Hope Family Care Ministries Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Hope Family Care exists to support child-loss families on their grief journeys. The support comes through retreats grief support groups and grief coaching.
- Income
- $127,477
- Spending
- $130,299
- Reserves
- 0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Highest pay
- $72,000, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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)
- $6,568 spent. Grief Support: throughout the 2023 year we were able to host 3 retreats for families in grief host 20 online support groups and send over 120 hope bags to grieving families. This impacted over 300 people. We also were able to coach couples and families.
- $12,806 spent. Esperanza Inquebrantable: we hosted a retreat for families in Santa Isabella Ecuador as well as an event for people in Cuenca Ecuador. We also hosted 5 workshops in Colombia Tnja Duitama and Bogot. Benefited over 900 people
- $3,298 spent. Continued work on Hope Unshakeable Grief Care as well as reprinting of Hope Unshakeable loss specific books.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 March 2018.
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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