Wehope

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943342713
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
East Palo Alto, CA, USA
Phone
6503308000
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,701,397
Expenses
$11,558,088
Assets
$10,313,431
Liabilities
$5,474,515

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL BAINS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/FOUNDER)

Highest reported compensation

  • PAUL BAINS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/FOUNDER): $226,872 total reported compensation
  • NATALIE WALKER (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $153,663 total reported compensation
  • ALICIA GARCIA (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $149,688 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help people become healthy, employed, and housed using innovative solutions, by providing services like mobile hygiene, case management, job training, and housing assistance to end homelessness and improve the lives of vulnerable individuals in the bay area.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wehope helps unhoused, homeless and those at-risk in rebuilding their lives through a supportive housing program customized to the needs of each individual. Wehope's programs include: mobile homeless services: dignity on wheels (dow), a mobile hygiene service, provides free showers, restroom/toilet services and laundry services to the homeless throughout the bay area. Vehicle safe parking provides safe overnight parking, toilets, showers, laundry services, meals and comprehensive case management to assist in securing permanent supportive housing.see schedule o for continuation.emergency food and shelter: wehope shelter is a 24-hour facility located in east palo alto that provides emergency and transitional housing for homeless individuals. The program provides hot meals, shelter beds, access to medical care, hot showers, laundry service, transportation and comprehensive case management. Family harvest provides free healthy food to individuals and families in need.job training & life skills: hope jobs provides job training and certification programs designed to provide dignified employment and a livable wage to those facing underemployment or unemployment throughout the bay area. Hope jobs provides free certification courses taught by nationally certified instructors within their professional industry. Dignity @work is a re-entry program that helps the formerly incarcerated individuals successfully transition into society with proper education, support, and resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 63% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $227K · 15 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $950K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.