The Hope Program empowers new yorkers to build sustainable futures through training, jobs and career advancement.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$696K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $282K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$696K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $30K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.0M
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.7M
Spent
$4.0M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$4.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.7M
FY2021$7.3M
FY2022$8.3M
FY2023$8.6M
FY2024$8.5M
FY2025$8.0M
Expenses
$4.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$6.3M
FY2022$8.4M
FY2023$9.0M
FY2024$8.3M
FY2025$7.8M
Net assets
$4.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$5.6M
FY2022$5.3M
FY2023$4.9M
FY2024$5.1M
FY2025$5.3M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Jul 1985.

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Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $2.8M Management & general 19% · $766K Fundraising 9% · $349K

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

30 people listed on the 990; $696K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$197,637Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial and Operations
$141,027Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$127,470Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$125,238Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Venture Officer (outgoing)
$104,743Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tracey Capers’s $248K as Executive Director is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tracey Capers$247,733$41,420————
Jennifer Mitchell——$222,771$229,015$205,640$197,637
Diana Breen—$201,000————
Gentian Haxhillari$172,973$170,640$163,495$155,074——
Irene Branche—$120,190$158,707$151,133$144,374$127,470
Gentain Haxillari————$148,155$141,027
Kelly Dougherty———$126,111$141,458$125,238
Joanna Larson———$103,124$124,817—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Provides training and job opportunities to help New Yorkers build sustainable futures.

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3 programs · $2.8M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Comprehensive Training

Hope empowers new yorkers to build sustainable careers. Hope focuses on jobseekers with significant barriers to employment, including histories of criminal legal system involvement, substance abuse, homelessness, low educational attainment and others.

$2.0Mprogram expense
02

Jobs, Career Advancement and Lifelong Career Support

Hope engages a robust network of employer partners across the industries for which participants are trained and are seeking employment. Job placements are made through one-on-one matches between graduates and employers; interview events, hosted both on-site at hope's facility and by the employers; and ongoing support to graduates in…

$639Kprogram expense
03

Program Analytics

As a data-driven organization, hope carefully and strategically tracks program outcomes and their relationships to employment barriers and other participant characteristics. As such, the organization continuously assesses progress toward goals and leverages data to determine the impact of programmatic innovations and adjusts accordingly.

$149Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$30K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$48K
Money outPt IX
$4.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.8M
Managementcol C$766K
Fundraisingcol D$349K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$6.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$16K
Investment incomeLn 3$48K
Gains on assetsLn 7$12K
Total revenueLn 12$4.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$10K
SavingsLn 2$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$159K
Other assetsLn 15$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$6.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M
Net assetsLn 32$4.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5184
VolunteersI 6172
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24K$159K
Total assetsLn 16$4.6M$6.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$386K$1.0M
Net assetsLn 32$4.2M$4.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$462K$246K$187K$29K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.4M$219K$185K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$28K$25K$79$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$106K$78K$16K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$232K$170K$40K$22K
Accounting feesLn 11c$29K$29K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$71K$71K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$164K$149K$12K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$165K$111K$27K$27K
Information technologyLn 14$31K$17K$13K$323
OccupancyLn 16$397K$286K$72K$39K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$18K$18K
InsuranceLn 23$77K$55K$14K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$298K$244K$54K
All other expensesLn 24e$41K$8K$12K$22K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.0M$2.8M$766K$349K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $8.0M$7.8M$209K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $8.5M$8.3M$216K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.6M$9.0M−$410K$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.3M$8.4M−$70K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.3M$6.3M$961K$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $4.7M$4.0M$788K$4.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,737,773 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,581,414$4,689,364
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $46,653$48,409
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$23,170$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,604,897$4,737,773
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,902,159$2,660,379
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,486,963$1,289,673
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,389,122$3,950,052
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $215,775$787,721
Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members22
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,737,773 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,287,768
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,401,596
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$15,905
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,689,364
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $36,130$36,130
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $12,279$12,279
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $48,409$4,737,773
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,950,052 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $245,815 · Management $186,570 · Fundraising $29,216$461,601
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,428,310 · Management $219,226 · Fundraising $185,043$1,832,579
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $25,215 · Management $79 · Fundraising $3,118$28,412
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $78,207 · Management $16,318 · Fundraising $11,504$106,029
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $169,601 · Management $40,307 · Fundraising $21,850$231,758
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $28,897$28,897
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $70,779$70,779
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $148,726 · Management $12,227 · Fundraising $2,786$163,739
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $111,363 · Management $26,616 · Fundraising $26,908$164,887
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,254 · Management $12,982 · Fundraising $323$30,559
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $286,211 · Management $71,915 · Fundraising $38,987$397,113
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $17,982$17,982
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $55,364 · Management $13,911 · Fundraising $7,542$76,817
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $243,517 · Management $54,136$297,653
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,566 · Management $11,901 · Fundraising $21,780$41,247
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,835,131 · Management $765,864 · Fundraising $349,057$3,950,052
Part X · Balance sheet $5,990,102 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $300$9,542
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,367,479$1,428,176
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $597,864$1,435,634
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $44,548$60,372
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $23,769$158,610
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,305,269$1,292,580
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,283,529$1,605,188
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,622,758$5,990,102
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $200,451$412,781
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $184,383$262,912
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$364,702
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $385,738$1,040,395
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,656,850$3,773,073
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $580,170$1,176,634
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,237,020$4,949,707
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,622,758$5,990,102
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,949,707 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,737,773
XI-2 Total expenses$3,950,052
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$787,721
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,237,020
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$75,034
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,949,707

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