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The mission of the Hope Center is to fight hunger and feed Hope to families living in poverty. Accordingly, we provide (1) groceries and household goods to families in need and (2) job training and placement for the unemployed, including many related services to help people find work.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 572 volunteers and 9 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $61K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
98%
of spending
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Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.5 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $170K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$181K
54% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 54% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.0M
-29% vs prior year
Spent
$7.2M
To programs
98%
Net assets
$155K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.0M
FY2025▼ -29%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$4.9M
FY2022$11.3M
FY2023$7.2M
FY2024$9.9M
FY2025$7.0M
Expenses
$7.2M
FY2025▼ -28%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$11.4M
FY2023$7.3M
FY2024$10.0M
FY2025$7.2M
Net assets
$155K
FY2025▼ -54%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$562K
FY2021$697K
FY2022$524K
FY2023$438K
FY2024$337K
FY2025$155K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2004.

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Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $7.0M Management & general 2% · $171K Fundraising 0% · $201

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Feeds families with groceries and helps unemployed people find jobs.

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2 programs · $7.0M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Food & Necessities Distribution

The fort worth hope centers mission is to fight hunger and feed hope in the lives of low-income individuals who struggle to make ends meet and have enough food to feed their families. We fight hunger by distributing over $10 million worth of food each year both from our facility and through 40 other organizations as they also feed…

$6.9Mprogram expense
02

The School of Hope

The school is a place where unemployed and underemployed individuals can gain skills to get a job working in the warehouse industry. The schoolis equiped with 6 different warehouse material handleing machines on whichstudents can recieve osha-compliant training.

$112Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $9K · 2024–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$5,526
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,230

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$16K
Investment incomeLn 3$3
Money outPt IX
$7.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.0M
Managementcol C$171K
Fundraisingcol D$201
Owns and owesPt X
$155K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$283K
Total assetsLn 16$336K
LiabilitiesLn 26$181K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$6.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$16K
Investment incomeLn 3$3
Gains on assetsLn 7−$35K
Total revenueLn 12$7.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$27K
SavingsLn 2$256K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$283K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$336K
LiabilitiesLn 26$181K
Net assetsLn 32$155K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 6572
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$6.8M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$83K$283K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$140K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$512K$336K
LiabilitiesLn 26$174K$181K
Net assetsLn 32$337K$155K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6.8M$6.8M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$171K$127K$44K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$636$75$561
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$13K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$35$35
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$724$8$716
Office expensesLn 13$19K$12K$7K$166
Information technologyLn 14$18K$426$18K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$59K$16K$43K
TravelLn 17$187$187
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$3K$3K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$100K$74K$26K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$538$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$20K$9K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.2M$7.0M$171K$201

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 22, 2026 $7.0M$7.2M−$182K$155K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 7, 2025 $9.9M$10.0M−$95K$337K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 12, 2024 $7.2M$7.3M−$84K$438K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 27, 2023 $11.3M$11.4M−$174K$524K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 28, 2022 $4.9M$4.8M$135K$697K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $4.6M$4.6M$33K$562K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $7,022,113 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,923,425$7,040,529
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,796$16,479
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$1,753−$34,895
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,931,468$7,022,113
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $9,578,280$6,779,758
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $189,579$190,067
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$35
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $258,293$234,259
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,026,152$7,204,119
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$94,684−$182,006
Part VI · Governance 7 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,022,113 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,040,529
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,525,259
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,040,529
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $16,479$16,479
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3$3
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$34,898−$34,898
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$18,416$7,022,113
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,204,119 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,779,758$6,779,758
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $127,161 · Management $44,194$171,355
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $75 · Management $561$636
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,414 · Management $4,662$18,076
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $35$35
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8 · Management $716$724
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,451 · Management $6,553 · Fundraising $166$19,170
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $426 · Management $18,027$18,453
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $15,901 · Management $43,172$59,073
IX-17 TravelManagement $187$187
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $3,000$3,000
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $74,338 · Management $25,836$100,174
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $538 · Management $12,752$13,290
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $8,933 · Management $11,255$20,188
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,033,003 · Management $170,915 · Fundraising $201$7,204,119
Part X · Balance sheet $335,978 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $82,499$27,476
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $947$255,503
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $288,537$45,452
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $139,618$7,547
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $511,601$335,978
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$2,837
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $171,231$171,231
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,085$6,631
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $174,316$180,699
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $337,285$155,279
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $337,285$155,279
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $511,601$335,978
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $155,279 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,022,113
XI-2 Total expenses$7,204,119
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$182,006
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$337,285
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$155,279

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