Hope for Honduran Children Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to protect, inspire, nurture, educate, train, and challenge disadvantaged vulnerable Honduran children. We mentor and provide opportunities to help them reach their full potential and become self-sufficient, caring, responsible adults. Extreme poverty, lack of opportunity, drugs and gang violence contribute to a catastrophic struggle for human survival in Honduras. Most at risk are rural youth who migrate to the cities in search of opportunity where they are confronted with hunger, unemployment, disease, drug cartels, and brutal gangs specializing in trafficking, killings, kidnappings, rape and extortion. A United Nations Global Study advocates strong investment in education and employability for vulnerable children, youth, orphans, and those without access to public services. These are the children the Hope for Honduran Children Foundation works to serve, educate, and provide opportunities.
- Income
- $156,995
- Spending
- $169,458
- Spent on programs
- 95%
- Reserves
- 39.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 50%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 100
- Highest pay
- $42,000, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 79 out of 100. Higher than 48% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 39.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 8% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 22% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1595% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 76 out of 100. Higher than 68% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $123,795 spent. EDUCATION AND SPONSORSHIP The United Nations reports that Honduras has the worst educational system in Central America and 51% of Honduran children receive no education after sixth grade. Extreme poverty and lack of education are very pressing problems that are prevalent for 75% of the population living in the mountain villages. In the rural communities most adults are unemployed and 2 in 10 are illiterate. Without the benefit of a good education, the population we serve has no possible escape from their cycle of deplorable poverty. In 2024 H4HC provided scholarships for 14 university scholars plus 4 high school students in our 2 residential homes. Additional support was provided to three students not living in our residences. Our long-term residential program requires exemplary character and academic focus while students are provided safe shelter, food, a quality education, clothing, medical care and abundant love. It is a family environment with rigorous expectations. The students quickly learn the benefits of integrity, self-discipline and honor and are supported through their studies at the university. H4HC students are thriving and graduates quickly find excellent employment.
- $32,709 spent. PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROGRAM & CULTURAL EXCHANGE TRIPS - There is no better classroom than the world itself and no more impactful lesson than immersion into the vibrant and loving, yet impoverished Honduran culture. Immersion trips are an integral part of the foundation's success with each trip designed to make a sustainable difference in the lives of the Honduran children, their families, the local communities, and the lives of our service volunteers. In 2024 there were two week-long trips (February and June). The trips offer a myriad of opportunities such as: 1) to engage in meaningful interaction with children & local villagers 2) to immerse yourself in a diverse and meaningful cultural experience 3) to enhance your global awareness 4) to bring much needed supplies to isolated villages 5) to change the world of a child in desperate need 6) to establish impactful relationships with our residential students.
- $4,852 spent. SPECIAL PROJECTS - are those for which Hope for Honduran Children raises special funding to offset the costs of planning, implementation and continuation. Our Feed A Village program is extremely impactful. In 2024, the program helped to support several isolated and impoverished communities providing them with educational assistance, food, shoes, clothing, vitamins, medical and educational supplies. Scholarships were awarded to three university students, one student to medical school, one student to nursing school, and four students to high school. H4HC also brought support to the local Center for the Blind and internet connection to the local Santa Lucia high school. H4HC makes a meaningful and sustainable difference in the lives of rural Honduran Children as the foundation firmly believes that "A child without education is like a bird without wings."
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2006.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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