University Hope Foundation CO Daniel Griffin

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770410242
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2014
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Fresno, CA, USA
Phone
5592780839
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Chris Fiorentino (Chairman)
  • Don Romsa (Director)
  • Dan Griffin (CFO/CoTreasurer)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

"University Hope: Housing Opportunities through Education" is a student organization on the CSU, Fresno campus with the aim of building hope in the community by constructing houses, rehabilitating existing homes, and helping to improve neighborhoods. The primary mission of University Hope is to capture the imagination, energy and commitment of students, faculty and staff in order to productively and responsibly involve them in the work of providing adequate housing for families in need. Grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition, open to persons of all faith traditions, University Hope seeks to connect our spiritual lives to the needs of the world.

What it reported doing in 2014

Planned and managed construction of low-income housing, single-family residence on land owned by the City of Clovis Community Development Agency (City of Clovis). University Hope supervised, coordinated , controlled and completed the project providing all the labor from community service volunteers and subcontractors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 1 of 1 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.