Maryland · Nonprofit
HOPE MISSIONS
HOPE MISSIONS (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $28k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $3k
What Hope Missions does
Mission
Hope Missions is a nonprofit organization formed to empower and support youth and underserved individuals in Baltimore City through education creative arts and community outreach. Our exempt purpose is to provide photography and creative arts education programs that help young people develop technical skills self-confidence leadership abilities and positive outlets for self-expression. Through hands-on training mentorship and workforce development opportunities we aim to inspire youth to pursue educational entrepreneurial and career pathways in the creative industry. In addition to youth programming Hope Missions is committed to serving the community through homeless outreach initiatives. We provide clothing food and other essential resources to individuals and families experiencing hardship. Our organization exists to strengthen the community by promoting education creativity compassion and economic empowerment while creating safe and supportive opportunities for grow.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Hope Missions is a nonprofit organization serving youth in Baltimore City through photography and creative arts education programs. We provide two photography cohorts per year serving approximately 1014 high school students per cohort. Our program offers hands-on training in photography digital media editing storytelling and creative expression. Students participate in mentorship leadership development portfolio projects guest speakers and community-based learning activities. Additional program components include financial literacy classes mental health awareness education and career readiness support. All participating students are guided through opening savings or checking accounts with SECU Credit Union to encourage financial responsibility and long-term financial literacy. Hope Missions also conducts homeless outreach by providing clothing food and essential resources to individuals and families in need. Measurable outcomes include improved creative and technical skills increased financial literacy enhanced self-confidence completed student portfolios projects and stronger community engagement.
$48,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $48,000.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of HOPE MISSIONS’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.
Where its funders are
100% of HOPE MISSIONS's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 MISSIONS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like HOPE MISSIONS
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
2%
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 MISSIONS: 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 MISSIONS?
- HOPE MISSIONS (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOPE MISSIONS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to HOPE MISSIONS.
- Who is the largest funder of HOPE MISSIONS?
- BALTIMORE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOPE MISSIONS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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