Ohio · Nonprofit
A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL
A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL (Ohio) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,573,596 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($368,754). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $965k
What A Child's Hope International does
Mission
We partner with communities to inspire lasting hope in jesus' name by providing food, clean water, and holistic care to meet the urgent needs of children and families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hands against hunger - a program that produces "hope boxes" which feed children with high protein meals packed by volunteers. Hands against hunger provides for vulnerable children worldwide who are at the most risk from malnutrition. Meals are distributed internationally, and in the united states, through local partners who meet the wholistic needs of children and families.
$1,192,728 spentof which $738,827 as grants$11,519 earned by the program51% of program spendingUs based food distribution a program that distributes donated food and basic need items into the community through collaborations with local food pantries and organizations. Distribution is focused on economically disadvantaged populations throughout ohio, kentucky, and indiana. Items are also distributed nationally during disasters.
$849,453 spentof which $801,932 as grants36% of program spendingHope sacks. Hope sacks are "grab n' go" style bags that contain ready-to-eat and kid-friendly shelf-stable and fresh items to fight weekend food insecurity. Hope sacks are provided to 460 school children in high-need neighborhoods of cincinnati every week. The meals are nutritious and easy to prepare since many of these children will spend much of the weekend without a caregiver present in the home.
$143,637 spentof which $88,975 as grants6% of program spendingClean water - provides clean water through purification products distributed worldwide and clean water wells drilled in india and the dominican republic specifically. Wholistic care - provides for basic needs for children and families in india and haiti through long term partners. These activities local school feeding programs, pre-natal interventions, medical care, and educational supports.
$152,394 spentof which $94,399 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,338,212.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.6M to $898k (−44%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Gerald Shannon
Executive director
Board chair
Doug Peters
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $72k → $179k.
13 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
81% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 68% · 2019 44% · 2020 54% · 2021 41% · 2022 37% · 2023 23% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
52% of A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
80% of A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $318k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL?
- A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL (Ohio) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,573,596 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($368,754). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $1,573,596 in grants to A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL?
- THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $368,754 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A CHILD'S HOPE INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 43 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing