Hopeworks of Howard County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521115111
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Columbia, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4109970304
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Violence Shelters
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,784,480
- Expenses
- $2,994,903
- Assets
- $1,305,912
- Liabilities
- $553,673
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELE BEAULIEU (PRESIDENT)
- AINY HAIDER-SHAH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- NGOZI OBINEME (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- NGOZI OBINEME (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $112,972 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Hopeworks mission is to provide support and advocacy for people in howard county affected by sexual and intimate partner violence and engage the community in creating the change required for prevention.
What it reported doing in 2024
Advocacy services:- provides crisis intervention, safety planning, case management, hospital accompaniment, and ongoing advocacy support to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, including assistance navigating systems and accessing community resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 92% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.8%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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; 72nd 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.8% of revenue deployed · 78.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $2.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.