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THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC

THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $490,049 to it, the largest being THE ANNE LINDSEY OTENASEK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($163,899). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.2M
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$490k
Net assets
$111k
11/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%
01What it does

What The Char Hope Foundation Inc does

Mission

The foundation serves as a platform for scholarships, treatment, partnerships and future community endeavors. Char hope helps adults move forward toward a full recovery, a healthier lifestyle, and a life free from addiction. Our community has seen a startling rise in the use of herion. The local government and surrounding community are struggling to provide the support necessary to move people toward the path of recovery. We are committed to providing a unique service that will help people stay sober, find purpose, heal relationships, and ultimately save lives.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The foundation serves as a platform for scholarships, treatment, partnerships and future community endeavors. Char hope helps adults move forward toward a full recovery, a healthier lifestyle, and a life free from addiction. Our community has seen a startling rise in the use of herion. The local government and surrounding community are struggling to provide the support necessary to move people toward the path of recovery. We are committed to providing a unique service that will help people stay sober, find purpose, heal relationships, and ultimately save lives.

    $1,173,384 spentof which $4,400 as grants
    99% of program spending
  2. The foundation serves as a platform for scholarships, treatment, partnerships and future community endeavors. Char hope helps adults move forward toward a full recovery, a healthier lifestyle, and a life free from addiction. Our community has seen a startling rise in the use of herion. The local government and surrounding community are struggling to provide the support necessary to move people toward the path of recovery. We are committed to providing a unique service that will help people stay sober, find purpose, heal relationships, and ultimately save lives.

    $12,715 spent
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,186,099.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($141k) Expenses 100 ($122k) Net assets 100 ($28k)2018 Revenue 133 ($188k) Expenses 161 ($197k) Net assets 68 ($19k)2019 Revenue 131 ($185k) Expenses 156 ($190k) Net assets 48 ($13k)2021 Revenue 266 ($376k) Expenses 242 ($297k) Net assets 221 ($62k)2022 Revenue 228 ($321k) Expenses 261 ($320k) Net assets 227 ($64k)2023 Revenue 219 ($308k) Expenses 254 ($311k) Net assets 217 ($61k)2024 Revenue 378 ($532k) Expenses 354 ($434k) Net assets 567 ($160k)2025 Revenue 825 ($1.2M) Expenses 991 ($1.2M) Net assets 394 ($111k)
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Revenue (825)Expenses (991)Net assets (394)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $240k to $501k (+109%).

$28k
$19k
$13k
$159k
$108k
$120k
$240k
$501k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 23% · 2022 17% · 2023 18% · 2024 10% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

75% of THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’17
−$9k
’18
−$6k
’19
$79k
’21
$2k
’22
−$3k
’23
$99k
’24
−$49k
’25
0.9
months of
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

Carol Frontera

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed1319192222
Joined·+8+1+5+3
No longer listed·2123
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $10k → $68k.

5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC’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

THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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

25% 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 THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC.

33%
largest funder
64%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 65% · 2019 53% · 2020 40% · 2021 53% · 2022 32% · 2023 37% — 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

60% of THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

84% of THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

NY
MD
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.9mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)30% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 0%Fundraising 2%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Hope & Wholesale LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC?
THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $490,049 to it, the largest being THE ANNE LINDSEY OTENASEK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($163,899). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $490,049 in grants to THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC?
THE ANNE LINDSEY OTENASEK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $163,899 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 16 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