Building New Hope

Pittsburgh, PA · Public charity (501(c)(3)) · International

✓ Tax-deductible
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

Status and standing

Is it real, and can you give to it?

Tax-deductible?
Yes
Per the IRS master file.
Can I give now?
No revocation on IRS record
Not on the IRS revocation list.
Filing up to date?
Yes — filed FY2025
Legal name (IRS)Hdr · item CBuilding New Hope
EINHdr · item D25-1698704
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
Ruling yearIRS BMFDec 1996
Latest filingForm 990FY2025 · Form 990
Principal addressHdr · item CPittsburgh, PA
NTEE classificationIRS BMFInternational (Q30Z)

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.59
Program services59%$92K
Total functional expensesLn 25$157K

Financial health

Is it on solid ground?

Operating runway
6.9mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▼ -7% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+2%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +120% vs prior filing year
Revenue trend
-0.9%
avg. annual growth over 5 years▲ +78% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Total assets
$192K
FY2025▲ +7%
Total assets by fiscal year
FY2020$60K
FY2021$89K
FY2022$151K
FY2023$170K
FY2024$180K
FY2025$192K
Total liabilities
$45K
FY2025▲ +225%
Total liabilities by fiscal year
FY2020$31K
FY2021$35K
FY2022$53K
FY2023$8K
FY2024$14K
FY2025$45K
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$4K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$192K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B59%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 3pending
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 4pending

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1—
Total assetsLn 16$192K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$45K
Total net assetsLn 32$147K

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Other revenue100%$160K
Total revenueLn 12$160K

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2025 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $90K · Operating expenses/yr $157K
6.9 months
Where the money goes
Program services
not reported
Management & General
not reported
Fundraising
not reported
Cost to raise $1
not reported
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $72K · Total revenue $160K
45%
Government reliance
not reported
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $87K · Total revenue $160K
54%
Investment reliance
Investment income $1 · Total revenue $160K
<0.01%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $87K · Total expenses $157K
55%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $160K · Prior year $142K
+13%
Revenue CAGR
FY2020 $168K · FY2025 $160K
-0.9%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $147K · Beginning of year $143K
+3%
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $160K · Expenses $157K
+2%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities $45K · Total assets $192K
24%
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $147K · Total assets $192K
76%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Maria Soledad Cabezas · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $49K · Total expenses $157K
31%
Personnel share
Salaries & benefits $63K · Total expenses $157K
40%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 59%——
Revenue growth 13%——

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Leadership and pay

Who runs it, and what are they paid?

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

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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Governance & Policies

Part VI
  • –Voting board membersPt VI · Ln 1a
  • –Independent board membersPt VI · Ln 1b
  • Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aNot reported
  • Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Not reported
  • Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Not reported
  • Top official’s pay independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNot reported
  • Family or business ties among leadersPt VI · Ln 2Not reported

Mission and programs

What it does.

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

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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

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

Filing history

Every return on file.

YearRevenueExpensesChangeFiling
FY2025 Latest Viewing $160K$157K+13% 990 PDF
FY2024 $142K$158K-12% 990 PDF
FY2023 $162K$114K-26% 990 PDF
FY2022 $220K$176K+5% 990 PDF
FY2021 $209K$184K+24% 990 PDF
FY2020 $168K$163K 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

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Sources

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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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