Hope USA

Legal name: Hope USA Inc Hope Charities USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260257617
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Newark, CA, USA
Phone
9256834958
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,120,363
Expenses
$1,014,494
Assets
$917,091
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nasar Agboatwala (President and Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Ambereen Sidiqqi (Director)
  • Qaisar Sharif (Director)
  • Nasar Agboatwala (President and Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To end poverty in Pakistan through a multipronged approach focusing on health, education, vocational training, clean water, food security, and emergency relief, with a priority on empowering women and children.

What it reported doing in 2025

The charitable activities funded by our 2025 grant-making program are as follows: (1) Delivered free medical services to 900,000 individuals through existing health facilities. (2) Opened a new Maternal and Child Health Center in Chakhama to serve 10,000 villagers annually. (3) Expanded rural healthcare initiatives reaching an additional 80,000 beneficiaries per year. (4) Supported 11,000 students from low-income communities in completing the academic year. (5) Provided educational and welfare support (including food, medical aid, and winter supplies) to over 3,000 women and children in Azad Kashmir. (6) Established a new home school program for 50 underserved children. (7) Trained 6,000 adults in skills such as sewing, ESL, and computer literacy to enhance income generation. (8) Distributed clean water kits and hygiene education to 5,000 individuals. (9) Delivered food assistance to 5,000 people outside of seasonal programs. (10) Provided clean-burning stoves to 480,000 flood-affected individuals as part of ongoing post-disaster recovery efforts. (11) Distributed Qurbani meat to 15,000 people, Ramadan food rations to 2,000 families, and new Eid clothing to 2,000 children. (12) Hosted iftar programs serving 13,000 individuals across various formats. These activities reflect HOPE USA's ongoing commitment to reducing poverty and supporting vulnerable populations through targeted, high-impact initiatives.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.1%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 99.5%; 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 9.4%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 16 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 90.1% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported · 4 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.