Hope on Film

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883519934
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Mckinney, TX, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Film, Video

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,702
Expenses
$144,800
Assets
$19,000

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Vincent Williams (President)

People named in this filing

  • Vincent Williams (President)
  • Blair Pogue (Chairman of Board)
  • Tamara Kihs (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

At Hope On Film we focus on the power of media to impact the world with stories of inspiration. We create documentaries social media content and promotional pieces to raise funds for people in need so that they can continue their mission and expand their voice.

What it reported doing in 2025

1. Ukrainian Para Badminton Team Program Sponsorships: This supports the careers of Ukrainian para badminton players their coach and his family of four additional members. The donations are used to cover living expenses food travel medical needs and tournament fees as well as badminton equipment purchases including: uniforms racquets shoes prosthetic upkeep and shuttlecocks. Hope on Film is filming a documentary on the lives of the Para badminton team of Ukraine as they train and compete in the backdrop of the war in order to raise money for them.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 14; 14th 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: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.