Native Hope Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473851180
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Chamberlain, SD, USA
Phone
6052343323
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,040,596
Expenses
$1,100,814
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DN DAVID NAGAL (PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER RENNER-MEYER (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER LONG (EXEC DIRECTOR/SECRETARY): $78,140 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Native hope exists to address the injustice done to native americans. We dismantle barriers through storytelling and impactful programs to bring healing and inspire hope.

What it reported doing in 2023

Native hope's awareness program provides education to people regarding injustices committed to native americans and historical trauma's effect on the loss of culture. Additionally, bringing awareness to both the challenges and the successes of native people dismantles barriers for voices unheard through positive storytelling. The efforts of this program help to inspire hope and provide healing. In 2022, native hope funded the office of liaison for missing and murdered indigenous persons. This agreement between native hope and the South Dakota attorney general's office is a 3-year commitment of $85,000 per year. In addition to the grant, native hope continues to increase our partnership with human trafficking and mmiw/p organizations, training, tools, resources, and opportunities. Expenditures toward developing content are part of this budget, including content written by our marketing agency, guest bloggers, artists, and speakers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 63.9%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96%; rating input score 96; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 63.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $704K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $117K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.