Virginia · Nonprofit
Hopefor Learning
Hopefor Learning (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,000 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($39,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $98k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $105k
What Hopefor Learning does
Mission
HopeFor Learning provided over 5,000 books school supplies and weekend meals to underserved children in Title 1 schools. We partnered with Communities in Schools and FeedMore to stock food and clothing pantries and expanded mentoring and literacy programs to support students academic and personal growth. Primary Exempt Purpose Our mission is to advance educational equity and alleviate childhood hunger by providing literacy support mentoring and essential resources to underserved students in Richmond Henrico and Chesterfield Title 1 schools.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
1. Resource 180 Objective: Provide critical resources to students and families in need. Accomplishments: We supplied over 10,000 books school supplies clothing and hygiene products to underserved children across Richmond Henrico and Chesterfield. We partnered with Communities in Schools to stock food and clothing pantries in Title 1 schools and provided case management for families facing hardship. This program directly impacted hundreds of families ensuring students have the essentials to thrive academically and personally.
$0 spent0% of program spending2. From Hunger to Hope Objective: Combat childhood food insecurity by ensuring students have access to nutritious meals. Accomplishments: In partnership with FeedMore we distributed thousands of weekend meal bags to students facing food insecurity. We stocked school pantries with non-perishable foods and worked with family advocates to identify at-risk students. Through these efforts hundreds of children received consistent access to meals reducing hunger-related learning disruptions and supporting overall well-being.
$0 spent0% of program spending3. Grade Level Reading Project Objective: Support K-5 students in achieving grade-level reading proficiency. Accomplishments: Volunteers engaged students through lunch buddy programs small reading groups and one-on-one literacy case studies. We provided diverse reading materials that promote self-esteem diversity and inclusion. Working with school family advocates and Communities in Schools we integrated literacy support into school curricula to enhance student success. This initiative benefited hundreds of children fostering a love for reading and helping students maintain or improve their reading skills throughout the academic year and beyond.
$0 spent0% of program spendingUplift Initiative -an early grade mentoring and support program developed by HopeFor Learning to serve children in Title 1 elementary schools across Metro Richmond. The initiative focuses on students in their formative years providing consistent mentorship that strengthens academic confidence emotional development and positive social behavior. Through partnerships with school counselors social workers and site coordinators students are identified who would benefit from additional support due to economic hardship food insecurity or other barriers that can affect learning. Trained mentors meet regularly with students to build trust provide encouragement and reinforce positive habits that support success in school and life. In addition to mentoring the program connects children and families to essential resources such as food clothing school supplies and other basic needs through HopeFor Learnings support network. By addressing both academic and personal barriers early t
$8,333 spentof which $15,000 as grants100% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $8,333.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $60k to $105k (+75%).
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.
100% of Hopefor Learning’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Charles Caple
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 Hopefor Learning’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
Hopefor Learning leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
65% 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 Hopefor Learning.
“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
65% of Hopefor Learning'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 $22k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Hopefor Learning runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,804 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,804 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Hopefor Learning
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hopefor Learning: 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 Hopefor Learning?
- Hopefor Learning (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,000 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($39,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Hopefor Learning have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $61,000 in grants to Hopefor Learning, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hopefor Learning?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $39,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hopefor Learning find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 6 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