Shaohannahs Hope INC

Tax-deductible

Franklin, TN501(c)(3)Since 2002Human ServicesEIN 32-0011220

Support children who have been orphaned by assisting adoptive families with financial support and resources

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 400 volunteers and 23 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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 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
$611K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 54% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
19
named funders · $3.0M
Looks good: 19 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.0M
34% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 34% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.0M
-0.9% vs prior year
Spent
$9.9M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$11.8M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$10.0M
FY2025▼ -0.9%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$9.9M
FY2022$10.1M
FY2023$9.1M
FY2024$10.1M
FY2025$10.0M
Expenses
$9.9M
FY2025▲ +1.0%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$7.1M
FY2022$7.2M
FY2023$8.7M
FY2024$9.8M
FY2025$9.9M
Net assets
$11.8M
FY2025▲ +12%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$6.9M
FY2022$9.9M
FY2023$10.3M
FY2024$10.6M
FY2025$11.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Feb 2003.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $7.1M Management & general 13% · $1.3M Fundraising 15% · $1.4M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $611K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$202,932Pt VII · Sec A
SR Dir Operations
$175,993Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. Communication
$126,529Pt VII · Sec A
$105,075Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treas
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristin Parks’s $203K as Executive Dir. is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Kristin Parks$202,932$196,885$181,695$167,975$144,206
Charley Redmond$175,993$170,131$160,496$156,540$156,809
Emily Richards———$175,910$172,887
Nathan L Magness$126,529$110,091$101,615——
Emily a Schafer$105,075————
Phillip C Shay————$101,088

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps adoptive families financially and with resources for children orphaned.

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3 program services account for $7.1M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Adoption Assistance- As the cornerstone of Shaohannah's Hope's work and foundational to the original mission of our founders, this organization awards Adoption Aid grants to reduce the financial barrier to adoption.

$5.5Mprogram expense
02

Adoption Awareness- Shaohannah's Hope engages the Church and mobilizes individuals to care for orphans by making them aware of the needs of children who have been orphaned. This is accomplished by leveraging the brand of the founders and platform of the organization within the faith-based community to conduct concert tours, media…

$920Kprogram expense
03

Orphan Care- Shaohannah's Hope is dedicated to raising awareness regarding the needs of children who have been orphaned. Building upon our Care Centers programmatic work in China, Shaohannah's Hope Medical Care grants program was launched in Fall 2020 to further reduce barriers to adoption by financially assisting families with medical…

$737Kprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 36 grants · $21.4M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,417,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$524,637
Empowered to ConnectTN · FY2024$200,000
Flagler College INCFL · FY2024$15,000
Dove Ministries InternationalFY2024$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,997,714
Unitemized GrantFY2023$576,526
Empowered to ConnectTN · FY2023$280,000
Tennessee Kids Belong INCTN · FY2023$45,000
A Family for Every OrphanWA · FY2023$35,000
Dove Ministries InternationalFY2023$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,303,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$281,000
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$226K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$52K
Money outPt IX
$9.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.1M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Fundraisingcol D$1.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$11.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$17.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$145K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$52K
Investment incomeLn 3$226K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$4K
Total revenueLn 12$10.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.9M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.1M
Other assetsLn 15$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$17.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.0M
Net assetsLn 32$11.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 6400
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12.1M$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.2M$4.1M
Total assetsLn 16$16.3M$17.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.7M$6.0M
Net assetsLn 32$10.6M$11.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$230K$230K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4.9M$4.9M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$237K$190K$24K$24K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$649K$139K$157K$353K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$956K$483K$307K$166K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$237K$121K$80K$36K
Payroll taxesLn 10$123K$55K$33K$35K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$2K$1K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$72K$72K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$64K$64K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$543K$294K$2K$248K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$435K$267K$400$168K
Office expensesLn 13$237K$5K$227K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$151K$49K$45K$56K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$10K$10K
TravelLn 17$213K$75K$14K$124K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$74K$71K$3K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$122K$8K$114K
InsuranceLn 23$22K$414$21K$370
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$518K$190K$120K$208K
All other expensesLn 24e$22K$2K$16K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.9M$7.1M$1.3M$1.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $10.0M$9.9M$148K$11.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.1M$9.8M$333K$10.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.1M$8.7M$398K$10.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $10.1M$7.2M$2.9M$9.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.9M$7.1M$2.8M$6.9M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,009,915 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$9,732,687
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$144,681
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,732,687
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $51,725$51,725
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $229,220$229,220
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$3,717−$3,717
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $277,228$10,009,915
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,861,750 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $230,000$230,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,941,637$4,941,637
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $189,942 · Management $23,743 · Fundraising $23,743$237,428
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $138,578 · Management $157,221 · Fundraising $353,057$648,856
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $482,589 · Management $306,686 · Fundraising $166,403$955,678
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $120,742 · Management $80,390 · Fundraising $36,242$237,374
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $55,253 · Management $33,052 · Fundraising $35,181$123,486
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,863 · Management $1,067 · Fundraising $1,863$4,793
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $71,794$71,794
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $63,644$63,644
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $293,813 · Management $1,738 · Fundraising $247,617$543,168
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $267,327 · Management $400 · Fundraising $167,656$435,383
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,866 · Management $226,856 · Fundraising $5,457$237,179
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $49,405 · Management $44,859 · Fundraising $56,369$150,633
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $9,741$9,741
IX-17 TravelPrograms $75,489 · Management $13,613 · Fundraising $124,387$213,489
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $70,571 · Fundraising $3,155$73,726
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,500 · Management $114,309$121,809
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $414 · Management $20,732 · Fundraising $370$21,516
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $190,381 · Management $120,188 · Fundraising $207,870$518,439
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,056 · Management $15,967 · Fundraising $3,954$21,977
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,122,426 · Management $1,306,000 · Fundraising $1,433,324$9,861,750
Part X · Balance sheet $17,791,868 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $12,097,009$1,898,362
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $100$269
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $20,471$45,166
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,178,308$4,114,597
X-11 Publicly traded securities$10,262,545
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$1,470,929
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $16,295,888$17,791,868
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $102,489$53,295
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $5,389,071$5,657,626
X-19 Deferred revenue$30,101
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $204,766$230,482
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,696,326$5,971,504
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $10,599,562$11,820,364
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $10,599,562$11,820,364
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,295,888$17,791,868
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,820,364 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,009,915
XI-2 Total expenses$9,861,750
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$148,165
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$10,599,562
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,072,637
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,820,364

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

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