Hope Ministries International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 562154330
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Hiwasse, AR, United States
- Phone
- 8288793745
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $186,199
- Expenses
- $128,657
- Assets
- $153,034
- Liabilities
- $22,883
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- J DAVID KISTLER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- J DAVID KISTLER (PRESIDENT)
- TRENT PIERCE (SECRETARY/TR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Hope Ministries International (HMI) supports church planting and brings hope to communities through Christ—connecting donors and volunteers to short-term mission efforts and partnering with local leaders and churches. Indigenous leaders are uniquely equipped to serve because they understand their language, culture, and people. They don’t need extensive cultural training and are already trusted members of their communities. Our mission is to support these leaders—encouraging them to stay faithful to the Lord, nurturing the local church, and inspiring continued church planting in their own nations. We are committed to supporting them both spiritually and materially as they faithfully carry out this work. MORE ABOUT US.
What it reported doing in 2024
Conduct crusades and outreach meetings for the advancement of religion
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 50
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.8%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 62.8% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $117K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.