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HOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE

EIN 72-1245521 BATON ROUGE, LA

Revenue 2024
$1,966,548
Expenses 2024
$1,990,629

Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L41Z
Classification
1000
Street
4643 WINBOURNE AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND DIGNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HOPE MINISTRIES HELPS IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES REACH SELF-SUFFICIENCY VIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL LITERACY, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND A CLIENT CHOICE FOOD PANTRY.

  • THE WAY TO WORK SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IS A CLIENT CENTERED PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT TO HELP IMPOVERISHED PARTICIPANTS ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, FINANCIAL AND FAMILY STABILITY. THROUGH EDUCATION AND COACHING, CLIENTS GAIN WORKFORCE SKILLS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND OTHER LIFE SKILLS NEEDED FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THE WAY TO WORK PROVIDES ACCESS TO INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CAREER EXPLORATION AND CERTIFICATION INITIATIVES. THE WAY TO WORK SERVES APPROXIMATELY 752 PARTICIPANTS ANNUALLY. HOPE ALSO EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYERS ON THE CHALLENGES FACED BY INDIVIDUALS RAISED IN GENERATIONAL POVERTY.

    Expenses $999,625 · Grants $80,397 · Revenue $223,560

  • THE CLIENT CHOICE FOOD PANTRY IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT THAT CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE OF DIGNITY FOR CLIENTS AND ALLOWS THEM TO SELECT FOOD THAT SUITS THEIR PREFERENCES AND NUTRITIONAL NEEDS. THE FOOD PANTRY ALSO HOUSES A TEST KITCHEN TO PROVIDE COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS TO EDUCATE CLIENTS ON HEALTHY EATING. THE CLIENT CHOICE FOOD PANTRY SERVED 3,250 INDIVIDUALS IN NEED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025.

    Expenses $671,909 · Grants $509,378

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JANET SIMMONS

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $127,422
    From this org
    $119,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,060
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,362
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,060
    Filer's total
    $127,422

  • DAVID TIDWELL

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $109,791
    From this org
    $81,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,328
    Hours/week
    40

  • WARREN BIRKETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NIKKI CARR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • OMER DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROB FAIRLY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAY GRYMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY ELIZABETH HART

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN HOLMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRAVIS HUTCHINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAM JAMES

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEGAN JENNY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE KEENAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHANNON KIRKPATRICK

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRENT MANGUM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KARLI PIDGEON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN SKELTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES SPENCER

    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,966,548
    Expenses
    $1,990,629
    Contributions
    $1,707,190
    Grants paid
    $589,775
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,892,577
    Expenses
    $2,008,437
    Contributions
    $1,655,685
    Grants paid
    $504,031
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,140,520
    Expenses
    $2,154,877
    Contributions
    $1,846,135
    Grants paid
    $598,793

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,289,878
    Expenses
    $1,995,614
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,087,739

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,574,268
    Expenses
    $1,274,306
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,782,637

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,263,832
    Expenses
    $1,155,346
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,271,796

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,113,663
    Expenses
    $1,101,234
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,181,397

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,098,727
    Expenses
    $969,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,200,913

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $910,164
    Expenses
    $920,599
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,098,638

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $965,666
    Expenses
    $918,647
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,141,854

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $869,688
    Expenses
    $864,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,112,739

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $558,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $609,156

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $628,425
    Assets (EOY)
    $523,240

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.