Reclaimed Hope Initiative

What it reported doing in 2025

Camp Hope provides a safe, inclusive, and enriching summer camp experience for foster, adoptive, and children with disabilities ages 4-12. We serve children who are otherwise unable to participate in camp due to intensive behavioral needs, mental health diagnoses, intellectual disability, and significant trauma. In 2025, we served 78 campers, and held camp 5 days/week over 7 weeks. RHI uses input from campers, families, and staff to inform our program strategies. We distribute pre- and post-camp surveys to assess each campers social and behavioral development, child and parent satisfaction, and safety of camp programs. In addition to surveys, we also use face-to-face interviews, informal conversations, and onsite reviews from local professionals and program leaders to gauge the quality and effectiveness of camp activities. During the Camp Hope season, RHI uses two methods of surveys to accurately capture our outcomes from a variety of lenses. Our first method of evaluation is from lead camp staff who rate individual campers on these four skill areas: (1) emotional regulation, (2)coping skills, (3) communication, and (4) participation. This allows us to gauge how each child progresses. At the end of each day, Camp staff will report on a scale of (0-4), how much each camper demonstrated these four skills. Our baseline goal for measured improvement is 75%. RHI will also survey parents on their experience with camp to assess how well we are supporting their needs and reducing their stress levels. In addition, we use the Child & Youth Resilience Measure-Revised, which is a self-report measure of social-ecological resilience suitable for use with individuals aged 5-23. The CYRM-R is a 2- subscale, 17-item Rasch-validated measure of resilience with robust psychometric properties. This revised measure is recommended for researchers and practitioners who are interested in measuring resilience across diverse cultures and contexts. This is completed by each child on their first day of Camp Hope and their last day of Camp Hope to gauge how well our programming increases the level of child resilience. In 2025, we saw over 80% of campers show neutral or positive change across all age groups and subsets. RHI maintains active relationships with the foster, adoptive, and disability community through our delivery of direct services to families. We engage families not only in the work we do but as participants in our program development. An example of this was when parents in our other programming requested their children with more complex medical needs be able to attend Camp Hope. With this in mind, our staff met with parents to better understand the current limitations and what would be needed to meet the needs of these children. After this evaluation, we were able to accommodate children who are wheelchair users by installing a metal ramp to create access in the camp environment, as well as hiring a full-time nurse on staff to be able to manage more complex needs such as seizure disorders, g-tube feedings, and emergency medication management. As we continue to grow our staff and organizational capacity, RHI will refine and assess data collection tools as needed to measure impact from a holistic perspective.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 64.4%; rating input score 64
• Program expense ratio: 59.4%; rating input score 59
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 26th 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: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -8.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.58; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -29.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings