Hope Unlimited

Tax-deductible

Stanwood, WA501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 91-1937587Revenue $96K in FY2024

On file with the IRShopeunl.orgPo Box 416, 98292-0416 · Stanwood, WATax-exempt since Mar 2009Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Hope Unlimited exists to create a community in which all people in need encounter Unlimited Hope through jesus christ. We DO this by offering Unlimited Hope to our neighbors by providing encouragement, education, and resources.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 14 volunteers and 3 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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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $15K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$35
0.04% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$96K
-49% vs prior year
Spent
$122K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$85K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$96K
FY2024▼ -49%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$85K
FY2021$188K
FY2022$182K
FY2023$187K
FY2024$96K
Expenses
$122K
FY2024▼ -62%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$85K
FY2021$135K
FY2022$153K
FY2023$316K
FY2024$122K
Net assets
$85K
FY2024▼ -23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$159K
FY2021$212K
FY2022$240K
FY2023$111K
FY2024$85K

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 Mar 2009.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $111K Management & general 9% · $11K

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

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joel Johnson’s $500 as Executive Di is at the 2nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 344 <$100K religion 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Joel Johnson$500$22,080

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers encouragement, education, and resources to neighbors in need, sharing hope through faith.

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3 programs · $111K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

At the end of 2024 we had 20 active chaplains and support officers volunteering with hope unlimited's northwest incident support (nwis) program. The area of service includes camano island, north snohomish county (stanwood to darrington and as far south as the tulalip indian reservation), and south skagit county.

$109Kprogram expense
02

Our anti-human trafficking initiative focused on collaboration with like minded organizations this year. They invested many hours attending meetings and networking with agencies and other organizations to look for opportunities to expand awareness of human trafficking.

$1Kprogram expense
03

With the completion of the oso mud slide memorial, we transferred the remaining balance of the memorial fund to the snohomish county parks department. The parks department has set up a fund to maintain the memorial site.

$347program 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 · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$96K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$69K
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10K
Money outPt IX
$122K
Ln 25
Programscol B$111K
Managementcol C$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$85K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$85K
Total assetsLn 16$85K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$69K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10K
Investment incomeLn 3$266
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Total revenueLn 12$96K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$9K
SavingsLn 2$76K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$85K
Total assetsLn 16$85K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35
Net assetsLn 32$85K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 614
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$111K$85K
Total assetsLn 16$111K$85K
LiabilitiesLn 26$48$35
Net assetsLn 32$111K$85K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$78K$78K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$6K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$7K$7K$405
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$248$248
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$347$347
Total functional expensesLn 25$122K$111K$11K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $96K$122K−$26K$85K 990 PDF
FY2023 $187K$316K−$130K$111K 990 PDF
FY2022 $182K$153K$29K$240K 990 PDF
FY2021 $188K$135K$53K$212K 990 PDF
FY2020 $85K$85K$666$159K 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $95,726 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $74,308$68,701
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $84,753$9,593
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $679$266
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $27,190$17,166
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $186,930$95,726
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $165,095$91,134
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $151,398$30,375
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $316,493$121,509
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$129,563−$25,783
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $95,726 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$68,701
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$68,701
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,593$9,593
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $266$266
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $17,166$17,166
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,593 · Excluded from tax $17,432$95,726
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $121,509 across 11 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $77,689$77,689
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,231$7,231
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,214$6,214
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $7,032 · Management $405$7,437
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,673$4,673
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $2,203$2,203
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,257$2,257
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $248$248
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,835 · Management $1,021$2,856
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,354$10,354
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $347$347
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $110,702 · Management $10,807 · Fundraising $0$121,509
Part X · Balance sheet $85,099 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,097$8,824
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $76,798$76,275
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $110,895$85,099
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $48$35
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $48$35
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $110,847$85,064
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $110,847$85,064
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $110,895$85,099
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $85,064 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$95,726
XI-2 Total expenses$121,509
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$25,783
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$110,847
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$85,064

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

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