Texas · Nonprofit
Lucys Hope
Lucys Hope (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,669 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($29,096). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $506k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $0
What Lucys Hope does
Mission
Our mission is to give a second chance at a new start to animals who are most vulnerable and in need of love and hope. The main goal is to rehabilitate the dogs and have them adopted in a loving forever home.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Lucy's Hope closed its doors and stopped all operations during 2024
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Sanctuary & Rescue: Our Sanctuary and Rescue program provided welfare services to 86 dogs dogs total during 2024. There were 24 new dogs introduced to the Sanctuary and Rescue program during 2024 from a variety of sources (Owner/Guardian Surrender, Strays, Shelter Transfers, etc.). Our Sanctuary and Rescue program services include, but are not limited to: transporting dogs to our facility, determining potential medical conditions, creating and implementing a specialized medical plan for each dog, feeding and grooming, oversee interactions between dogs, upkeep kennels/dog pens, and provide sanctuary to all dogs.
$282,395 spent81% of program spendingTraining & Behavior Modification: Our Training and Behavior Modification program is much more than the name may suggest. With our organizations mission in mind, we strive to find new strategies to improve the relationship between dogs and their bond with humans. All dogs in our care during 2024 has, at some point, gone through our Behavior and temperament assessment. Working in partnership with our preferred experienced trainers, we can develop a specialized training and behavior modification plan for each dog, if needed. These training activities provide mental and physical stimulation to each dog in hopes to increase their likelihood of being adopted into a forever home.
$59,268 spent17% of program spendingOf the 86 dogs that received welfare services through our organization 100% were either adopted or transitioned into foster care. As we wound down operations ahead of closing in 2024, we remained committed to ensuring the long-term safety and well-being of every dog in our care. All prospective adopters underwent a thorough screening process to confirm placement in safe, loving homes. Dogs who were not adopted were carefully placed with trusted foster caregivers, ensuring continuity of care and compassionate stewardship beyond our closure.
$6,973 spent$5,242 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $348,636.
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.
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 $60k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $9k → $12k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Lucys Hope’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
Lucys Hope leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 Lucys Hope.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 98% · 2022 34% · 2023 98% — 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
100% of Lucys Hope'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 $25 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like Lucys Hope
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lucys Hope: 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 Lucys Hope?
- Lucys Hope (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,669 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($29,096). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Lucys Hope have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $49,669 in grants to Lucys Hope, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lucys Hope?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $29,096 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lucys Hope 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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