Nebraska · Nonprofit
HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION
HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION (Nebraska) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,675,800 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ($776,532). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What Heartland Hope Mission does
Mission
To provide food, clothing, and promote self-sufficiency for people in need.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We provided a week's supply of food to 75,610 low income people. We also delivered food to homebound elderly clients and communities in rural nebraska with high need. Clients spoke one-on-one with a client service specialist to receive additional services and referrals. This may have included connecting them to job opportunities, providing information on rent and utility assistance or assisting with a snap application. Case management services were also provided. 36,407 people received clothing, 23,367 hygiene items were distributed and 4,366 diaper packs were distributed.
$4,091,635 spent82% of program spendingHeartland Hope Mission supported clients in achieving financial stability by providing an updated jobs board, connecting individuals to employment opportunities and referring them to educational and workforce development resources. Additionally, through our back-to-school giveaway, students received essential school supplies and new clothing, ensuring they were prepared for academic success.
$291,798 spent6% of program spendingIn the past year, Heartland Hope Mission's hope-filled christmas program provided 5,052 children with new toys and clothing, ensuring that families facing economic hardship could experience the joy of the holiday season. Through the adopt-a-family component, donors received wish lists from specific families, allowing them to personally shop for toys and essential clothing items tailored to each child's needs. These gifts were then dropped off at Heartland Hope Mission, where they were distributed along with a holiday pantry to ensure families had both presents and food for a meaningful celebration. For families not matched with a donor, parents had the opportunity to "shop" at our hope-filled christmas distribution, selecting brand-new toys and clothing items for their children, preserving dignity and choice during this special time of year.
$429,370 spent9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$158,203 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,971,006.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.2M to $6.4M (+97%).
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 3% · 2021 2% · 2022 14% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Chelsea Salifou
Executive director
Board chair
Christy Hair
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $169k → $669k.
11 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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
HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
45% 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 HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 26% · 2019 23% · 2020 20% · 2021 28% · 2022 34% · 2023 30% — 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
54% of HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
82% of HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $636k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION
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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: 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 HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION?
- HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION (Nebraska) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,675,800 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ($776,532). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $4,675,800 in grants to HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION?
- UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS is the largest funder on record, with $776,532 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 60 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