Hope Works Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030284577
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Burlington, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8028640555
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rape Victim Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $692,106
- Expenses
- $615,794
- Assets
- $863,999
- Liabilities
- $66,801
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- ERIKA LINSKEYAS OF JUNE 2024 (EXECUTIVE DI): $50,264 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Hope works, inc. Is dedicated to ending all forms of sexual violence. We are committed to serving the chittenden county community through the continued provision of our services, and to being a leading voice in the state of Vermont for meaningful change in law and society. We provide crisis counseling and advocacy for those whose lives have been affected by sexual violence. Our education/outreach work strives to change the attitudes and beliefs that perpetuate and condone the cycle of violence. We constantly seek to expand our efforts to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse community and welcome all to our agency. Support for our mission is actively sought through fundraising, development, and the dedicated efforts of our volunteers.
What it reported doing in 2024
Hotline, clinical therapy & advocacy: trained staff and volunteer advocates provide crisis support, ongoing emotional support, information and referrals through the hotline. Advocates are also available to accompany survivors to the hospital for forensic exams and to police stations for those who choose to report. In addition, trained volunteers operate a chat line which provides web-based, survivor support and advocacy. In addition staff provide regular support groups as well as clinical therapy services for those impacted by sexual violence.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $18.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 74% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $456K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.