Restore Hope Resources Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820637886
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sebring, FL, USA
Phone
8634512997
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Rehabilitation

Reported finances

Revenue
$517,288
Expenses
$496,845
Assets
$89,433
Liabilities
$691

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT MEIER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT MEIER (PRESIDENT): $145,592 total reported compensation
  • MARISA MEIER (SVP OPERATIONS): $127,325 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH HOLMES (SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT JOB COACH): $10,478 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The purpose of restore hope resources is to assist jobless, disabled, homeless, unemployed, long-term unemployed and those generally in need with resources, such as job search preparation, employment placement, career training, job readiness training, resume writing, and interviewing, as well as tangible resources such as food, back to work clothes, referrals for housing, and job placement.

What it reported doing in 2025

Helped over 100 disabled job seekers find and maintain employment in 2024. Conducted job search skills, job readiness training, supported employment service, job shadowing, resume and interviewing assistance and employer follow up to help maintain and sustain employment. Offered job skills training programs and other services to help obtain employment (such as assistance with transportation, background screening, assistance getting certifications needed for work.

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 95% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 58.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $394K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $146K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

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  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.