One Hope United FY2021 filing

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One Hope United began as a home for children over 129 years ago and has been investing in children and families ever since. Our team of nearly 800 talented professionals provides early education, counseling, foster care, and other support services to over 10,000 children and families each year in Illinois, Florida, and Missouri.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.7M 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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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.7M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $20.3M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 3.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
28
named funders · $15.4M
Looks good: 28 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$18.6M
31% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 31% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$63.8M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$56.0M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$41.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$63.8M
FY2021▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$56.5M
FY2021$63.8M
FY2022$60.0M
FY2023$77.9M
FY2024$81.3M
FY2025$87.7M
Expenses
$56.0M
FY2021+0.07%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$55.9M
FY2021$56.0M
FY2022$62.4M
FY2023$71.4M
FY2024$81.5M
FY2025$92.7M
Net assets
$41.1M
FY2021▲ +17%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$35.2M
FY2021$41.1M
FY2022$38.8M
FY2023$45.0M
FY2024$47.7M
FY2025$44.2M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2015.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $50.6M Management & general 8% · $4.7M Fundraising 1% · $638K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$433,048Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Advancement Officer
$240,022Pt VII · Sec A
$215,054Pt VII · Sec A
Chief HR & Compliance Officer
$173,241Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operations Officer
$140,952Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$129,129Pt VII · Sec A
Controller
$107,999Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$106,233Pt VII · Sec A

Damon Cates’s $378K as President & CEO is at the 88th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Charles Montorio-Archer—$541,434$488,480$434,255$433,048$400,694
Damon Cates$377,853$256,249$106,321———
Christopher Nordloh$204,397$259,937$234,779$217,500$215,054$166,236
Donald Todd Gray———$239,738$240,022$105,188
Nicole Dunham$224,464$138,844————
Antwan Turpeau—$193,657$203,553$190,538$140,952—
Candra Reid-Marshall——$202,116$190,538$173,241—
Sarah Tunning$197,588$134,102$125,032$125,569$129,129—

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides early education, counseling, and foster care for children and families.

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3 programs · $50.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Foster Care/Community Based Family Support Services/Florida Placement: In foster care/Florida placement, we provide case management services with the child while working to strengthen the biological family so that the child may safely return home. In FY21, we served 2,672 clients.

$20.0Mprogram expense
02

Residential

One Hope United offers placement services when risk to a child from abuse and neglect is so great and the family situation is so deteriorated that the child must be removed from his or her home. We served 140 children through placement services in FY21.

$18.6Mprogram expense
03

Child Development Services

The One Hope United Child Development Program supports families by providing accessible, affordable, high-quality child care and early education services to develop the social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of the children we serve.

$12.0Mprogram expense

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
Start EarlyFY2024$2.5M
Childnet INCFY2024$2.2M
Total grants receivedfrom 28 funders$15.4M
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Grants paid · 6 grants · $24.7M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,336,232
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,936,590
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,670,757
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,319,513
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,787,292
Unitemized GrantFY2019$2,670,489

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Jun 2025 · $13.0M federal money spent
Temporary Assistance for Needy FamiliesDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.558 · Through Heartland for Children and 2 more$2.5M
Foster Care Title Iv-EDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.658 · Through Heartland for Children and 6 more$2.3M
Social Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.667 · Through Illinois Department of Human Services and 9 more$2.0M
Head StartDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.600 · Through Start Early$1.3M
Child Abuse and Neglect State GrantsDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.669 · Through Heartland for Children and 2 more$1.1M

Plus 13 smaller programs.

The auditor reported: a material weakness in money controls.

Year ending Jun 2024 · $12.1M federal money spent
Temporary Assistance for Needy FamiliesDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.558 · Through Heartland for Children and 2 more$2.6M
Head StartDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.600 · Through Start Early$2.3M
Foster Care Title Iv-EDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.658 · Through Heartland for Children and 5 more$2.1M
Social Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.667 · Through Illinois Department of Human Services and 7 more$1.6M
Child Abuse and Neglect State GrantsDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.669 · Through Heartland for Children and 3 more$743K

Plus 13 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2023 · $11.7M federal money spent
Foster Care_title Iv-EDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.658 · Through Heartland for Children and 5 more$2.7M
Temporary Assistance for Needy FamiliesDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.558 · Through Heartland for Children and 2 more$2.1M
Head StartDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.600 · Through Start Early$1.9M
Social Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.667 · Through Illinois Department of Human Services and 7 more$1.4M
Block Grants for Community Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.958 · Through Illinois Department of Human Services$668K

Plus 12 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Jun 2022 · $8.8M federal money spent
Foster Care_title Iv-EDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.658 · Through Heartland for Children and 2 more$2.1M
Head StartDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.600 · Through Start Early$1.4M
Temporary Assistance for Needy FamiliesDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.558 · Through Heartland for Children and 1 more$1.2M
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Through Illinois State Board of Education$737K
Social Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.667 · Through Illinois Department of Human Services and 3 more$726K

Plus 12 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$63.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$54.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.3M
Money outPt IX
$56.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$50.6M
Managementcol C$4.7M
Fundraisingcol D$638K
Owns and owesPt X
$41.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$17.8M
Total assetsLn 16$59.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$54.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$40.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$323K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.3M
Gains on assetsLn 7$2.8M
Total revenueLn 12$63.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$17.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$17.8M
Accounts receivableLn 4$7.1M
Notes and loans receivableLn 7$154
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$543K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$20.3M
Other assetsLn 15$788K
Total assetsLn 16$59.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18.6M
Net assetsLn 32$41.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,117
VolunteersI 686
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.8M$17.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$17.9M$20.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.7M$13.1M
Total assetsLn 16$44.4M$59.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.2M$18.6M
Net assetsLn 32$35.2M$41.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.8M$3.8M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.7M$353K$1.1M$235K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$30.0M$28.8M$979K$219K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.2M$4.8M$338K$75K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2.3M$2.1M$130K$28K
Legal feesLn 11b$178K$65K$113K
Accounting feesLn 11c$85K$85K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.2M$695K$1.5M
Office expensesLn 13$2.0M$2.0M$50K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$4.0M$3.9M$55K
TravelLn 17$1.6M$1.6M$49K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$107K$100K$7K$128
InterestLn 20$154K$154K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$818K$800K$17K$398
InsuranceLn 23$185K$185K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$847K$208K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$563K$455K$53K$54K
Total functional expensesLn 25$56.0M$50.6M$4.7M$638K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Apr 23, 2026 $87.7M$92.7M−$5.0M$44.2M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 1, 2025 $81.3M$81.5M−$137K$47.7M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 25, 2024 $77.9M$71.4M$6.4M$45.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 11, 2023 $60.0M$62.4M−$2.4M$38.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 31, 2022 $63.8M$56.0M$7.9M$41.1M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 4, 2021 $56.5M$55.9M$584K$35.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $63,832,738 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $50,258,244$54,314,041
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,149,596$3,270,447
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $318,317$2,967,746
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $791,855$3,280,504
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $56,518,012$63,832,738
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,670,489$3,787,292
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $39,884,874$39,184,030
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $13,378,243$13,004,033
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $55,933,606$55,975,355
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $584,406$7,857,383
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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 $63,832,738 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $306,618 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$226,902
VIII-1c Fundraising events$322,884
VIII-1e Government grants$40,312,406
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$13,451,849
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$10,134
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$54,314,041
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,270,447$3,270,447
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $206,945$206,945
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $2,760,801$2,760,801
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$78,191−$78,191
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $3,052,077$3,052,077
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,270,447 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,248,250$63,832,738
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $55,975,355 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,787,292$3,787,292
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $352,548 · Management $1,128,386 · Fundraising $235,129$1,716,063
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $28,777,525 · Management $978,524 · Fundraising $218,820$29,974,869
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,826,751 · Management $337,917 · Fundraising $75,136$5,239,804
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,094,405 · Management $130,395 · Fundraising $28,494$2,253,294
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $65,401 · Management $112,815$178,216
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $84,943$84,943
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $695,212 · Management $1,501,584$2,196,796
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,968,744 · Management $49,683 · Fundraising $10,935$2,029,362
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,923,323 · Management $55,235$3,978,558
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,590,618 · Management $49,350 · Fundraising $4,467$1,644,435
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $99,682 · Management $6,939 · Fundraising $128$106,749
IX-20 InterestPrograms $154,185$154,185
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $800,351 · Management $17,295 · Fundraising $398$818,044
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $184,756$184,756
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $847,151 · Management $207,939 · Fundraising $10,390$1,065,480
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $455,475 · Management $53,245 · Fundraising $53,789$562,509
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $50,623,419 · Management $4,714,250 · Fundraising $637,686$55,975,355
Part X · Balance sheet $59,643,982 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,753,522$17,838,914
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,667,696$7,071,509
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $6,917,189$154
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $547,425$542,687
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,671,852$13,068,092
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $12,068,547$14,105,897
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $5,816,615$6,228,407
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,002,425$788,322
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $44,445,271$59,643,982
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,897,544$6,123,460
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,302,595$5,043,839
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$7,402,408
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $9,200,139$18,569,707
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $32,214,303$37,829,332
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,030,829$3,244,943
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $35,245,132$41,074,275
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $44,445,271$59,643,982
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $41,074,275 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$63,832,738
XI-2 Total expenses$55,975,355
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$7,857,383
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$35,245,132
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$133,374
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$1,894,866
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$41,074,275

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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