Tennessee · Nonprofit
SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE
SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE (Tennessee) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,518,703 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($6,421,680). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 97
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $12M
What SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE does
Mission
Shaohannah's Hope's mission is to care for orphans by engaging the Church and reducing barriers to adoption, primarily by providing assistance to adoptive families to address the financial, medical, and knowledge barriers to adoption.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adoption Assistance- As the cornerstone of Shaohannah's Hope's work and foundational to the original mission of our founders, this organization awards Adoption Aid grants to reduce the financial barrier to adoption. Since the organization's inception, Adoption Aid grants have helped more than 9,500 children from 60+ countries, including the U.S., come to know the love and permanency of a family through adoption. During this reporting period, 420 Adoption Aid grants totalling $4,210,000 were awarded to families. Furthermore, this organization provides practical teaching and additional resources to better equip parents, churches, and professionals to support children impacted by adoption and foster care.
$5,465,996 spentof which $4,647,000 as grants$51,620 earned by the program77% of program spendingAdoption Awareness- Shaohannah's Hope engages the Church and mobilizes individuals to care for orphans by making them aware of the needs of children who have been orphaned. This is accomplished by leveraging the brand of the founders and platform of the organization within the faith-based community to conduct concert tours, media campaign events, and to raise awareness. Additionally, Shaohannah's Hope educates and provides resources to individuals, families, and organizations regarding adoption and orphan care.
$919,818 spent$105 earned by the program13% of program spendingOrphan Care- Shaohannah's Hope is dedicated to raising awareness regarding the needs of children who have been orphaned. Building upon our Care Centers programmatic work in China, Shaohannah's Hope Medical Care grants program was launched in Fall 2020 to further reduce barriers to adoption by financially assisting families with medical expenses for their children welcomed home through adoption. During the current reporting period, 71 Medical Care grants totalling $525,000 were awarded.
$736,612 spentof which $524,637 as grants10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,122,426.
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 2020 to 2021, from $8.0M to $12M (+48%).
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.
97% of SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Mary Beth Chapman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 32 funders to 41 funders, grant income rose $2.0M → $3.0M.
30 of 97 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 97 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
SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
75% 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 SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 36% · 2019 33% · 2020 28% · 2021 24% · 2022 26% · 2023 22% — 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
50% of SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
56% of SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW 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 $10M that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 21 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE is better cushioned than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 32 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sh Property LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE?
- SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE (Tennessee) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,518,703 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($6,421,680). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE have?
- IRS filings report 97 organizations giving $23,518,703 in grants to SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE, 62 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,421,680 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 97 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