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Hope Ventures Inc

Hope Ventures Inc (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,026 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($75,950). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$217k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$264k
Net assets
$98k
6/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What Hope Ventures Inc does

Mission

We train organizations around the world to raise up thriving businesses in undeserved communities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Entrepreneurship Training Program(1) Quito Entrepreneur Project Provided continued support for economic development efforts in impoverished communities in Ecuador through a locally led business program and small farming initiatives for 135 participants. Ongoing involvement includes coaching, consulting, and monitoring of impact outcomes.(2) Haiti Entrepreneur Project provide the project director with periodic coaching, consultation, and monitor a virtual business program serving communities in Port-au-Prince. The activities have been minimized due to civil unrest and gang violence in the area, but maintains a connection with over 20 entrepreneurs. (3) Malawi Entrepreneur Project Facilitated business training for 40 entrepreneurs at the Hope Business Hub. Launched a formal Business Association and implemented structured coaching for entrepreneur growth and collaboration.(4) Manila Entrepreneur Project Launched a business incubator program in partnership with local leaders to serve entrepreneurs in vulnerable communities. The pilot cohort includes 18 entrepreneurs and 12 mentors receiving tailored training and support.(5) Zimbabwe Entrepreneur Project Provided ongoing support for…

    $217,993 spentof which $10,018 as grants$34,000 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $217,993.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($106k) Expenses 100 ($116k) Net assets 100 ($22k)2021 Revenue 164 ($175k) Expenses 116 ($135k) Net assets 345 ($76k)2022 Revenue 234 ($249k) Expenses 140 ($162k) Net assets 739 ($164k)2023 Revenue 249 ($265k) Expenses 225 ($261k) Net assets 757 ($168k)2024 Revenue 204 ($217k) Expenses 247 ($286k) Net assets 444 ($98k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (204)Expenses (247)Net assets (444)Peer revenue range

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 $84k to $170k (+102%).

$23k
$84k
$170k
$173k
$110k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

78% of Hope Ventures Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,940 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’20
$40k
’21
$87k
’22
$4k
’23
−$69k
’24
4.6
months of
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

Mark Edgar-Goeser

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

202220232024
Listed779
Joined·+0+3
No longer listed·01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $22k → $44k.

8 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 Ventures 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 Ventures Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

100% 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 Ventures Inc.

29%
largest funder
67%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 46% · 2023 47% — 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

20% of Hope Ventures Inc's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

85% of Hope Ventures Inc'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 $38k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.

MN
OR
GA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hope Ventures Inc has grown faster than half of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−32% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Hope Ventures 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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 15%Fundraising 8%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

89%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Hope Ventures Inc?
Hope Ventures Inc (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,026 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($75,950). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Hope Ventures Inc have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $264,026 in grants to Hope Ventures Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hope Ventures Inc?
NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $75,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hope Ventures Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 11 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