Hope Serves NFP

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
992814941
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
La Grange, IL, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,467
Expenses
$57,699
Assets
$29,350
Liabilities
$2,582

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Harold Kooistra (Director President)

People named in this filing

  • Harold Kooistra (Director President)
  • Dawn Kooistra (Director Community Dinners)
  • Anthony Sabos (Director)

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

The main exempt purpose is to serve the needy in Chicago in three main expressions of serving people with dignity and Hope. 1 We provide FREE COMMUNITY DINNERS at multiple locations in Chicago neighborhoods with low income populations seniors single parents veterans and others who are experiencing economic needs and or isolation. 2 We also provide FREE COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTION EVENTS at which we distribute free groceries clothing diapers school supplies holiday gifts and other basic household or personal items. In 2025 we had major community events as described in the Pilsen and Bridgeport neighborhoods of Chicago. 3 Minimal preparation was accomplished towards the eventual goal of HOPE MUSIV ACADEMY

What it reported doing in 2025

HOPE SERVES COMMUNITY EVENTS: Our community events team held a large scale distribution of food clothing diapers and laundry detergent on November 14 2025 in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago which served 1,046 people and had pony rides and a petting zoo for the children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.7%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.7% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.