Hope Foundation

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Hope Teams International's primary purpose is to promote and protect the well-being and healthy development of children and young adults, primarily by partnering with indigenous organizations who share similar faith-based values and who provide education, spiritual teaching, emotional support, medical care, developmental, nutritional aid, and relief to disadvantaged children and young adults throughout the world.

Form 990-EZ Part III, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 93-1271323) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 7 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990-EZ Part III · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: IRS e-file

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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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $21K a year · 34% of revenue · last 2 filings
A surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
990-EZ Pt I · Ln 18 · 2 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$11K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
990-EZ Pt IV
Liabilities
$542
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
990-EZ Pt II · Ln 26
Revenue
$74K
-2% vs prior year
Net assets
$108K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$74K
FY2024▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$60K
FY2021$63K
FY2022$59K
FY2023$75K
FY2024$74K
Expenses
—
FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$40K
FY2021$40K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$108K
FY2024▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$73K
FY2021$96K
FY2022$107K
FY2023$109K
FY2024$108K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2000.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ; $11K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

990-EZ Part IV · reportable compensation
President
$6,794990-EZ Pt IV
Past President
$3,726990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV
Chairman of the Board
$0990-EZ Pt IV

Kristina Kihs’s $7K as President is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 167 <$100K 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 · 2 named individuals · 990-EZ Part IV

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cindy Larvick$3,726$5,406$7,807$17,500$17,500
Kristina Kihs$6,794————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990-EZ Part IV column (c) / 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

Supports disadvantaged children globally through faith-based partnerships offering education, healthcare, and aid.

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3 programs · $8K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Child Sponsors provide food, clothing and shelter to orphans and street children in Honduras and Liberia.

Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 93-1271323) · Dispute this line
$5Kprogram expense
02

Special Projects

In 2020 Hope Teams supported special projects in Liberia and Honduras.

Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 93-1271323) · Dispute this line
$3Kprogram expense
03

TEAMS Hope Teams, due to Covid 19 did not travel to Honduras in 2021.

Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 93-1271323) · Dispute this line
$149program expense

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$74K
Other income$74K
Owns and owes
$108K
net assets
Liabilities$542
People
5
listed
Paid2
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$74K
Total revenue$74K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$542
Net assets$108K
Operations
Employees1
Volunteers7
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 24, 2025 $74K$108K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 18, 2024 $75K$109K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 1, 2023 $59K$107K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 $63K$40K$23K$96K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 9, 2021 $60K$40K$19K$73K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support

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

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