Texas · Nonprofit
International Esperanza Project
International Esperanza Project (Texas) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,717,427 to it, the largest being THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ($906,819). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What International Esperanza Project does
Mission
International Esperanza Project (IEP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of families in Guatemala through sustainable, community-driven programs focused on homes, health, and education. Founded on the belief that lasting change begins with dignity and opportunity, IEP partners with local communities to address some of the most critical barriers families face. Through its three core pillars: Impacting Homes, Impacting Health, and Impacting Education, IEP implements practical, long-term solutions that strengthen communities from the inside out through lasting improvements to homes, healthcare, and education, so families can realize the future they hope for.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
IMPACTING HOMES In 2025, our dedicated volunteer teams installed 935 smoke-free stoves and water filters in the homes of families who rely on open fires for cooking. These innovative stoves effectively eliminate smoke within the home, significantly reducing wood consumption by 60%. Moreover, they mitigate the risk of burns among children, ensuring their safety. Additionally, women gain back valuable hours each week, as they spend less time gathering wood. The water filters provide access to clean and safe drinking water, thereby preventing waterborne illnesses and promoting overall well-being.
$951,595 spent47% of program spendingIMPACTING EDUCATION In 2025, our EC-12 school program, which spans early childhood education through high school, educated 308 students. The program provided each student with essential resources such as school supplies, textbooks, extracurricular activities, and technology. To address learning deficiencies, we offered tutoring classes through the BookTuk Mobile Education program, which includes books and teachers. Additionally, we have an Adult Trade Training Program that provides vocational training for men and women, aiming to promote financial independence and empower individuals to build a brighter future. Through this program, we granted 1,380 certificates to adult students.
$620,218 spent31% of program spendingIMPACTING HEALTH. In 2025, we provided high-quality medical care to individuals who would otherwise lack access to essential healthcare services. Dedicated medical volunteers embarked on journeys to Chimaltenango and Retalhuleu, establishing one-week clinics. Each clinic team diligently attended to a substantial number of patients, totaling 2,984 patients who received care at our clinics. Additionally, surgical teams from around the world traveled to Retalhuleu and successfully performed 227 life-altering surgeries.
$453,088 spent22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,024,901.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.6M to $2.5M (+56%).
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.
98% of International Esperanza Project’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Michelle Hollaender
CEO
Board chair
Steve Wehn
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $250 → $413k.
9 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 International Esperanza Project’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
International Esperanza Project leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 International Esperanza Project.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 96% · 2019 78% · 2020 51% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 63% — 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
30% of International Esperanza Project's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
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
74% of International Esperanza Project'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 $455k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
International Esperanza Project has grown faster than half of the 798 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 798 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like International Esperanza Project
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 Texas
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
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for International Esperanza Project: 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 International Esperanza Project?
- International Esperanza Project (Texas) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,717,427 to it, the largest being THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ($906,819). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does International Esperanza Project have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,717,427 in grants to International Esperanza Project, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of International Esperanza Project?
- THE DALLAS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $906,819 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Esperanza Project find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 22 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