New Hope International

What it reported doing in 2012

UkraineProgram Accomplishments: In 2012 there were over 3000 students enrolled in New Hope Ukraine's Bible Correspondence Course (BCC) program, including 707 new students enrolled this year. Through this ministry, 48 students wrote to New Hope Ukraine to tell them that they had accepted Christ as Savior this year as a result of working through the courses. New Hope coworkers and volunteers ran 32 summer camps for BCC participants, with about 3,555 kids attending (including many who were not BCC participants). The leaders of the BCC program also began offering the lessons to children in three public schools, and prepared an online version of the Bible Correspondence Courses which became available in 2012. New Hope provided 7 training on public school ministry as evangelistic tool for local churches in Ukraine and prepared 289 leaders. More than 19,500 public school students participated in healthy living classes presented by New Hope Ukraine's lecturers in school-approved sessions using a variety of materials including the "No Apologies" materials written by Focus on the Family. Several thousands of these kids attended follow-up events, such as Bible studies, sporting events, conferences and summer camps, a large number of them eventually attended church services and many of those accepted Christ as their Savior and Lord:12 youth camps for 910 teens7 trainings on youth ministry for 408 participants32 special/topical events for 7310 people24 presentation for 5175 peopleNew Hope Ukraine's orphan care program is continuing to expand each year, with 374 orphans and foster children placed in 106 Ukrainian families. In 2012 there were 12 children and 4 families added to the program. Two family camps specially designed for adopted children and their families were conducted in two regions, attracting a total of 260 children and parents.New Hope Ukraine's Family Ministry held dozens of trainings, conferences and camps during 2012, as well as several weekly men's and women's Bible studies. A new three-year plan and strategy were developed by the new Family Ministries Director, who was added to the staff of New Hope Ukraine.The Russian language internet evangelistic site "Why Jesus?"(which went live in October 2011) is available to any Russian speaker worldwide who has internet access and who searches for a number of different topics online, such as "Jesus" and "God." Three presentations on "Why Jesus?" project were done for church leaders in Ukraine during different Christian forums and conferences in 2012. Three trainings were provided and 5 new e-coaches were certified to join the project. During 2012, 3198 individuals visited the site from 60 countries. 283 of those, from 21 countries, had begun or completed the five week course. Thirty-nine of them asked for the address of local churches and Bible study groups so that they could continue their growth in Christ. Nine asked for and received Bibles because they did not have one. The team that overseas this evangelistic project consists of two paid workers and 11 volunteers. In 2012 New Hope Ukraine sold 4,572 copies of 32 different books and resources, and prepared several new books and collections for publication. This figure includes 31 sets of the four-year Footsteps of Faith Sunday school curricula.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • 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: -15.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: -36.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -57.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings