spiritual support, and brining faith, hope and love to the people in tanzanie, africa.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.19; rating input score 82; 82nd 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: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.