Urban Hope Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274637480
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Staten Island, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9296057547
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $800,510
- Expenses
- $713,638
- Assets
- $626,346
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID BEIDEL (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID BEIDEL (PRESIDENT): $44,000 total reported compensation
- CHAD MCVANN (EXECUTIVE DI): $44,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Urban hope's mission is to build cities and communities where there are no sheep without a shepherd.urban hope's vision is to build a house of hope in this world of pain. To see heaven's hope and joy saturate under-resourced communities everywhere.
What it reported doing in 2023
The city of joy department focuses on providing christian literature to thousands of churches across the tri-state area. A 50,000 square foot warehouse is utilized to store millions of books. There are over 35 titles, ranging from kids books in english and spanish, to youth books and wonderful devotions. The books include those written by famed authors, like lee strobel, max lucado, louis giglio and many other wonderful authors. The mosy important is the bible. Transportation is key to this department to receive and deliver out much needed christian resources. Jesus week department focuses on events with churches adopting their neighborhood, low-income communities and schools to deliver christian events. These events have a climax event in times square (nyc) where tens of thousands of people congregate for a night of worship and prayer. Literacy is much needed within our low-income families. We have assisted hundreds of children who were well below satisfactory levels to rise to an exceptional level. We work with five schools and over 200 volunteers to assist our children who need private literacy assistance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 39
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 21
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41.9%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 46.5%; rating input score 46
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 41.9% of revenue deployed · 46.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $332K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $44K · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.