Sharing Hope Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208814477
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mackeyville, PA, USA
Phone
5706600380
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,188
Expenses
$101,041
Assets
$109,059
Liabilities
$20,034

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM TONER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CINDY TONER (SECRETARY /T)
  • WILLIAM TONER (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sharing hope ministries, inc. Is an organization dedicated to working among people whose lives have been affected by natural disaster, poverty, disease and famine. The organization responds to natural disasters by sending volunteer work crews to rebuild homes, hope and lives. Sharing hope serves as a channel for churches, community groups and mission groups in their efforts to provide food, health care, education and shelter to affected communities. Sharing hope ministries, inc. Provides volunteer groups to communities in crisis.

What it reported doing in 2024

International assistance: dominican republic: the child sponsorship continued. 170 children participated in the program. Children attend church on saturdays. Bible stories, craft project, mentoring and life skills classes are available. The sponsorship program provides backpacks, school supplies, shoes and a uniform are distributed to each child. A christmas celebration is provided. Pastor luis and staff delivered food and medicine to children whose families were in need. The sponsorship program children attend the private school run by the church for underprivileged children. Sharing hope ministries also partners in the naverette area of the dominican republic. The ministry includes two churches, one in a mountain community and one in a poorer community on the outskirts of the city. This includes a private school that ministers to underprivileged children. These children attend the school through sponsorships. In 2024 the school has 69 students pre-k through 2nd grade. Sharing hope provides student scholarship sponsorships as well as teacher funding. Haiti: money was provided to deliver much needed food and suppleis in the nw area of haiti. Civil unrest and gangs make it very difficult for simple basic necessities to reach more remote area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 65% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 35
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 93.4%; rating input score 93; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -65.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 2 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.