Operation of Hope Worldwide

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452778045
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lake Forest, CA, USA
Phone
9494631795
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,140
Expenses
$171,862
Assets
$161,150

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TED TRUBENBACH (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • JENNIFER TRUBENBACH (Executive Direc)
  • STEPHEN CLAWSON (Director)
  • TED TRUBENBACH (Vice President)

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

Operation of Hope is a medical foundation that provides primarily cleft lip, cleft palate, facial reconstructive and general reconstructive surgery to children in Latin America, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Egypt and Mongolia. We care for the needy and poor children in the following ways: 1) give medical access and economic means for this specialized medical care; 2) continue our training school for local doctors and nurses; 3) continue our educational component that has become such a vital part of our surgical care; and 4) continue to improve the working conditions and safety measures in the hospitals in which we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Performing facial surgeries on cleft defects and other types of deformities to those in need.These services are performed by a team of volunteer medical professionals traveling to under-served countries.All work is free of charge to patients and their families. Donations also included medications, medical equipment and supplies to local hospitals and donated periodicals and training materials to local medical schools and continue to establish Youth Ambassador and Local Doctor/ Nursing Programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.7%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.