Option Hope

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881656307
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Madisonville, LA, USA
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,057
Expenses
$76,548
Assets
$2,937

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James Garvey (President)
  • Michelle Gorney (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • James Garvey (President)
  • Michelle Gorney (Vice President)
  • Celie Clark (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of this organization is to provide education about the benefits of infant adoption to the citizens of Louisiana and the United States of America.

What it reported doing in 2025

Option Hopes program service for 2025 was providing education about the benefits of infant adoption to high school students in Louisiana primarily at public high schools through presentations in health classes and other classroom settings. During 2025 Option Hope gave 337 presentations to 7,717 high school students in the following Louisiana parishes: Jefferson Tangipahoa Iberia Lafayette St. Mary Vermilion Acadia and Calcasieu Parishes. Option Hopes presenters use interactive presentations classroom activities and videos to educate about infant adoption the types of adoption available the differences between foster care and infant adoption and statistical data on pregnancy outcomes. The presentations are offered at no charge to schools whether public or private. Option Hope also began development of a Virtual Module for school education in rural areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -163.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 59.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -104% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -178% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.