Colorado · Nonprofit
HOPE SHINES INC
HOPE SHINES INC (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,101 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($14,080). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $30k
What Hope Shines Inc does
Mission
To enhance and improve the lives of orphans and vulnerable children in rwanda through unique education and health programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Life enhancement & academic development (lead) - this program is hope shines after-school program. Its goal is to keep students engaged in learning during and in between school terms. The program meets after school at the learning center and students get help with schoolwork and assistance and guidance for national exams. Once a week on saturdays the students and are taught various evolving curriculum (developed by u.s. Based education professionals) in science, math, english speaking, and career development (for s5 s6 students). At each saturday session, students reconvene for a nutritionally balanced lunch, which provides energy and nutrients to help them grow and similarly a healthy snack is offered after-school. During the course of lead throughout the year, students attend field trips to places that relate to the curriculum.
$16,500 spent37% of program spendingBasic needs for education - this program pays for qualified students school fees, school uniforms, school supplies, and health insurance and is a large contributor to achieving our objective of reducing the dropout rate of students in the district. To remain in this program, students are required to achieve an above average grade report each term, consistently attend and participate in the other hope shines programs during the year, display a willingness to learn, and act in good conduct in all times.
$16,000 spent35% of program spendingSummer camp - the hope shines summer camp program lasts for one week between school terms and strives to combine imagination with education by providing multiple fun-filled, engaging modules that take the student out of their comfort zone. An ever-changing curriculum from year-to-year is designed with active learning in mind. Modules in arts & crafts, engineering, global geography, english speaking, sports/play activities, health & hygiene, career development, and dance can be taught on any given year depending on the unique needs of the campers. During the week, their mentors promote can-do attitudes and encouragement in an effort for the students to gain confidence to one day become someone outstanding in society.
$12,651 spent28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $45,151.
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 2021 to 2022, from $37k to $21k (−45%).
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.
58% of HOPE SHINES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% 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
Daniel Gladden
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $96.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 SHINES INC’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 SHINES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 SHINES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 68% · 2022 56% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
HOPE SHINES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 SHINES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,933 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,933 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like HOPE SHINES 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% 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 SHINES 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 SHINES INC?
- HOPE SHINES INC (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,101 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($14,080). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOPE SHINES INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $34,101 in grants to HOPE SHINES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOPE SHINES INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $14,080 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOPE SHINES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 4 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