Hope Ignites Cincinnati nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others through its holistic, long-term residential and academy programming. The organization provides direct program support and college scholarships.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$109K 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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FY2024 · 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 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $23K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$109K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $156K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$218K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$679K
-37% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$3.1M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$679K
FY2024▼ -37%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$679K
FY2025$889K
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2024▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.5M
Net assets
$3.1M
FY2024▼ -15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$3.0M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$2.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · 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 Dec 1979.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $969K Management & general 7% · $92K Fundraising 13% · $163K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $109K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$108,750Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Nominating Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Maurice Huey$169,693$108,750———
Melissa Henderson Deters——$128,077——
Melissa Deters———$120,844$117,505

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 housing and education to help abandoned, abused, and neglected youths thrive.

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1 program · $969K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Boys Hope Girls Hope of Cincinnati (BHGH) nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others. BHGH provides low-income students access to the wrap-around support and resources to succeed in high school, secure college scholarships, and earn a degree.

$969Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$679K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$563K
Investment incomeLn 3$109K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$969K
Managementcol C$92K
Fundraisingcol D$163K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$583K
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$218K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$563K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$181K
Investment incomeLn 3$109K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Total revenueLn 12$679K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$400
SavingsLn 2$582K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$583K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$608K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$218K
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 620
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$931K$583K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$417K$608K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K$218K
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$3.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$109K$78K$10K$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$499K$357K$47K$95K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$77K$55K$7K$15K
Payroll taxesLn 10$49K$35K$5K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$30K$23K$3K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$9K$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$42K$34K$4K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$70K$70K$0$0
TravelLn 17$17K$17K$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$39K$29K$6K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$95K$95K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$77K$60K$8K$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$105K$105K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$969K$92K$163K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $889K$1.5M−$561K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $679K$1.2M−$543K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$1.1M−$66K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$1.5M$851K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.6M$204K$3.0M 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $679,356 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $992,224$563,204
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $70,946$108,619
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $11,366$7,533
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,074,536$679,356
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 $688,898$734,396
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $451,160$488,442
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,140,058$1,222,838
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$65,522−$543,482
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
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 $679,356 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$181,437
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$381,767
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,683
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$563,204
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $108,619 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$108,619
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $7,533 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$7,533
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $116,152 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$679,356
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,222,838 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $77,752 · Management $10,262 · Fundraising $20,736$108,750
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $357,099 · Management $47,134 · Fundraising $95,233$499,466
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $55,201 · Management $7,286 · Fundraising $14,721$77,208
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $35,013 · Management $4,621 · Fundraising $9,338$48,972
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $23,444 · Management $3,111 · Fundraising $3,533$30,088
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $9,349 · Management $1,243 · Fundraising $1,408$12,000
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,516 · Management $4,129 · Fundraising $4,683$42,328
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $70,324 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$70,324
IX-17 TravelPrograms $17,207 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$17,207
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $29,328 · Management $5,866 · Fundraising $3,911$39,105
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $94,959 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$94,959
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $60,259 · Management $8,005 · Fundraising $9,078$77,342
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $105,089 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$105,089
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $968,540 · Management $91,657 · Fundraising $162,641$1,222,838
Part X · Balance sheet $3,281,540 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $400$400
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $931,080$582,460
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $741,000$541,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $92,220$89,431
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $18,250$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,522,739$1,459,975
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $417,378$608,274
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,723,067$3,281,540
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,670$91,133
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $97,840$127,332
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $116,510$218,465
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,355,959$1,824,370
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,250,598$1,238,705
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,606,557$3,063,075
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,723,067$3,281,540
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,063,075 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$679,356
XI-2 Total expenses$1,222,838
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$543,482
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,606,557
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,063,075

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