Common Hope INC FY2020 filing

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Saint Paul, MN501(c)(3)Since 1986InternationalEIN 41-1560297Revenue $4.8M in FY2020

On file with the IRScommonhope.org1410 Energy Park Dr Ste 4, 55108-5249 · Saint Paul, MNTax-exempt since Oct 1987Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Common Hope and its affiliate, fundacion familias de esperanza, promote Hope and opportunity in guatemala, partnering with children and families who want to participate in a process of development to improve their lives through education, health care and housing.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$179K 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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FY2020 · 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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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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $44K a year · under 1% 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
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$179K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
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
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$916K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% 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
$4.8M
Spent
$4.2M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$7.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$4.5M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$5.7M
Expenses
$4.2M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.2M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$5.6M
FY2024$5.4M
FY2025$4.8M
Net assets
$7.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.2M
FY2021$8.0M
FY2022$7.2M
FY2023$6.3M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$6.8M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · 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 Oct 1987.

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

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $3.4M Management & general 13% · $535K Fundraising 6% · $258K

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

20 people listed on the 990; $179K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$104,232Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance & Administration
$74,942Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jocelyn Skolnik’s $156K as Executive Director is at the 60th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jocelyn Skolnik$156,000$96,154————
Shari Blindt——$130,482$115,258$109,248$104,232
Doug Rosenberg$118,962$125,256$114,613$108,360$103,023—
Stacey Minnick————$112,068—
Adam Meyer$102,875—————
Douglas Rosenberg—————$74,942

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 education, healthcare, and housing to children and families in Guatemala.

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3 programs · $3.1M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Education

Common hope helped provide pre-primary, primary, secondary, and university education for 3,155 students in 2020, supporting tuition and fees, books and supplies, and shoes and uniforms. We celebrated 172 young men and women who earned their high school diploma, most of them first generation graduates.

$1.5Mprogram expense
02

Family and Community Development

Common hope partnered with 1,656 families to provide resources and tools to improve their lives in guatemala. Through a long-term relationship with a common hope social worker, families identified goals, obstacles, and created their own family development plan.

$1.2Mprogram expense
03

Health Care

Common hope's medical staff conducted a total of 9,929 consultations with patients at our clinics and through tele-health services in 2020. Health care services included examinations, lab tests, x-rays, medications, surgeries, mental health services and dental care.

$420Kprogram expense

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$5K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$154K
Investment incomeLn 3$91K
Money outPt IX
$4.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.4M
Managementcol C$535K
Fundraisingcol D$258K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$8.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$916K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$168K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$100K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$237K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$154K
Investment incomeLn 3$91K
Other incomeLn 4–11$61K
Gains on assetsLn 7$36K
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$120K
SavingsLn 2$2.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M
Other assetsLn 15$4K
Total assetsLn 16$8.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$916K
Net assetsLn 32$7.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.7M$2.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.0M$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$7.5M$8.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M$916K
Net assetsLn 32$6.5M$7.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$939K$939K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$241K$199K$24K$18K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$1.3M$154K$114K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$23K$19K$2K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$506K$417K$51K$38K
Payroll taxesLn 10$65K$54K$7K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$121$43$73$5
Accounting feesLn 11c$37K$13K$22K$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2K$1K$200$94
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$118K$42K$71K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$220K$90K$108K$21K
Information technologyLn 14$76K$31K$38K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$160K$128K$16K$16K
TravelLn 17$36K$29K$4K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$10K$8K$1K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$179K$170K$7K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$26K$9K$16K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$72K$35K$14K$23K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.2M$3.4M$535K$258K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $5.7M$4.8M$900K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.6M$5.4M−$754K$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.5M$5.6M−$1.1M$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.6M$4.8M−$199K$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.1M$4.1M$931K$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $4.8M$4.2M$526K$7.2M 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,757,173 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,232,553$4,451,810
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $348,451$153,652
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $228,977$91,167
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $50,753$60,544
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,860,734$4,757,173
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,233,712$938,843
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,513,013$2,356,355
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $957,551$935,689
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,704,276$4,230,887
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $156,458$526,286
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 $4,757,173 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$236,706
VIII-1e Government grants$168,300
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,046,804
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$100,190
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,451,810
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $153,652$153,652
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $55,276$55,276
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $35,891$35,891
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $58,399$58,399
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,145$2,145
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $153,652 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $151,711$4,757,173
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,230,887 across 18 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $938,843$938,843
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $198,934 · Management $24,384 · Fundraising $18,132$241,450
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,253,007 · Management $153,583 · Fundraising $114,203$1,520,793
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $18,639 · Management $2,285 · Fundraising $1,699$22,623
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $417,302 · Management $51,150 · Fundraising $38,034$506,486
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $53,557 · Management $6,565 · Fundraising $4,881$65,003
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $43 · Management $73 · Fundraising $5$121
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $13,073 · Management $22,224 · Fundraising $1,424$36,721
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $1,265 · Management $200 · Fundraising $94$1,559
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $41,924 · Management $71,271 · Fundraising $4,566$117,761
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $90,225 · Management $108,070 · Fundraising $21,298$219,593
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $31,354 · Management $37,556 · Fundraising $7,401$76,311
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $128,332 · Management $15,636 · Fundraising $15,780$159,748
IX-17 TravelPrograms $28,548 · Management $3,903 · Fundraising $3,732$36,183
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $7,836 · Management $1,071 · Fundraising $1,024$9,931
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $169,804 · Management $7,369 · Fundraising $2,142$179,315
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,361 · Management $15,914 · Fundraising $1,020$26,295
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,229 · Management $13,937 · Fundraising $22,985$72,151
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,437,276 · Management $535,191 · Fundraising $258,420$4,230,887
Part X · Balance sheet $8,130,206 assets, 16 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,400; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $393,483$119,770
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,316,785$2,481,627
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $24,443$63,742
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $68,279$48,369
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,997,286$2,813,447
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,730,041$2,595,804
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,047$4,047
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,537,079$8,130,206
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $93,213$109,380
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $186,554$109,908
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $769,602$696,427
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,049,369$915,715
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,477,710$7,214,491
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,000$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,487,710$7,214,491
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,537,079$8,130,206
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,214,491 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,757,173
XI-2 Total expenses$4,230,887
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$526,286
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,487,710
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$197,667
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$2,828
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,214,491

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