Hope Clinic Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The mission of the Hope Clinic is to provide the very highest quality of medical care to those with limited or no access to healthcare, and to treat each patient with the utmost respect and kindness without regard to language, national origin, religion or ability to pay.
- Income
- $3.5 million
- Spending
- $2.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 82%
- Reserves
- 1.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 49%
- Employees
- 20
- Volunteers
- 22
- Highest pay
- $169,021, board member, medical director, physician
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 7% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 28% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 86% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1582% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 8 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 15 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a 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
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 (1)
- $2.1 million spent. Hope Clinic is a Christian, primary care/ internal medicine practice that provides quality care to uninsured, underinsured and uninsurable adults in Gwinnett County, Georgia and surrounding counties. Hope Clinic expects and encourages patients to participate in their own healthcare, and all patients are welcome at the Hope Clinic regardless of race, ethnicity, or their ability to pay. Hope Clinic provides our patients with a sliding scale fee structure based on their household income levels, in which patients are given either a 30%, 40% or 50% discount on available health services. For patients who are indigent, homeless, and extremely low income, Hope Clinic provides a tailored payment plan, named Hope Helps, that allows patients to pay a set fee of $25 for office visits with the addition of set fees for all laboratory and testing services. Hope Clinic is willing to work with and establish affordable payment plans with any patients who require additional help. Hope Clinic services a widely diverse population that suffers from a number of common chronic conditions, mainly heart disease and diabetes. By developing lasting constructive relationships with every patient, Hope Clinic prevents the influx and reoccurrence of unnecessary hospitalizations and misuse of emergency room services. Hope Clinic provides access to complete management of primary care's chronic and acute medicine resources. By establishing care with the same provider, Hope Clinic patients discover continuous monitoring of their complete health and are taught ways to manage and stabilize their illnesses. Hope Clinic is the only clinic in Gwinnett Country, with one full time employed physician and one volunteer physician that directly works alongside and supervises three full time employed nurse practitioners, that specializes in creating individualized treatment plans that makes the continuation of care seamless for the uninsured patient population. Hope Clinic provides a number of additional services to streamline patients' complete medical and physical needs. By providing patients with access to onsite labs, x-ray, ultrasound, and echocardiogram services Hope Clinic saves patients thousands of dollars in diagnostic care annually. Hope Clinic's Chronic Care Management program is used for patients with one or more chronic diagnoses. By referencing the HEDIS standards in care, our goal driven chronic care management program designed by our physicians and managed by a certified nurse practitioner defines objectives for over 4,500 patients. Hope Clinic's Chronic Care Management Program focuses on the following 9 objectives with each chronic care patient: Setting organized achievable goals, diet, exercise, stress, eye care, foot care, dental care, and medication assistance. Internal goals are set for each patient including a minimum of 4 provider visits a year, regular telephone visits, necessary laboratory visits, and standard medication adherence for each patient. With just a 50% compliance rate of the set internal goals, patients in the program can expect to report a 15% reduction in total cholesterol, and hemoglobin A1C, as well as a 5 to 10% reduction in weight. Hope clinic has recognized that depression and other mental illnesses play an important role in a person's overall health, especially patients facing the complexity of managing chronic illnesses. Hope Clinic partners with a local psychiatry practice to provide mental health counseling and medication management by a certified psych family nurse practitioner. Hope Clinic's mental health program visits are available to all existing hope clinic patients free of charge. This program allows patients to receive help and treatment beyond the scope of basic depression and anxiety that's treated by primary care physicians. Hope Clinic also has dedicated staff assigned to assist any patient with the many different prescription assistance programs. These guarantees patients get medications that are essential to managing their care. More recently the Hope Clinic has begun the William B. Martin fund, which allows the Hope Clinic providers to help patients with needs outside of the clinic's scope of practice. This fund allows qualifying patients access to resources and funding for specialist visits, surgical procedures, required off-site diagnostic care, durable medical equipment, food, transportation, and help with several other types of living expenses. Patients who qualify for this funding are often the many uninsured and indigent persons who fall through the cracks and don't seek further help due to financial circumstances. Hope Clinic's Shelter of Hope program was created as a branch off the William B. Martin fund. The Shelter of Hope program helps hope clinic's homeless patients, who often suffer from demanding chronic conditions, find a safe temporary residence to live in while finding permanent accommodation. Hope Clinic providers and management often build lasting relationships with these patients and work effortlessly to help find appropriate accommodations while also managing their health.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 June 2025.
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 October 2002.
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.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Hoag Clinic Inc (Newport Beach, CA), EIN 33-0676831. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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