Hope of the Poor Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, hope of the poor served thousands of meals to the homeless on the streets of mexico city. In addition to food, the homeless received shoes, clothing, and blankets. In 2025, we moved 25 new families off the street. This has been an amazing year of working with the poor and homeless in mexico city. Each family lived on the street because one or both parents struggled with drug or alcohol addiction. Our first step is to get the family into safe housing, and then we check one or both parents into a rehabilitation center for 3 months of treatment. We care for the family during the three months and enroll the kids in school. Each person reads or listens to the bible each day, and we have classes each week to help them grow in their relationship with christ. After rehab, we connect the parents with a job. Each of these kids has a new life. All were taken off the street and are no longer homeless. Their parents no longer take drugs, and they are now being raised in a christian home. Each child goes to school and is catching up on the years they missed. The hope of the poor ministry in mexico city continues to grow and impact more lives. Our full-time therapist meets with the families each week to teach our life-skills classes. We have four individuals working full-time to visit homes each day and work on the street to serve the homeless. Each was homeless and came into our ministry with their families several years ago. They have overcome their addictions and now help others leave the street and end their addictions. Our operations team constantly builds new partnerships with employers and organizations to bring resources to the poor.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
• Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 24.1%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 33% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings