Hopefor Learning

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850922929
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Richmond, VA, USA
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,045
Expenses
$52,849
Assets
$105,440

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Charles Caple (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Charles Caple (Executive 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

HopeFor Learning provided over 5,000 books school supplies and weekend meals to underserved children in Title 1 schools. We partnered with Communities in Schools and FeedMore to stock food and clothing pantries and expanded mentoring and literacy programs to support students academic and personal growth. Primary Exempt Purpose Our mission is to advance educational equity and alleviate childhood hunger by providing literacy support mentoring and essential resources to underserved students in Richmond Henrico and Chesterfield Title 1 schools.

What it reported doing in 2025

Uplift Initiative -an early grade mentoring and support program developed by HopeFor Learning to serve children in Title 1 elementary schools across Metro Richmond. The initiative focuses on students in their formative years providing consistent mentorship that strengthens academic confidence emotional development and positive social behavior. Through partnerships with school counselors social workers and site coordinators students are identified who would benefit from additional support due to economic hardship food insecurity or other barriers that can affect learning. Trained mentors meet regularly with students to build trust provide encouragement and reinforce positive habits that support success in school and life. In addition to mentoring the program connects children and families to essential resources such as food clothing school supplies and other basic needs through HopeFor Learnings support network. By addressing both academic and personal barriers early t

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 11
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.5%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 15.8%; rating input score 16

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: 46.1%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -95.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 54.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.5% of revenue deployed · 15.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.