Hope Missions of the Upstate

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852752663
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Anderson, SC, USA
Phone
8643592396
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$592,018
Expenses
$527,344
Assets
$264,525
Liabilities
$126

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Julie Huber (Secretary): $16,009 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 Missions exists for all who are marginalized and living in poverty to experience acceptance in Christ, live in sustainable housing, and joyfully engage in supportive community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Homelessness Solutions: Providing a way out of homelessness. a) Housing Navigation: Full-time Homeless Services Director points people toward housing they can afford, connects landlords to tenants and, when possible, provides fund for a one-time solution to homelessness. b) Hope Restart: A Christ-centered program designed to help individuals overcome life-controlling issues such as addiction, broken relationships, medical struggles, etc. c) Case Management & Supportive Services: Working with individuals to assess and create strategies with reasonable next steps to move forward. d) Street Outreach: Meeting immediate needs of people experiencing homelessness in unsheltered locations by connecting them with emergency shelter, housing or critical services and providing them with urgent, non-facility-based care. We served 1,752 unique individuals 41,113 meals in 2025. Overall, our service level increased 12.2% compared to 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. 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: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $53.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 49.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.5% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $483K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $16K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.