California · Nonprofit
OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC
OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,527,123 to it, the largest being Hedwig S Johannsen Trust ($400,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Operation Hope-North County Inc does
Mission
At operation hope-north county, we are dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness by providing safe shelter, vital resources, and compassionate support to families and individuals in need. Through empowerment, advocacy, and community collaboration, we help our residents regain stability and build a path toward self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Shelter program - the steps to independence program offers safe, temporary shelter for families with children and single women for approximately 90-120 days within a structured, trauma-informed environment. Residents are provided private family rooms, daily meals, and access to intensive wraparound services, including case management, financial literacy education, job readiness training, parenting support, benefits navigation, and housing assistance. The program is designed to stabilize families in crisis while equipping them with the tools, resources, and support systems needed to achieve long-term independence and self-sufficiency. Each year, the program serves approximately 50 families and 150 individuals.
$733,994 spent91% of program spendingPantry of hope and new beginnings boutique - the pantry of hope provides consistent access to nutritious food and essential household items for both shelter residents and community members facing food insecurity and financial hardship. Through weekly food distributions, families receive groceries and critical support that help reduce financial strain, improve health outcomes, and strengthen overall household stability. The pantry also serves as an important connection point to additional community resources and supportive services. The new beginnings boutique offers clothing, hygiene products, household essentials, and school and employment-related items in a dignified, boutique-style environment where families can personally select items that meet their needs. The boutique supports individuals and families as they prepare for employment, school, and independent living, helping restore confidence, dignity, and stability during critical transition periods. Together, the pantry of hope and new beginnings boutique serve more than 650 families annually, reaching approximately 2,000 community members and distributing more than 100,000 pounds of food and essential resources each year.
$75,089 spent9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $809,083.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.9M to $1.6M (−14%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 15% · 2018 11% · 2020 11% · 2021 38% · 2022 45% · 2023 42% · 2024 29% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Tiffany Zapico
Executive director
Board chair
Bea Palmer
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $25k → $277k.
13 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 funders by total. 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
OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
33% 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 OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 56% · 2019 31% · 2020 43% · 2021 38% · 2022 33% · 2023 54% — growing more concentrated.
“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 OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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 OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $401k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY 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 OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC?
- OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,527,123 to it, the largest being Hedwig S Johannsen Trust ($400,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $1,527,123 in grants to OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC?
- Hedwig S Johannsen Trust is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 41 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