The Hope-jg Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464754549
- IRS 990-PF coverage
- 2015–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-PF 2017
- Location
- Windham, ME, USA
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,188
- Expenses
- $20,998
Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Overview
Mission
Christianity
What it reported funding in 2017
The foundation reported 3 grants totaling $2,750. The stated grant purposes included participant sponsorshipride to end als, als research, and colby family van.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the endowment provides a meaningful financial cushion. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
- Cost Efficiency: 34
- Transparency: 100
- Compliance: 50
- Endowment Health: 61
Detailed rating inputs
Grant Deployment
- Grant deployment ratio: Limited
Cost Efficiency
- Grant expense ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 34; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency
- Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100
Compliance
- Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
- Filing consistency checks: 8; rating input score 100
Endowment Health
- Endowment-health comparison: 3.8; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
- Trustees: Filed trustees detail
- Investments: 61th percentile for endowment coverage
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 to 2017
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.