Building New Hope

Tax-deductible

Pittsburgh, PA501(c)(3)InternationalEIN 25-1698704

Partnership and support for communities in development in central america which are accomplished through programs in development, education, and health.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
59¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9 volunteers and 2 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $18K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
59%
of spending
Worth a look: 59% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$49K
to officers and key staff · 31% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 55% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 31% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $4K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$45K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$160K
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$157K
To programs
59%
Net assets
$147K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$160K
FY2025▲ +13%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$168K
FY2021$209K
FY2022$220K
FY2023$162K
FY2024$142K
FY2025$160K
Expenses
$157K
FY2025▼ -0.8%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$163K
FY2021$184K
FY2022$176K
FY2023$114K
FY2024$158K
FY2025$157K
Net assets
$147K
FY2025▼ -12%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$30K
FY2021$54K
FY2022$98K
FY2023$161K
FY2024$166K
FY2025$147K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1996.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

59 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 59% · $92K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $49K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$49,182Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maria Soledad Cabezas’s $49K as Executive Director is at the 45th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $100K–1M international 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Maria Soledad Cabezas$49,182$42,516—$33,005$31,440$30,000
Maria Soledad Cabezas——$37,697———

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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Programs and updates

Empowers Central American communities through development, education, and health programs.

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4 program services account for $230K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2022.
01

Education/Youth Programs

Building new hope runs innovative educational programs in granada, nicaragua, and also provides high school and university enrollment support to the children of the coffee cooperative, el porvenir. Quinta los chavalos (the kids place) quinta is a supplemental school for children in one of the poorest neighborhoods in granada.

$68Kprogram expense
02

Education/Youth Programs

Building new hope runs innovative educational programs in granada, nicaragua, and also provides high school and university enrollment support to the children of the coffee cooperative, el porvenir. Quinta los chavalos (the kids place) quinta is a supplemental school for children in one of the poorest neighborhoods in granada.

$68Kprogram expense
03

Developmentthe Coffee Project

In 2002, when a precipitous drop in the world price of coffee brought devastation and starvation deaths to regions in nicaragua, building new hope formed a relationship with the 46 families of the worker-owned cooperative of el porvenir to assist them in marketing their product and to avoid foreclosure and loss of land.

$50Kprogram expense
04

Developmentthe Coffee Project

In 2002, when a precipitous drop in the world price of coffee brought devastation and starvation deaths to regions in nicaragua, building new hope formed a relationship with the 46 families of the worker-owned cooperative of el porvenir to assist them in marketing their product and to avoid foreclosure and loss of land.

$44Kprogram expense

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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$4K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$160K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$160K
Money outPt IX
$157K
Ln 25
Programscol B$92K
Owns and owesPt X
$147K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$192K
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$160K
Total revenueLn 12$160K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$192K
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K
Net assetsLn 32$147K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $160K$157K$4K$147K 990 PDF
FY2024 $142K$158K−$16K$166K 990 PDF
FY2023 $162K$114K$48K$161K 990 PDF
FY2022 $220K$176K$44K$98K 990 PDF
FY2021 $209K$184K$24K$54K 990 PDF
FY2020 $168K$163K$5K$30K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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