Michigan · Nonprofit
SOWHOPE ORG
SOWHOPE ORG (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($137,125). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $624k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $361k
- Net assets
- $564k
What Sowhope Org does
Mission
To inspire women around the world by promoting Wellness, (i.e. maternal and women's healthcare, fistula repair, prolapsed uterus repair, emotional care for abuse and rape, and female genital mutilation and trafficking prevention) Education, (i.e. literacy and vocational training) and Economic (i.e. micro enterprise and small business training) opportunities for impoverished women making less than $3.00 per day. In 2025, 4,466 women were empowered as SowHope funded 33 projects in 14 developing world countries.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Wellness Program serves the physical and emotional needs of women whose health is at risk. The projects in 2025 included maternal healthcare, AIDS care and prevention, and meeting emergency needs. 524 women were impacted through 4 projects in 4 developing countries.
$73,101 spentof which $46,200 as grants13% of program spendingThe Education Program serves the Literacy needs of illiterate women. Additionally, we funded vocational and technical training projects that provide practical needed skills, which are utilized by women to procure gainful employment and/or to start small income-generating businesses. 121 women were served through the SowHope Education Program of 2025. This includes 4 projects in 4 developing nations.
$43,271 spentof which $16,370 as grants8% of program spendingThe Economic Program serves to provide economic empowerment thorough microfinance and small business training. 3821 women were served through the SowHope Economic Program in 2025 including funding 25 projects in 13 developing nations.
$425,563 spentof which $257,430 as grants79% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $541,935.
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. 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 $652k to $477k (−27%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 5% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of SOWHOPE ORG’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Mary Dailey Brown
Corp President and CEO
Board chair
Mita Fitzjohn
Board Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $17k → $53k.
9 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 SOWHOPE ORG’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
SOWHOPE ORG leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 SOWHOPE ORG.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 64% · 2020 48% · 2021 37% · 2022 38% · 2023 64% — 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
67% of SOWHOPE ORG's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
98% of SOWHOPE ORG'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 $7k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $354k 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
SOWHOPE ORG holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOWHOPE ORG
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% 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 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOWHOPE ORG: 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 SOWHOPE ORG?
- SOWHOPE ORG (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($137,125). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOWHOPE ORG have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $361,000 in grants to SOWHOPE ORG, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOWHOPE ORG?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $137,125 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOWHOPE ORG find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 12 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