Hope for Life

Tax-deductible

Seattle, WA501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 61-1806775Revenue $119K in FY2024

On file with the IRShopeforlife.usPo Box 75684, 98175-0684 · Seattle, WATax-exempt since Nov 2017Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Hope for Life serves impoverished youth through holistic care, providing stability in their lives and empowering them with resources and education needed to obtain a flourishing future for themselves and their community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 10 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $3K 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
Pay to officers and key staff
$61K
to officers and key staff
Top officer’s pay higher than 51% of similar orgs
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$449
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$119K
-64% vs prior year
Net assets
$166K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$119K
FY2024▼ -64%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$608K
FY2021$524K
FY2022$563K
FY2023$333K
FY2024$119K
Expenses
—
FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$585K
FY2021$553K
FY2022$481K
FY2023$419K
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$166K
FY2024▼ -36%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$292K
FY2021$262K
FY2022$343K
FY2023$257K
FY2024$166K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2017.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990-EZ; $61K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$61,408Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Edward Sumner’s $61K as Executive Director is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Edward Sumner$61,408$98,671———
Megan Chao——$47,497$41,434$38,250
Allison Shook——$14,342——

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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Programs and updates

Empowers impoverished youth with holistic care, resources, and education for a flourishing future.

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1 program · $261K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Hope for Life raises funding to support programs in Rwanda that empower youth and families experiencing extreme poverty and/or homelessness with the resources and interventions needed to obtain a flourishing future for themselves and their community.

$261Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$119K
Other income$119K
Owns and owes
$166K
net assets
Liabilities$449
People
7
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$119K
Total revenue$119K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$449
Net assets$166K
Operations
Employees3
Volunteers10
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $119K$166K 990 PDF
FY2023 $333K$419K−$86K$257K 990 PDF
FY2022 $563K$481K$82K$343K 990 PDF
FY2021 $524K$553K−$30K$262K 990 PDF
FY2020 $608K$585K$24K$292K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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