Hope Outreach Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650590679
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Davie, FL, USA
Phone
9543210909
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$254,081
Expenses
$325,225
Assets
$336,388
Liabilities
$11,482

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVE KURAS (EXECUTIVE DI): $67,700 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Helping other people everyday by providing services and support that immediately improve the quality of life for those in need in our communities. Hope outreach center is a non-profit organization offering emergency rental and utility assistance, pantry provisions, information and referral for public benefits. Hope programs are available to seniors, children, and families, disabled and homeless. Hope accomplishes its mission with the help of a small staff and volunteers who share their time, expertise and talents. From july 2024 through june 2025, hope outreach center provided services to 2,426 seniors, children, families, disabled and homeless living in southwest broward communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Client service offers assistance, through its core services and programs to residents living in the community and educating with collaborations and partnerships through additional agencies and community providers. Emergency assistance service: includes providing food pantry, financial assistance, financial literacy, information and referral services, access partners with the department of children and families, social services, case management, education, and support groups. Food pantry: food value distributed = 46,883; equals 780 bags of assorted pantry items and toiletries for seniors and families. Emergency financial assistance: 12 families provided one-time financial assistance valued at 6,831; helping prevent families from eviction and/or having their utilities shut off. Emergency financial assistance: food vouchers/gift cards valued at 175 to adults/children/seniors. Hope special programs: valued at 24,776 provided to senior's, children, families, disabled and homeless including easter, thanksgiving, and christmas meal programs. A)easter meal program valued at 4,890 provided 75 seniors with gift cards, produce, and easter dinner with all the trimmings. B)thanksgiving and christmas meal program valued at 8,415 provided to 93 clients with food and gift cards. -thanksgiving - clients received a full week of food pantry items including all the trimmings to compliment a holiday dinner and a gift card to purchase a turkey and produce. -christmas - clients received gift cards for food and toys. Public benefits assistance: hope provides much-needed support for qualifying individuals to apply for government financial assistance. -136 applications, re-certifications, and changes were processed for seniors to receive medicaid and food stamps. -transportation: 140 in gas vouchers and bus passes distributed to clients needing assistance to get to and from work or medical facility.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 64.1%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

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

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 64.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $208K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $68K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.