Hope The Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272053273
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
North Hills, CA, US
Phone
(818) 392-0020
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,134,218
Expenses
$81,481,463
Assets
$281,940,068
Liabilities
$200,144,520

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

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEN CRAFT (CEO)
  • ROWAN VANSLEVE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROWAN VANSLEVE (PRESIDENT): $269,626 total reported compensation
  • STEPHEN MORSE (CHIEF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE OFFICER): $223,939 total reported compensation
  • KEN CRAFT (CEO): $214,459 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to prevent, reduce and eliminate poverty, hunger and homelessness. We do this by offering immediate assistance and long-term solutions. Our services are grounded in a deep respect for the dignity inherent in each human being.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hope the mission operates several residential facilities including the genesis house for homeless families, the house of hope for men recovering from addiction, and two transitional bridge housing shelters for men and women while locating permanent housing. Hope of the valley operates three adult shelters: the 87 bed raymer shelter that opened in june 2020, the 100 bed van nuys bridge home shelter and the cold weather shelter in the san fernando valley. Furthermore, hotv operates three family shelters with a total of 130 beds and a tay youth shelter with 30 beds. In 2022, the mission opened the 107-unit trebek center in northridge, and in 2023, it successfully launched the 100-unit, 400-bed woodlands family shelter in woodland hills. Additionally, the mission opened a 52-unit familyshelter on sierra highway (cont. On sch. O) in lancaster. Additionally, the mission operates tiny homes in different areas. Each client receives a warm, safe place to sleep, a hot dinner and breakfast as well as case management to assist them with strategies and solutions to end their homelessness

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 84% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $35.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.46; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.71; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 15 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 8 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 88.2% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $75.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $270K · 34 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $10.8M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.