The mission of Hope Abounds is to provide compassionate, no-cost support, resources, and education to cancer patients, their families, and caregivers. By empowering individuals through advocacy, collaboration, and tailored assistance, they are ensuring no one faces their cancer journey alone.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$45K 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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FY2023 · 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
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$45K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$97K
52% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 52% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$277K
+148% vs prior year
Spent
$284K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$88K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$277K
FY2023▲ +148%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$153K
FY2022$221K
FY2022$112K
FY2023$277K
FY2024$298K
FY2025$224K
Expenses
$284K
FY2023▲ +119%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$174K
FY2022$130K
FY2023$284K
FY2024$298K
FY2025$256K
Net assets
$88K
FY2023▼ -8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$51K
FY2022$109K
FY2022$95K
FY2023$88K
FY2024$88K
FY2025$55K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2011.

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

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $253K Management & general 5% · $13K Fundraising 6% · $18K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $45K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$45,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman & CEO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth Barnes’s $60K as Executive Director is at the 49th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M human services 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2022FY2021
Elizabeth Barnes$60,000$60,000$45,000$41,802$38,604$33,604
Penny Millis—————$21,400
Kenny Barnes$12,000—————

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

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

Programs and updates

Offers practical help to people undergoing cancer treatment.

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3 programs · $253K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Education

Hope Abounds provides a bi-monthly webcast program titled Focusing On You enabling us to provide a wide variety education of oncology subjects for the cancer patient, awareness of cancer prevention and early detection for the general public.

$253Kprogram expense
02

Patient Navigation

Patient Navigatian Is a vital resource to a newly diagnosed patlent of cancer. There are many emotions a patient is experiencing such as fear of the unknown as it relates to their current health status to the lack of awareness of support each patient may reaiize.

Pt IX · col B
03

Patient Advocacy

Patient Advocacy is provided for those that reach out to Hope Abounds for assistance to connect with patient resources and funding opportunities through national, state, county and local support grants that are offered.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 24 grants · $30K · 2021–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,767
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,038
Unitemized GrantFY2023$957
Unitemized GrantFY2023$876
Unitemized GrantFY2023$873
Unitemized GrantFY2023$180
Unitemized GrantFY2023$173
Unitemized GrantFY2023$127
Unitemized GrantFY2023$51
Unitemized GrantFY2023$36
Unitemized GrantFY2023$20
Unitemized GrantFY2022$13,975
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,884
Unitemized GrantFY2022$964
Unitemized GrantFY2022$700
Unitemized GrantFY2022$587
Unitemized GrantFY2022$558
Unitemized GrantFY2022$278
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$277K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$192K
Other incomeLn 4–11$84K
Investment incomeLn 3$986
Money outPt IX
$284K
Ln 25
Programscol B$253K
Managementcol C$13K
Fundraisingcol D$18K
Owns and owesPt X
$88K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$175K
Total assetsLn 16$184K
LiabilitiesLn 26$97K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$192K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$28K
Investment incomeLn 3$986
Other incomeLn 4–11$84K
Total revenueLn 12$277K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$175K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$175K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$184K
LiabilitiesLn 26$97K
Net assetsLn 32$88K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 683
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$183K$175K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$187K$184K
LiabilitiesLn 26$92K$97K
Net assetsLn 32$95K$88K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$82K$68K$6K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$32K$27K$2K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$2K$601$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$11K$10K$254
Office expensesLn 13$1K$989$59$62
OccupancyLn 16$10K$10K$525
InterestLn 20$579$579
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K$103$103
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$116K$110K$3K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$20K$16K$692$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$284K$253K$13K$18K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $224K$256K−$32K$55K 990 PDF
FY2024 $298K$298K$90$88K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $277K$284K−$7K$88K 990 PDF
FY2022 $221K$174K$47K$109K 990 PDF
FY2021 $153K$51K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $276,729 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $119,331$192,142
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$986
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$7,528$83,601
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $111,803$276,729
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $19,381$6,098
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $46,116$114,089
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $64,141$163,899
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $129,638$284,086
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$17,835−$7,357
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $276,729 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,398 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$192,142
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$28,482
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$192,142
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $986$986
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $20,786$20,786
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $57,417$57,417
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $62,815 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $21,772$276,729
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $284,086 across 11 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,098$6,098
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $67,737 · Management $6,386 · Fundraising $7,678$81,801
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,344 · Management $1,999 · Fundraising $2,945$32,288
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,183 · Management $601 · Fundraising $1,038$3,822
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,341 · Fundraising $254$10,595
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $989 · Management $59 · Fundraising $62$1,110
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,975 · Management $525$10,500
IX-20 InterestPrograms $579$579
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,865 · Management $103 · Fundraising $103$2,071
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $110,444 · Management $2,615 · Fundraising $2,615$115,674
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $15,791 · Management $692 · Fundraising $3,065$19,548
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $253,346 · Management $12,980 · Fundraising $17,760$284,086
Part X · Balance sheet $184,197 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $182,686$174,814
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,319$2,053
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,919$7,330
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $186,924$184,197
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,450$1,534
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $66,675$75,746
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $19,844$19,319
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $91,969$96,599
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $94,955$87,598
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $94,955$87,598
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $186,924$184,197
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $87,598 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$276,729
XI-2 Total expenses$284,086
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$7,357
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$94,955
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$87,598

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