Alabama · Nonprofit
Refuge and Hope International
Refuge and Hope International (Alabama) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $234,514 to it, the largest being Every Shelter Inc ($192,171). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $875k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $235k
- Net assets
- $618k
What Refuge and Hope International does
Mission
Refuge and Hope International seeks to mobilize efforts and resources to alleviate and eliminate suffering of people affected by conflict. To help refugees and displaced people rebuild their lives and prepare for the future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Refugee Learning Center-Providing education of people affected by war and conflict. English as a second language, computer, and life skills classes in Kampala, Uganda
$214,555 spent$35,972 earned by the program66% of program spendingEveryShelter - Goal is to provide durable refugee shelters by building a local refugee-aid eco-system while training refugees in entrepreneurial skills.
$56,495 spent$117,941 earned by the program17% of program spendingFamily ministries-The goal is to heip people to experience healing and to exercise their God-given potential. Assistance with food, rent, and medical care is porvided as well as counseling to guide clients toward financial independence. Women's lministry focuses on ministering to refugee women affected by violence.
$36,771 spent$9,837 earned by the program11% of program spendingSustainability-Provide training in proctical skills such as information technology, tailoring, hair and beauty, cooking and catering, language classes, and business training. The goal is to enable the participants to gain good employment opportunities or to build sustainable businesses on their own.
$10,896 spent3% of program spendingEducation and Scholarships-Programs designed to neet the different needs of students we serve. Scholarships are offered to attend primary and secondary schools and university. Practical Education Programs PEP and general education development GED are provided.
$2,831 spent$1,983 earned by the program1% of program spendingOther Income used to further the mission of the organization.
$1,961 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $323,509.
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 2023 to 2024, from $228k to $622k (+172%).
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.
96% of Refuge and Hope International’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Amy Butler
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $16k → $75k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 Refuge and Hope International’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
Refuge and Hope International leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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 Refuge and Hope International.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
Refuge and Hope International draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Refuge and Hope International runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Refuge and Hope International
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Refuge and Hope International: 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 Refuge and Hope International?
- Refuge and Hope International (Alabama) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $234,514 to it, the largest being Every Shelter Inc ($192,171). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Refuge and Hope International have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $234,514 in grants to Refuge and Hope International, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Refuge and Hope International?
- Every Shelter Inc is the largest funder on record, with $192,171 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Refuge and Hope International find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2017–2024), 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