Community of Hope Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
COMMUNITY OF HOPE'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE HEALTH, END HOMELESSNESS, AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES TO MAKE WASHINGTON, DC MORE EQUITABLE.
- Income
- $57.6 million
- Spending
- $52.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- 9.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 44%
- Employees
- 592
- Volunteers
- 506
- Highest pay
- $322,681, chief medical officer
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
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 88% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 8% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 3% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 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
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 42% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2516 of 16 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 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)
- $30.7 million spent. HEALTH SERVICES COH WORKS TO IMPROVE HEALTH IN WASHINGTON, DC BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE WITH A FOCUS ON SERVING THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC), COH PROVIDES MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS SERVICES AT THREE HEALTH CENTERS AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS SERVICES AT FOUR OTHER COMMUNITY LOCATIONS. THESE SERVICES ARE OFFERED TO ALL PERSONS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SUPPORTS INCLUDE CENTERINGPREGNANCY GROUP PERINATAL CARE, LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES AT THE FREE-STANDING BIRTH CENTERCENTER AND HOSPITAL, PERINATAL CARE COORDINATION, DOULAS, TRANSPORTATION TO VISITS, AND MORE. IN 2024, COH SERVED 15,716 UNIQUE PATIENTS IN 84,037 MEDICAL, DENTAL, EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AND CARE MANAGEMENT VISITS. THE LARGEST HEALTH CENTER, THE CONWAY HEALTH AND RESOURCE CENTER (CHRC) PROVIDES MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS SERVICES IN WARD 8, FILLING A CRITICAL GAP IN A HISTORICALLY UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY. MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS SERVICES ARE ALSO PROVIDED AT THE MARIE REED HEALTH CENTER (MRHC) IN WARD 1. THE FAMILY HEALTH AND BIRTH CENTER (FHBC) IN WARD 5 PROVIDES PRIMARY CARE AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS SERVICES AND IS ESPECIALLY KNOWN FOR ITS ROBUST MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS. IT IS THE ONLY FREE-STANDING BIRTH CENTER IN DC AND IS ALSO ONE OF ONLY TWO FQHCS IN THE U.S. WITH A BIRTH CENTER. . THE ON-SITE PHARMACY AT FHBC PROVIDED OVER 33,000 PRESCRIPTIONS TO PATIENTS SERVED AT ALL THREE HEALTH CENTERS IN 2024. THE COMMONS AT STANTON SQUARE (WARD 8) IS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE HUB FOR EMOTIONAL WELLNESS SERVICES, A HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM, AND RESOURCES FOR BABIES AND FAMILIES. SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ALSO CONTINUED IN 20243 AT TWO HIGH-NEED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN WARD 8 AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL IN WARD 4.COH'S HEALTH CENTERS ARE PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES. PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS ARE CRITICAL AND INCLUDE A HOME-VISITING PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, CASE MANAGERS EDUCATE PARENTS ABOUT INFANTS AND TODDLERS' PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECT FAMILIES TO RESOURCES. COH HAS A COMPREHENSIVE CARE COORDINATION PROGRAM FOR PERINATAL PATIENTS, PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE CHRONIC DISEASES, AND REFUGEES.COH SERVES A LARGELY LOW-INCOME POPULATION. 92% OF PATIENTS LIVE AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND 88% HAVE MEDICAID, MEDICARE, OR DC ALLIANCE, OR ARE UNINSURED. AMONG PATIENTS WHO REPORTED THIS INFORMATION, 92% ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 66% ARE FEMALE.
- $13.2 million spent. HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS COMMUNITY OF HOPE (COH) WORKS TO END HOMELESSNESS BY OFFERING SERVICES AT ALL LEVELS OF THE HOMELESSNESS CONTINUUM OF CARE INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES, SHELTER, AND TWO PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS. IN 2024, COH SERVED 1,601 FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, TOTALING 4,628 PEOPLE. HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SUPPORTED 684 FAMILIES, AND 91% OF CASES DID NOT END UP IN SHELTER WHEN EXITING THE PROGRAM. THE TRIUMPH (WARD 8), COH'S SOLE FAMILY SHELTER PROGRAM FOR MOST OF 2024, SERVED 179 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, AND 82% OF CLIENTS EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING. IN DECEMBER 2024, COH ASSUMED OPERATIONS AT ANOTHER SHORT-TERM FAMILY HOUSING SITE, THE AYA (WARD 6), AND IN THAT MONTH COH SERVED 37 FAMILIES AT THE AYA. COH ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. BRIDGE HOUSING SUPPORTS ADULTS WITHOUT CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING OUTSIDE OR IN LARGE SHELTERS AND WILL SOON TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. IN 2024, THIS PROGRAM SERVED 112 INDIVIDUALS IN TWO LOCATIONS.ADDITIONALLY, COH HAS TWO PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS: PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH) FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPERIENCED CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, AND RAPID RE-HOUSING (RRH) FOR FAMILIES WITH LOWER BARRIERS TO HOUSING STABILITY, BUT WHO STILL NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT. BETWEEN THESE PROGRAMS, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, LIFE SKILLS CLASSES, YOUTH SUPPORTS. IN 2024, 339 FAMILIES WERE SERVED IN RRH. PSH INCLUDES BOTH SCATTERED-SITE AND SITE-BASED HOUSING, SERVING 418 FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. THE SITE-BASED PSH PROGRAMS ARE IN WARD 8 MISSISSIPPI AVENUE APARTMENTS, ARCHER PARK, PARKWAY OVERLOOK, THE TRIO, RIDGECREST APARTMENTS, AND THE PAXTON WHICH WAS ADDED IN 2024. RRH HAS KEPT 100% OF ITS FAMILIES FROM RETURNING TO SHELTER WITHIN TWO YEARS OF PROGRAM EXIT. 98% OF FAMILIES IN PSH STAYED STABLY HOUSED OR EXITED TO A POSITIVE DESTINATION.
- $931,914 spent. COMMUNITY RESOURCES COH OPERATES SEVERAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE PROGRAMS. THE BELLEVUE FAMILY SUCCESS CENTER (FSC) OPERATES OUT OF CHRC IN WARD 8, CONNECTING FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HARDSHIPS WITH EXISTING GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS THROUGH EITHER ONE-TIME INTERACTIONS OR SHORT-TERM CASE MANAGEMENT. OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE FAMILY SUCCESS CENTER HELPED 539 FAMILIES NAVIGATE CRISES THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THREE FAMILY SUCCESS SPECIALISTS. HOUSING SUPPORT IS THE MOST REQUESTED SERVICE, FOLLOWED BY FOOD AND EMPLOYMENT SEARCH ASSISTANCE. A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (CAC) MADE UP OF BELLEVUE RESIDENTS MEETS MONTHLY TO GUIDE THE FSC'S PRIORITIES AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS. BEGINNING IN 2023, THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) IS OFFERED AT TWO HEALTH CENTERS AND A THIRD LOCATION THE COMMONS AT STANTON SQUARE WAS ADDED IN 2024. WIC OFFERS INDIVIDUALS ACCESS TO NUTRITION COUNSELING, BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT, HEALTHY FOOD, AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS. ADDING WIC ON SITE HAS MADE IT EASIER FOR THE PATIENTS TO ENROLL IN WIC AND CONVENIENTLY ACCESS WIC SERVICES. CURRENTLY, THE WIC PROGRAM PROVIDES MONTHLY BENEFITS TO OVER 1,100 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR.IN OCTOBER 2023 COH LAUNCHED HOUSING OUR NEWBORNS, EMPOWERING YOU (HONEY), A UNIQUE PROGRAM FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. HONEY CONNECTS PARENTS-TO-BE WITH PRENATAL CARE, PERINATAL CARE COORDINATION, AND RESOURCES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, AND BASIC BABY CARE SUPPLIES. HONEY ALSO INCLUDES AN INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENT FOR LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE NEEDS OF PREGNANT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.IN 2024, 122 CLIENTS WERE ENROLLED IN PERINATAL CARE COORDINATION SERVICES AND 40 MORE PEOPLE RECEIVED PERINATAL NAVIGATION THROUGH THE HONEY PROGRAM.
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 December 1980.
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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