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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by HOPE CENTER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$980,418
Total expenses
$1,006,438
Contributions and grants received
$991,370
Grants paid
$138,370
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$10,952
Total assets, end of year
$559,306
Total liabilities, end of year
$422,547
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$136,759
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$825,696
Management and general expenses
$123,788
Fundraising expenses
$56,954
Program service expenses (Part III)
$825,696

Program services were 82.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,020

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $884,567

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $104,783

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,020

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,571

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$13,571 · excluded -$13,571

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $2,619 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,619

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,619

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $138,370 · program services $138,370

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $28,435 · program services $26,711 · management and general $1,241 · fundraising $483

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $237,397 · program services $226,107 · management and general $6,795 · fundraising $4,495

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,231 · program services $27,039 · management and general $5,178 · fundraising $14

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,456 · program services $32,505 · management and general $1,299 · fundraising $652

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $194,989 · program services $183,169 · management and general $8,510 · fundraising $3,310

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,158 · program services $45,950 · management and general $11,208

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $48,000 · fundraising $48,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $122,172 · program services $87,959 · management and general $34,213 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,181 · program services $18,968 · management and general $7,213

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,673 · program services $2,300 · management and general $10,373

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,630 · program services $30,217 · management and general $1,413

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,486 · program services $3,398 · management and general $1,088

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,774 · management and general $3,774

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other event expense

    total $20,557 · program services $914 · management and general $19,643

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bad debt

    total $9,375 · management and general $9,375

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $4,554 · program services $2,089 · management and general $2,465

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $93,409 · end of year $74,241

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $133,143 · end of year $421,777

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

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

    $67,753

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

    $4,465

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,901 · end of year $63,288

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $59,716 · end of year $294,806

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $121,783

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $5,958 · end of year $5,958

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $162,779 · end of year $136,759

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The organization works to address the root causes contributing to poverty and violence in the community through imaginative, solution-focused programs that provide support in the areas of home ownership, financial literacy, workforce development, youth mentorship, and entrepreneurship.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Helping Chicago residents to transition out of poverty to living wage & into generational wealth

  • R.E.A.D.Y. (Recruit, Employ, Advance & Develop Youth) - To Work is a twenty-week job readiness program designed for low-income youth ages 16-24. The goal of the R.E.A.D.Y. To Work program is to provide exposure and to prepare participants for the workforce by providing career training. Using creative methods, the Hope Center Foundation will recruit, employ, and develop youth by guiding them to become better citizens through active involvement in the workforce.

    Expenses $800,586 · Grants $113,260

  • The organization provides assistance to those in need each year. The Food give-a-way provided 700 boxes of food and meals to families and supported 98 program participants. Transportation grants through Ventra gift cards were given out to cover ride-sharing expenses to assist clients with their transportation needs.

    Expenses $25,110 · Grants $25,110

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cheryle Jackson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Darryl Farrow

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Doig

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James T Meeks

    President/Chairman of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Henry D McGhee Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jamell Meeks

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Otis Wright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shenita Muse

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $28,435
    From this org
    $23,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,165
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
16 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349327568

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