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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ROAD TO HOPE.

Totals

Total revenue
$480,021
Total expenses
$433,554
Contributions and grants received
$383,811
Grants paid
$200
Program service revenue
$4,350
Investment income
$6,589
Other revenue
$85,271
Total assets, end of year
$495,953
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,740
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$494,213
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$294,429
Management and general expenses
$76,667
Fundraising expenses
$62,458
Program service expenses (Part III)
$294,429

Program services were 67.9% 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

    $383,811

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $4,350 · related or exempt $4,350

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,598 · excluded $5,598

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $991

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $991

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $991 · excluded $991

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $101,786

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $16,515

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $85,271 · excluded $85,271

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $200 · program services $200

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $89,073 · program services $44,537 · management and general $22,268 · fundraising $22,268

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $195,493 · program services $146,245 · management and general $24,624 · fundraising $24,624

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,551 · program services $2,275 · management and general $1,138 · fundraising $1,138

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,158 · program services $16,197 · management and general $3,981 · fundraising $3,980

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $420 · program services $420

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,296 · program services $7,296

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,024 · program services $3,024

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,719 · program services $7,271 · fundraising $10,448

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,097 · management and general $15,097

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,865 · program services $203 · management and general $7,662

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $102 · management and general $102

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,254 · program services $12,254

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,307 · program services $7,307

  • 24a · Other expenses: HOUSING AND RESIDENT EX

    total $45,373 · program services $45,373

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING AND EDUCATION

    total $1,827 · program services $1,827

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $1,175 · management and general $1,175

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES

    total $620 · management and general $620

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $177,786 · end of year $214,357

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $164,382 · end of year $57,607

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

    $248,980

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

    $138,293

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $111,172 · end of year $110,687

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $113,302

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,679 · end of year $1,740

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $447,661 · end of year $494,213

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ROAD TO HOPE PROVIDES SHELTER, CARE, AND PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS AND UNSUPPORTED PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDING COUNSELING, CLOTHING AND RESOURCES, ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, LIFE SKILLS, PARENTING, CHILD-BIRTH PREPARATION, AND CASE MANAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES HOUSING, SUPPORT, AND CARE FOR UNSUPPORTED PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN.

  • ROAD TO HOPE PROVIDED BIBLICALLY INFORMED TRAUMA CARE, SAFE HOUSING, AND LONG-TERM RELATIONAL SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. IN 2025, A TOTAL OF 596 INDIVIDUALS ("HEARTBEATS") WERE SERVED THROUGH RESIDENTIAL, AFTERCARE, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM CARED FOR 26 WOMEN AND 37 CHILDREN, OFFERING SHELTER, COUNSELING, ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING, CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION, AND CASE MANAGEMENT. OF THESE FAMILIES, 24 OF 26 WERE STABLY HOUSED OR PARTICIPATING IN A RECOMMENDED RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AT YEAR-END.

    Expenses $294,429 · Grants $200 · Revenue $4,350

  • THE HOPE LINE SERVED 455 INDIVIDUALS, CONNECTING WOMEN AND FAMILIES WITH HOUSING, MATERIAL RESOURCES, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. THE HOPE FORWARD AFTERCARE PROGRAM SERVED 117 CLIENTS AND CHILDREN, PROVIDING ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS, CASE MANAGEMENT, LIFE-SKILLS CLASSES, AND EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT TO HELP FAMILIES MAINTAIN HOUSING AND INDEPENDENCE. CLIENTS PARTICIPATED IN 2,000+ HOURS OF LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING, RECEIVED 550+ HOURS OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND 350+ HOURS OF ADVOCAY SUPPORTING PROGRESS TOWARD HOUSING STABILITY, PARENTING READINESS, AND HEALTHY INDEPENDENCE.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leona Bicknese

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $89,073
    From this org
    $89,073
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Susan Lavier

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Willow Oelke

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clayton Nagel

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gary Combs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
15 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601079349300200

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