Hope Ministries-st Charles County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203845942
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
O Fallon, MO, USA
Phone
6362811069
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,228
Expenses
$97,079
Assets
$448,224
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Scott Lauer (Board Chair)
  • Gayle Hampson (Board Vice Chair)
  • Marsha Palleja (Board Member)

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

Overseen and supported by about nine churches in the St. Charles County Mo area. HOPE Food Pantry provides for the needy in and around our community. We distribute groceries weekly to anyone in need. We also help provide items such as baby and adult diapers, school supplies to children, holiday meal fixings, holiday & birthday items, household supplies, household items, clothing. Several churches, other organizations, individuals and businesses in the area supply donated food items and or financial support to help the pantry fulfill its purpose. When we're able we also help our pantry families in need of benevolence assistance, helping to pay their bills on a limited basis. In 2024 we served about 77 household units weekly, equaling about 248 individuals. Yearly totals in 2024 were 3,998 household units equaling 12,891 units.

What it reported doing in 2025

Other items purchased for distribution including baby care items including diapers, adult diapers, feminine products, school supplies and pet food. As well as Food and Items for Holidays and Special Celebrations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.6%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 49.6%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.2%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.62; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.6% of revenue deployed · 49.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.