Tennessee · Nonprofit
HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC
HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY CLINCH-POWELL VALLEY INC ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Hope of East Tennessee Inc does
Mission
Our mission at hope of east tennessee, inc., in collaboration with ridgeview mental health center, is to provide the highest quality treatment and supportive services in a safe environment to men and women seeking recovery from substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. These services are provided without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual preference, or financial status.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hope of east tennessee, inc. ("hope") was chartered in 1976 in the state of tennessee as a non-profit corporation and is governed by a volunteer board of directors. Hope operates a men's residence, referred to as, opportunity house. Opportunity house is a licensed halfway house. Decisions regarding privilege levels, discharges, etc. Are made by the staff. Each resident has a thorough assessment completed after admission, is assigned a primary counselor/case manager, and begins a specialized course of treatment depending on needs and problems. The length of stay is 90 days. Residents pay a weekly fee of $125.00 to cover room, board, and counseling provided on-site. Drug screens are performed at admission and randomly or "for cause" during the stay. In addition, hope operates transitional residences. These residences are intended to provide low cost living in a supportive and sober environment for those who need a stepping stone from the more structured environment of the halfway house into independent living. This complex consists of (3) duplex apartment units that can house up to (13) men and (12) women. Apartments are fully furnished. Supportive services are provided. The length…
$1,002,739 spentof which $6,380 as grants89% of program spendingRecognizing the need for outpatient addictions treatment, hope established an outpatient program in 1999. This program is available to those who need intensive treatment coupled with a long term residential stay and for those who are capable of getting the treatment needed while remaining at home and on the job. In addition to assessments, hope offers an intensive outpatient program, aftercare, and individual counseling. Our intensive outpatient program offers daily groups that meet for three hours four times weekly over 8 weeks. Each session includes education about addictions, learning and practicing coping skills needed for lasting sobriety, group therapy, and individual counseling. Strong emphasis is placed on the use of 12 step programs for support and principles for change. Hope's intensive outpatient program is a routine part of the program for residents of the opportunity house who require/need intensive outpatient treatment. Intensive outpatient treatment is available to indigent clients as well as those having tenncare coverage.
$120,022 spent$112,081 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,122,761.
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 2023 to 2024, from $703k to $1.2M (+71%).
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: 2017 53% · 2018 76% · 2019 76% · 2020 72% · 2021 63% · 2022 82% · 2023 90% · 2024 90% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jeff Shaw
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $15k.
From the IRS filings of HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.
Where its funders are
100% of HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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 OF EAST TENNESSEE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 OF EAST TENNESSEE 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 OF EAST TENNESSEE INC?
- HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY CLINCH-POWELL VALLEY INC ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $45,000 in grants to HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC?
- UNITED WAY CLINCH-POWELL VALLEY INC is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOPE OF EAST TENNESSEE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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