HOPE COMMUNITY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

L410

Classification

1000

Street

611 EAST FRANKLIN AVENUE

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 · 2025

• AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PLACE-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: OVER A 30-YEAR PERIOD, HOPE HAS WORKED WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS TO DEVELOP 300 HIGH-QUALITY RENTAL UNITS AND 12 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS; GREENSPACES, PLAY SPACES, AND 7,500 SQUARE FEET OF COMMUNITY GARDENS; HOPE'S OFFICES AND COMMUNITY CENTER; AND COMMERCIAL SPACES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES. APPROXIMATELY 800 PEOPLE LIVE IN HOPE'S RENTAL HOUSING. SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT (75%) OF OUR UNITS MEET AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSEHOLDS LIVING AT 30-50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME (AMI). HOPE'S HOUSING SUPPORTS HOUSEHOLD STABILITY, WITH THE AVERAGE STAY BEING 7 YEARS. DEMAND FOR HOPE HOUSING IS REPRESENTED BY CONSISTENTLY FULL UNITS, SUGGESTING THAT HOPE HOMES ARE DESIRABLE AND FILL A COMMUNITY NEED.COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY: ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME RENTERS IN PHILLIPS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING TOWARD A FINANCIAL GOAL: BECOMING OWNER-OCCUPANT LANDLORDS OF SMALL MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS. SINCE LAUNCHING IN 2020, HOPE HAS TRAINED 11 COHORT GROUPS WITH 96 PARTICIPANTS IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD WEALTH AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH SMALL-SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP. TO DATE, 18 GRADUATES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PURCHASED THEIR OWN PROPERTIES. ANOTHER 76 GRADUATES HAVE ESTABLISHED A WEALTH-BUILDING MINDSET AND TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS (SUCH AS CREDIT REPAIR) TOWARD THEIR FINANCIAL GOALS.FOOD, LAND, AND COMMUNITY (FLC): NEIGHBORS PLAN, PLANT, TEND, HARVEST, AND DISTRIBUTE FRESH, CULTURALLY RELEVANT PRODUCE TO THE COMMUNITY. USING RESTORATIVE AGRICULTURE TECHNIQUES AND FOLLOWING MUTUAL AID PRINCIPLES, THE PROGRAM FOSTERS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND CLIMATE HEALTH. IN 2025, NEARLY 150 PARTICIPANTS BUILT COMMUNITY AND TENDED THREE GARDENS TO LEARN, GROW, AND SHARE APPROXIMATELY $7,000 WORTH OF FRESH, NUTRITIOUS FOOD WITH NEARLY 350 NEIGHBORS.YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND CAREER READINESS: YOUTH AGED 8-18 DEVELOP AND PRACTICE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND LIFE SKILLS; EXPLORE ENTREPRENEURISM AND CAREER PATHWAYS; DESIGN AND DEVELOP CREATIVE PROJECTS; AND BUILD STRONG COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS AND MENTORS.IN 2025, OF 150 PARTICIPATING YOUTH, 80% FEEL CONFIDENT USING NEW SKILLS AND 75% HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. SIXTY-EIGHT PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED SELF-DIRECTED CREATIVE PROJECTS; 17 COMPLETED A WEEK OF SUMMER OVERNIGHT CAMP; 4 COMPLETED PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS; 35 EXPLORED CAREERS WITH MENTORS IN VARIOUS PROFESSIONS; 5 APPLIED FOR POST-SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. ART OF RADICAL COLLABORATION (ARC): ARC IS A YEAR-ROUND COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT, EXPRESSION, AND LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY. IN ALL ARC ACTIVITIES, ARTISTS PRACTICE ASKING CRITICAL QUESTIONS, FOSTER NETWORKS OF MUTUAL SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITY, AND STRENGTHEN PRACTITIONER CAPACITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY RESPECTFULLY, POWERFULLY, AND EFFECTIVELY. IN 2025, WE CONDUCTED 9 SKILL SHARES WORKSHOPS ON VARIETY OF ENGAGING ART ACTIVITIES IN COMMUNITY SETTING AND PLANNED FOR A COMMUNITY ART STUDIO WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHED IN LATE 2026.POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE: OUR ENGAGEMENT WORK NATURALLY LEADS US INTO POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE. THROUGH OUR PARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE COALITIONS TO BUILD COMMUNITY POWER, WE WORK TO SHAPE EQUITABLE POLICIES AND PRACTICES WITHIN SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS. IN 2025, WE PRODUCED 6 EVENTS FOCUSED ON VOTER EDUCATION, INCLUDING EDUCATING CANDIDATES ON RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARK BOARD COMMISSIONERS, AND A SERIES OF CANDIDATE FORUMS FOR EACH PARK DISTRICT AND CITYWIDE. THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ELECTED IN 2025 REFLECTS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DIVERSITY AND EQUITY-CENTERED LEADERSHIP. EMERGING INITIATIVESCOMMUNITY ART STUDIO: TO SUPPORT OUR ARC PROGRAM AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY ARTISTS, HOPE IS REDEVELOPING ONE OF OUR EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACES INTO A COMMUNITY ART STUDIO. IN 2026, WE'LL COMPLETE RENOVATIONS IN OUR JOURDAIN BUILDING TO ESTABLISH A FLEXIBLE, ADAPTABLE ART STUDIO TO HOST ARC PROGRAMMING, AND ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GATHERING SPACE, WHICH IS IN HIGH DEMAND IN THE COMMUNITY.RE-ENVISIONING SPEAC: SPEAC (SUSTAINABLE PROGRESS THROUGH ENGAGING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES) IS OUR SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZING, AND ACTION TRAINING PROGRAM. WE HAVE SECURED FUNDING TO CONDUCT A CURRICULUM REFRESH AND, IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL DEMAND FOR ORGANIZING TRAINING IN THE FACE OF THE MANY THREATS TO OUR COMMUNITIES, WE ANTICIPATE LAUNCHING SPEAC 2.0 IN 2027. REIMAGINING AFFORDABLE HOUSING: A MULTI-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WILL TEST A NEW MODEL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ADVANCES EQUITY BY REDIRECTING SUBSIDY TO INCREASE BOTH AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS AND OPERATING REVENUE FOR PROVIDERS, CREATING ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR BOTH. COMMUNITY-CENTERED SAFETY: IN 2016, HOPE BEGAN BUILDING CAPACITY TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-CENTERED APPROACHES TO SAFETY THAT DO NOT DEPEND UPON LAW ENFORCEMENT. EMERGING WORK IN THIS AREA FOCUSES ON OUR LARGE OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES; WE AIM TO DEVELOP A SHARED VISION OF ESTABLISHING/MAINTAINING SAFETY THAT IS CENTERED IN COMMUNITY, HUMANITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TO IMPLEMENT SHORT-TERM STRATEGIES ROOTED IN THAT VISION FOR HOPE PROPERTIES.SUPPORTING LOCAL FOOD ENTREPRENEURS: TO MEET COMMUNITY NEED IN OUR LOCAL FOOD ECOSYSTEM, WE'LL REMODEL OUR 20-YEAR-OLD COMMERCIAL KITCHEN TO ESTABLISH AN AFFORDABLE, COMMERCIALLY LICENSED FOOD PRODUCTION SPACE FOR RENTAL USE BY EMERGING FOOD ENTREPRENEURS.

  Expenses $3,403,929

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,631,056

  Expenses

  $4,018,935

  Contributions

  $2,675,201

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,594,701

  Expenses

  $4,104,786

  Contributions

  $2,483,517

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,529,911

  Expenses

  $4,684,312

  Contributions

  $2,343,551

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,276,829

  Expenses

  $4,184,989

  Contributions

  $2,228,584

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $3,542,167

  Expenses

  $3,972,429

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,754,226

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,264,816

  Expenses

  $3,552,280

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,851,231

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,834,571

  Expenses

  $2,595,421

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,052,337

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,068,371

  Expenses

  $2,542,431

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,502,737

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,553,978

  Expenses

  $2,582,516

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,725,099

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,786,321

  Expenses

  $2,184,382

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,648,909

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,526,303

  Expenses

  $1,976,910

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,924,002

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,574,395

  Expenses

  $1,993,020

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,005,476

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,072,967

  Expenses

  $1,731,325

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,226,689

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,732,494

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,895,277

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

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $185,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES, DONOR-ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES

• GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY

  $115,000

  2023 · PROGRAM COSTS

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $114,000

  2022 · DONOR-RECOMMENDED, HUMAN SERVICES

• GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY

  $111,000

  2022 · PROGRAM COSTS

• GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY

  $100,750

  2025 · PROGRAM COSTS

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $94,000

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES

• FAMILY HOUSING FUND

  $50,000

  2022 · SMALL MULTIFAMILY OWNERSHIP

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $47,600

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• WOMENS FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA

  $44,800

  2023 · sponsor two internships with your Clubhouse to Career Pathways program; DAF withdrawal

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $40,500

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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