Just Hope International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680649255
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Brentwood, TN, USA
- Phone
- 6154545260
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $496
- Expenses
- $229,131
- Assets
- $47,827
- Liabilities
- $12,578
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN BRUTON (CHAIRMAN/CEO)
People named in this filing
- KAREN BRUTON (CHAIRMAN/CEO)
- MATT BONNER (DIRECTOR)
- DEVIN MCCLENDON (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Just hope works to make an impact that lasts by empowering remarkable people to overcome some of the world's most difficult living conditions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Just hope's partnership with nuevo futuro association of la calera, colombia helps orphaned youth transition well into an independent and prosperous life upon leaving the foundation. After helping nuevo futuro implement just hope's thriving skills program in 2018, just hope then helped nuevo futuro launch an organic garden business to generate income to fund the thriving skills program year after year. This business impacts all 60 children residing at nuevo futuro and will remain a source of income and learning for years to come.in medellin, colombia, an orphan home for girls known as casa de la chinca is now able to prepare high school age girls (13-22 years old) and female university students living on the property for successful transition into independence through just hope's thriving skills program. Funding also includes english classes for participants and connection to employment opportunities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 13
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -46,095.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -24.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $228K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.