Hope for Myanmar Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Hope for Myanmar primarily focuses on raising funds and delivering humanitarian aid to Myanmar displaced people
- Income
- $1.2 million
- Spending
- $1.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 93%
- Reserves
- 1.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 79
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: 75 out of 100. Higher than 48% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 8% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 261% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% 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
Good: 84 out of 100. Higher than 37% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 8 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.
Independent check of accounts
0 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 (3)
- $706,684 spent. Humanitarian program expense:During 2024, we were able to mobilize over 70 volunteers to raise awareness about the ongoing humanitarian crisis, displacement, and severe hardships faced by the people of Myanmar due to ongoing conflicts, especially in Chin State and western Sagaing region. Through their efforts, we were able to raise fudns to support refugees, internally displaced persons, and vulnerable communities in Chin State and western Sagaing region in Myanmar. We surveyed 145 villages in Falam township where 29,390 people, including 9,491 Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs), were living at the time. We were able to help these displaced people with food items, clothes, shelter materials. In addition to this, we were able to deliver essential food supplies, clothes and shelter materials to over 5000 displaced and vulnerable families at other locations in Chin State and Western Sagaing Region in Myanmar. We were also able to repair approximately 25 miles of village roads or streets that the villagers used for their daily commute and transportation since the Myanmar military regime stopped maintaining them due to ongoing conflicts.
- $164,780 spent. Education program expense: During 2024, we were able to provide teaching and learning materials including stationery and textbooks to 51 community and camp-based schools with 1350 students in rural Chin State where government funded schools stopped functioning after military coup in February 2021. We were also able to provide monthly stipends to 253 community teachers who were teaching at these schools without regular support from the communities. We were also able to organize teachers' education training at three different locations for these teachers.
- $171,165 spent. Healthcare program expense: In rural Chin State where there were no medical facilities after Myanmar's military coup, we supported one mini hospital with one doctor and 2 nurses and another seven clinics with 2 nurses each, treating and giving referrals to villagers throughout the year. We also supported 11 midwifes at different locations to take care of pregnant women and PHS to vaccinate over 1500 children. We also supported the doctor and nurses to respond to GE outbreak at one location, treating those who were infected and giving health education to others. We organized two first aid training sessions with 20 participants each. We were able to support volunteer mobile medical teams with three medical doctors, and 11 nurses to provide more than 25,000 check-ups and medical helps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and local people at remote places in Chin State, Myanmar where there were no medical facilities. We made referral to those needing further medical health to Falam hospital (until it was closed in October due to heavy fighting between Chin resistance forces and Myanmar military), clinics and hospitals in Kalay in Sagaing region in Myanmar and hospitals in Mizoram State, India. In Aizawl, Mizoram, we rented an apartment throughout the year for the patients to stay during their medical treatments. We also supported volunteers and contractors to look after these patients and to transport them to hospitals for their appointments.
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 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 April 2023.
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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