Helping Oppressed People Everywhere
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The purpose of Helping Oppressed People Everywhere (HOPE) is to reach out to disadvantaged children and families wherever they are and show genuine love and care by providing essential needs and sustainable interventions. Currently our focus is South Africa, Romania, and Virginia.
- Income
- $413,427
- Spending
- $324,565
- Spent on programs
- 64%
- Reserves
- 12.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Highest pay
- $31,575, 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
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 76% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 12.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 21% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 28% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1564% 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
Weak: 26 out of 100. Higher than 4% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 4 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no 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
0 of 10Did not give 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.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed 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 (4)
- $121,778 spent. In Romania, HOPE works through a local foundation-run school to provide services to Roma and other disadvantaged children and youth in the Ferentari district of Bucharest. The Roma are a highly stigmatized and marginalized ethnic group, and Ferentari is home to a large Roma population. HOPE services provided include hot lunches for schoolchildren, dental hygiene supplies for students, access to feminine hygiene products, an afterschool care program providing the most educationally, economically, and socially at-risk students with tutoring, homework assistance, and educational enrichment activities while extending the wage-earning hours of their caregivers. In 2024, 210 children in grades 0 through 8 benefitted from these programs. HOPE also provided funds for a mobile library offering onsite selection of books by students where no library exists. The mobile library called Caravana Lecturii, also provides a way to measure student?s literacy comprehension. 288 youth have benefited from these services. Following Russia?s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, HOPE and our partner organization in Romania launched an operation to house and care for Ukrainian refugees seeking refuge in Romania. The refugee center operation was fully funded by HOPE and continued caring refugees into 2023.
- $51,207 spent. In South Africa, HOPE works through a local partner NGO to directly meet both short- and long-term needs of underserved and impoverished children, and families, in the Matiwane area of KwaZulu-Natal. In the summer of 2024, a new partnership was formed with another NGO and an agreement formalized for the purpose of overseeing and promoting HOPE services to 100 students attending Cewembe Primary School. Services include daily hot meals for students, help with schoolwork, social services to families of students, and care and distribution of food to families from a community garden started in 2022. Twice in 2024 HOPE staff traveled to South Africa observe and establish operating procedures and volunteers purchased and delivered groceries, hygiene items, and other household goods to families identified by the local partner NGO as having profound need.
- $23,870 spent. Hurricane Helene in the fall of 2024 devastated many people living in regions near the service area of HOPE in the Appalachian Mountains. Hope cooperated with churches in Texas and Tennessee to collect and deliver 44,000 pounds of supplies including generators, farm supplies, food and clothing to victims of numerous floods in the area. HOPE continues to monitor and help those recovering from floods.
- $10,339 spent. In June of 2024, HOPE conducted a free weeklong Youth Sports Camp for at-risk middle school students in rural Wise County, Virginia. HOPE partnered with International Sports Federation, a fellow nonprofit organization, to conduct the camp. Experienced instructors taught students basic skills in archery, pickleball, basketball, flag football, track and field, robotics and art along with lessons on sportsmanship and character. There was no cost to the students to attend, and 100 students participated. Breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks were provided. HOPE expanded the youth sports camp to a nearby coal camp town that is isolated by poor phone service and transportation. Additionally, HOPE supported delivery of 100 Christmas food boxes to families of Union Elementary school students in the Big Stone Gap area.
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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