Florida · Nonprofit
HOPE HELPS INC
HOPE HELPS INC (Florida) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,280,891 to it, the largest being THE GALLOWAY FOUNDATION ($180,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Hope Helps Inc does
Mission
To prevent and reduce hunger and homelessness in central florida by equipping individuals and families to become self-sufficient through housing, outreach, prevention, and education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food pantry the food pantry provides nonperishable food, produce, meat and fresh bread, 4-days per week, all at no charge, and runs kids of hope,a summer and school breaks lunch program for the disadvantaged children of the community. The organization partners with second harvest food bank of central florida, and the emergency food assistance program (tefap). Hope's emergency network service(hens) delivers food to homebound elderly or disabled who cannot get to hope's facility. The food pantry is supported by a large team of volunteers that assist the staff to run the daily operations, coordinate pick-ups and ongoing food drives hosted by local schools, churches, businesses and many other organizations. The kids of hope lunch program is funded primarily through grants and food donations.
$273,105 spent9% of program spendingThe hope chest- hope's thrift store/boutique is blessed with many quality donations, some new and gently used, all from our community and for sale to the general public. We accept clothing, shoes, sports gear, working electronics, music, movies, furniture, new bedding, jewelry, tools and lawn equipment, infant supplies, housewares and antiques. We provide basic necessities to those who come for assistance at no charge via a voucher program through our resource center, partner service agencies or church referrals. All proceeds from the sales are used to cover general operations funding of hope's mission.
$1,365,526 spent$760,350 earned by the program45% of program spendingResource center- at this time we accept walk-ins, referrals and assist individuals and families with the following: -basic needs (food, clothing) -case management -access to resources -financial assistance -educational programs -financial management -computer center/access assistance in applying for medicaid and food stamps as well as resume preparation. Our goal is to focus on prevention and promote accountability so individuals and families can take the steps necessary to move on to self-sufficiency.
$1,425,380 spentof which $332,960 as grants47% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,064,011.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $1.8M to $2.1M (+14%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of HOPE HELPS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Joan Faulkner
CEO
Board chair
Kris Siegmundt
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $31k → $229k.
10 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 HOPE HELPS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
HOPE HELPS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% 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
40% 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 HOPE HELPS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 59% · 2019 75% · 2020 29% · 2021 17% · 2022 25% · 2023 15% — 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
32% of HOPE HELPS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
76% of HOPE HELPS INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $337k 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
HOPE HELPS INC has grown faster than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HOPE HELPS INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% 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 HOPE HELPS INC: 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 HOPE HELPS INC?
- HOPE HELPS INC (Florida) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,280,891 to it, the largest being THE GALLOWAY FOUNDATION ($180,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOPE HELPS INC have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $1,280,891 in grants to HOPE HELPS INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOPE HELPS INC?
- THE GALLOWAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOPE HELPS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 47 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