Radical Hope Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824420567
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Concord, MA, USA
Phone
4257608166
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Support Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,847,465
Expenses
$2,664,160
Assets
$3,502,611
Liabilities
$62,208

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH FELD (PRESIDENT, CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELIZABETH FELD (PRESIDENT, CEO): $402,000 total reported compensation
  • KELLY SEAVER (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM): $184,506 total reported compensation
  • GEORGIA SUTER (DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS): $145,297 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Radical hope is committed to improving the lives and futures of young adults by strengthening connections and building resilience. We identify, develop, fund and scale evidence-based programs that increase resilience in young people. These programs all advance our mission pillars: connectivity, engagement, empowerment, emotional regulation and sustainability.over the last five years, we have partnered with over 85 colleges, universities and community organizations to deliver our signature initiative, radical health. The program teaches timeless and essential life skills around communication, decision making, stress management, priority setting and emotional intelligence.through corporate, individual and foundation grants, we are able to fully fund delivery of our program for every partner.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2024, we formed a new partnership with major league baseball to reach young adults in the minor league markets. Through activation events at local minor league ballparks we ran radical health workshops and introduced tools and resources to the community. This partnership deepened in 2025 as more teams brought mental health resources to their organizations and local communities. In addition to this partnership, radical hope enhanced its communications operations, scaling mindflex with aaron taylor, a podcast that delivers tools and techniques to help young adults build resilience.our program team developed a "workshop model" to deliver our radical health content in 1 or 2 sessions (versus the traditional 4) for new and existing partners. With time and administrative constraints, many organizations have requested this option to ensure their students/members still have access to the skills, tools and resources offered through the program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.3%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.8%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.3% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $402K · 13 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $294K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.