Star of Hope Centre - USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453605509
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Port Townsend, WA, USA
Phone
2067799535
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,304
Expenses
$75,698
Assets
$141,567
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Vicki Legman (Chair)
  • Marsha Donaldson (Vice Chair)
  • William Ferris (Treasurer)

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

The Mission of the Star of Hope Centre is to provide a safe environment and an education to vulnerable children. The Star of Hope Centre is home to approximately 30 children who lost their parents through HIV/AIDs, armed conflict, abandonment, malaria and other diseases. The Star of Hope Centre also provides a primary school (K-9) education and meals to an additional 170+ children from the neighboring village whose families would otherwise not be able to afford these services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Star of Hope Centre for Vulnerable Children in Bungoma, Kenya serves over 200 children. Operating expenditures for orphanage and primary school. Expenditures include Staff/Teacher stipends, supplies, clothing, food, and infrastructure repairs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98

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: 4.5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.87; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 100% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.