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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FILTER OF HOPE INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 23 January 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,619,569
Total expenses
$6,584,133
Contributions and grants received
$6,332,836
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,286,733
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,815,433
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,003,384
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,812,049
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,223,781
Management and general expenses
$317,259
Fundraising expenses
$43,093
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,223,781

Program services were 94.5% 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

    $6,332,836

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MISSIONARY STAFF SUP-RESTRICT

    total $1,286,733 · related or exempt $1,286,733

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,000 · program services $122,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $345,208 · program services $303,382 · management and general $27,884 · fundraising $13,942

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,184 · program services $17,809 · management and general $10,407 · fundraising $2,968

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,590 · program services $25,613 · management and general $7,318 · fundraising $3,659

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,160 · management and general $14,160

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $48,877 · program services $39,102 · management and general $9,775

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $58,073 · management and general $58,073

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $42,468 · program services $25,481 · management and general $12,740 · fundraising $4,247

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,549,834 · program services $1,549,834

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,436 · program services $29,436

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,239 · program services $2,827 · management and general $1,412

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,903 · management and general $7,903

  • 24a · Other expenses: UPG EXPENSES

    total $1,642,521 · program services $1,642,521

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISSIONARY STAFF SUPPORT

    total $1,227,410 · program services $1,227,410

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILTER EXPENSE

    total $1,067,328 · program services $1,067,328

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONSULTING

    total $123,351 · management and general $123,351

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $233,551 · program services $171,038 · management and general $44,236 · fundraising $18,277

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,569,608 · end of year $4,705,299

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $189,119 · end of year $55,616

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $446,963 · end of year $53,150

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

    $82,102

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $80,734

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,116 · end of year $1,368

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $74,622 · end of year $117,497

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $885,887

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,213,413 · end of year $2,888,022

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,919,771 · end of year $924,027

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FILTER OF HOPE EXISTS TO CREATE SOCIO-SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN SEVERE POVERTY WORLDWIDE. THIS IS DONE BY PROVIDING CLEAN DRINKING WATER THROUGH THE DISTRIBTUTION OF HOUSEHOLD WATER FILTERS AND SHARING THE "LIVING WATER" OF JESUS CHRIST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE. THE FILTER OF HOPE MINISTRY MODEL ALLOWS FAMILIES IN DESPERATE NEED TO EXPERIENCE "HEALTH FOR TODAY AND HOPE FOR TOMORROW"

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE EXIST TO CREATE SOCIO-SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION IN COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE BY PROVIDING CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND THE "LIVING WATER" OF JESUS CHRIST TO FAMILIES LIVING IN ABJECT POVERTY (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

  • FILTER OF HOPE DISTRIBUTES HOUSEHOLD WATER FILTERS TO IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES WITHOUT ACCESS TO SAFE CLEAN DRINKING WATER. THIS IS DONE THROUGH SHORT TERM SERVICE TRIPS AS WELL AS SUPPLYING FILTER TO MINISTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN 60 COUNTRIES. THE GOSPEL IS SHARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH FILTER DISTRIBUTION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY CHURCHES. FILTER OF HOPE ALSO TEACHES THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD HYGIENE AND SANITATION PRACTICES. FILTER OF HOPE SERVES ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, RACE, ETHNICITY OR GENDER

    Expenses $4,969,009 · Revenue $6,332,836

  • FILTER OF HOPE FUNDS FULL AND PART-TIME MISSIONARIES AND STAFF IN THE US AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. STAFF ASSISTS WITH LEADING SHORT TERM FILTER DISTRIBUTION TEAMS AND WORK ON ALL MINISTRY INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS OF FILTER OF HOPE.

    Expenses $1,254,772 · Revenue $1,286,733

  • FILTER OF HOPE DISTRIBUTES HOUSEHOLD WATER FILTERS TO IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bart Smelley

    FOUNDER/BOAR

    Total calculated
    $122,000
    From this org
    $122,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bony Barrineau

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Todd Cowart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Steve Hillis

    BOARD CHAIRM

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dr Jerry Palmer

    BOARD MEMBR/

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Vicky Patterson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Louise Price

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202402719349301710

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