Ohio · Nonprofit
Hope Hollow
Hope Hollow (Ohio) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $501,108 to it, the largest being THE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS ($180,575). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $466k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $501k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Hope Hollow does
Mission
Hope Hollow s mission is to offer welcome, hospitality and hope by providing lodging, meals, transportation assistance and emotional support at no cost to cancer patients and their loved ones, who are financially in need, while receiving cancer treatment in Columbus, Ohio for period of treatment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Our largest program service is in the area of lodging/shelter for cancer patients and their loved ones who are traveling away from home to seek cancer treatment in our city, Columbus, Ohio. Hope Hollow s mission is to serve those cancer patients who are financially in need and must travel for specific treatments in Columbus which are unavailable where they reside. We want to note that all of our referrals are received from oncology social workers, nurse navigators, and other medical personnel who serve and treat cancer patients at the various medical institutions in our city. Without support, many of the patients we serve would be unable to afford the costs involved in traveling to seek their best medical treatment. We have known of patients/families and friends of the patients to even sleep in their cars due to their inability to afford lodging while seeking life-saving treatment. Many others may elect to forego the treatment needed without the support of Hope Hollow.
$45,721 spent22% of program spendingAnother program service that is offered is in the provision of transportation assistance, typically in the form of funds for fuel. As mentioned previously, many of those we serve would be unable to seek needed treatment for their cancer without the support of Hope Hollow in meeting their transportation needs. Frequently, we receive referrals from the oncology social workers requesting gasoline gift cards because a patient has borrowed money to be able to travel to Columbus, Ohio, for cancer treatments, but does not have the financial means to pay for transportation costs necessary for them to return home.
$59,229 spent29% of program spendingAlso Hope Hollow offers a program service providing meals/food for cancer patients financially in need. We have been deeply moved by the stories of cancer patients and their loved ones that we serve. One patient was receiving chemotherapy in the morning, radiation in the afternoon, and was eating every third day because of the financial inability to purchase food. This person shared with us that between eating every third day, they would drink a lot of water to feel full and not be hungry. In another instance, the husband of a cancer patient with metastatic breast cancer was not able to work because he wanted to be with his wife who was in intensive care in the final days of her life. As a result of his lost wages, he was only eating every several days. In closing, our journey with our non-profit Hope Hollow has been humbling for us. As we are invited to share in the journey of those we serve, we in turn have become deeply aware of a need that too often goes unseen. Our hope is that the mission of Hope Hollow is making a difference for those in need.
$51,271 spent25% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 48,211, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Finally, in 2024, the Board of Directors initiated a pilot program in cooperation with the OSUCCC The James Cancer Hospital to provide additional aid to indigent cancer patients participating in other Hope Hollow programs. Aid includes expenditures for home utilities, rents, mortgage payments, OTC medications and prescriptions
$48,211 spent24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $204,432.
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 2019 to 2020, from $729k to $978k (+34%).
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 23% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of Hope Hollow’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $28k → $76k.
7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 Hollow’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 Hollow leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 Hollow.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 44% · 2019 36% · 2020 30% · 2021 34% · 2022 42% · 2023 38% — 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
40% of Hope Hollow's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
67% of Hope Hollow'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 $167k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $334k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 Hollow runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Hope Hollow
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hope Hollow: 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 Hollow?
- Hope Hollow (Ohio) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $501,108 to it, the largest being THE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS ($180,575). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Hope Hollow have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $501,108 in grants to Hope Hollow, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hope Hollow?
- THE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS is the largest funder on record, with $180,575 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hope Hollow 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.
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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 15 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing