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← THEHOPELINE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THEHOPELINE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,299,484
Total expenses
$2,733,615
Contributions and grants received
$2,151,968
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$139,062
Other revenue
$8,454
Total assets, end of year
$2,233,578
Total liabilities, end of year
$72,992
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,160,586
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,180,766
Management and general expenses
$174,144
Fundraising expenses
$378,705
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,180,766

Program services were 79.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,151,968

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $139,062 · excluded $139,062

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: TAX REFUND

    total $8,454 · related or exempt $8,454

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,454

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $580,557 · program services $510,193 · management and general $16,101 · fundraising $54,263

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $967,175 · program services $849,953 · management and general $26,824 · fundraising $90,398

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $138,210 · program services $67,063 · management and general $71,147

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $82,950 · program services $82,950

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,604 · program services $1,802 · management and general $1,802

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $344,583 · program services $310,958 · management and general $18,840 · fundraising $14,785

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,806 · program services $32,645 · management and general $8,161

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,233 · program services $28,055 · management and general $13,178

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $575 · management and general $575

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $113,530 · program services $73,794 · management and general $3,974 · fundraising $35,762

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,745 · program services $24,287 · management and general $9,458

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

    total $167,773 · program services $18,000 · fundraising $149,773

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $85,361 · program services $81,558 · management and general $3,803

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTENT CREATION

    total $57,662 · program services $57,662

  • 24d · Other expenses: RADIO PROD AND SYNDICATION

    total $35,058 · program services $35,058

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $40,793 · program services $6,788 · management and general $281 · fundraising $33,724

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $131,913 · end of year $169,632

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,145,859 · end of year $1,745,318

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $116,183

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $87,325 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $26,623

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $175,822

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $255,443 · end of year $175,822

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $97,379 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,194 · end of year $15,921

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $100,008 · end of year $57,071

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,594,717 · end of year $2,160,586

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO REACH, RESCUE AND RESTORE THOSE WHO ARE BROKEN AND HOPELESS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

THEHOPELINE OFFERS CRISIS RESOURCES TO STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH TWO PRIMAY RESOURCES. THEHOPELINE WEBSITE AND LIVECHAT. SINCE 2018, A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT HAS BEEN MADE EACH YEAR TO REDESIGN AND RELAUNCH THE WEBSITE WHICH HAS BECOME THE CORE PLATFORM FOR INITIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH FOLKS IN CRISIS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

  • Live Chat interactions are taken by paid Hope Coaches who are trained and evaluated on a regular basis for effectiveness. Live Chat was relaunched in 2018 with new leadership and funded from gifts restricted for use to this program. It was staffed with an average of 369 Hope Coach hours per week. Each one-on-one interaction included referrals to one or more vetted partners who offer targeted services or relevant information for specific issues. The Organization has more than 25 of these partnerships. Hope Coaches have answered 27,435 chats, which is 35% of all chats attempted. Beginning in September 2022, Live Chat was expanded to 24/7. By the end of 2025, there were 40 Hope Coaches who answered 31,823 live chats, which is 70% of all live chat attempts. 3,589 (11.3%) of this total were suicide interventions.

    Expenses $2,180,766

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tim Altman

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $182,761
    From this org
    $182,761
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,761
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $182,761
  • Jamieson Statema

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $137,222
    From this org
    $137,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jen Dejong

    COO

    Total calculated
    $134,531
    From this org
    $134,531
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joel David Johnson

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brooks Gibbs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Will Tenpenny

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Steve Gray

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chad Winter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sandy Beven

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Stewart Heath

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
22 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202632039349300703

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