Totals
- Total revenue
- $92,030
- Total expenses
- $41,602
- Contributions and grants received
- $92,000
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- $30
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $50,428
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $50,428
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $41,602
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
The purpose of this organization is to provide education about the benefits of infant adoption to the citizens of Louisiana and the United States of America.
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Option Hopes program service for 2024 was providing education about the benefits of infant adoption to high school students in Louisiana primarily at public high schools through presentations in health classes and other classroom settings. Option Hope began giving these presentation in earnest in September of 2024. During 2024 Option Hope gave 145 presentations to 3,891 high school students in the following Louisiana parishes: Lafayette Iberia St. Mary Vermilion Tangipahoa and Jefferson. Option Hopes presenters use interactive presentations classroom activities and videos to educate about infant adoption the types of adoption available the differences between foster care and infant adoption and statistical data on pregnancy outcomes. The presentations are offered at no charge to schools whether public or private. Through pre-presentation and post-presentation quizzes Option Hope found that students learned significantly about adoption during our presentations.
Expenses $41,602
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part IV
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James Garvey
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michelle Gorney
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Celie Clark
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peggy Kenny
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Nickelson
At-Large Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dana Hammer
At-Large Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leslie Ellison
At-Large Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James Godchaux
At-Large Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sharon Rodi
At-Large Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William Watkins
At-Large Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202503129349200505
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