Together for Hope

What it reported doing in 2024

In many ways, 2025 left a high-water mark on the banks of our reservoir.at the national level, we hosted our annual meeting in decatur, ga; health summits across the southeast; screened our documentary rising hope around the united states and abroad (new canaan, ct; st. Louis, mo; dallas, tx; winston-salem, nc; decatur, ga; san jose, ca; lewisburg, pa; cleveland, ms; phnom penh, cambodia; atlanta, ga; selma, al); held our annual staff retreat in los cruces, nm; and launched hope box as a way to highlight the products of our social enterprise network. Besides this, our president toured the country and abroad speaking and lecturing about our work (jackson, ms; tulsa, ok; clinton, ms; Washington dc; cal, colombia; shaw, ms; greenville, sc; oxford, ms; st. Louis, mo; and lumberton, nc). We were also able to produce a 14-page glossy that describes the work that we do in counties of persistent rural poverty in the united states.together for hope (tfh) galvanized the black belt region around building a house in fitzgerald, ga, and helping a family of four become homeowners. Rachel gunter shapard, our vp for the black belt, called this program "together we build and it has become our model for creating new affordable homes and homeowners across rural america. This year we plan to build 3-4 new homes with this model that provides families with a pathway out of poverty.in the delta region we connected delta circles with our partners in silicon valley, who came to helena-west helena, ar, and installed an orchard of 3d printers, trained staff how to operate it, and hosted a community-wide party to celebrate this collaboration. Now, youth and adults in the Arkansas delta will have access to the newest technologies available which equips them with a knowledge base for the future.tfh appalachia helped one voice, one of our appalachian partners, finalize a toolkit for their organization that they have been working on for years. With our assistance, they were able to create the toolkit that will empower them to replicate their work in fighting the opioid epidemic in wv.dr. Cory peacock became our regional manager of the four corners (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado), which helps us truly begin to scale in the west. Having someone organize our work in the four corners is a huge leap towards scaling tfh within the tribal nations, Texas, four corners (tnt4c) region.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 55.2%; rating input score 55
• Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 16.9%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings