River of Hope Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204357194
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Clute, TX, USA
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,977
Expenses
$67,163
Assets
$21,743
Liabilities
$3,779

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Vincent Townsend (President)

People named in this filing

  • Clif Dusek (Board Member)
  • Vincent Townsend (President)
  • Laura Mergenhagen (Secretary)

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

See Schedule O

What it reported doing in 2025

Working as direct client assistance 50% of the directors time is spent conducting interviews and providing education resources and referrals as well as managing assistance funds. Note: This amount includes salary and withholding for taxes and social security calculated as half the total payroll expense. The other 50% of the director responsibilities include fund raising grant applications meeting with member churches and other non-profits in our area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 49% for direct work, and 51% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.5%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 56.6%; rating input score 57

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: -3.4%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.5% of revenue deployed · 56.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.