THE HOPE CENTER

As filed

Subsection

03

Street

PO BOX 3093

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Mission and programs · 2025

• THE HOPE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2010 AS AN OUTREACH PROJECT OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. INITIAL PLANNING FOR THE PROJECT WAS DRIVEN BY AN EXPRESSED NEED OF THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY AND/OR WITHOUT HOMES, NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT AGENCIES TO HAVE A DAY CENTER IN RAPID CITY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BASIC DAY SERVICES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE HOPE CENTER IS MODELED AFTER THE ST. FRANCIS CENTER IN DENVER, COLORADO. THE HOPE CENTER CONCEPT INITIALLY BEGAN AS THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BECAME INCREASINGLY INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES THAT SERVE THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY AND THOSE WITHOUT HOMES. THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS BUILT WITH THE PEOPLE SERVED AND STAFF OF THESE VARIOUS AGENCIES, IT BECAME IMPORTANT AND APPARENT THAT THE CHURCH BECOME PART OF THIS SUPPORT IN SUBSTANTIAL, LONG-TERM WAYS BY OFFERING A MINISTRY AIMED AT SERVING THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY AND FILLING ANY GAPS IN SERVICES. GAPS IN SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES WERE DETERMINED THROUGH MANY MEETINGS WITH LOCAL AGENCY DIRECTORS AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A TEAM VISIT THE ST. FRANCIS CENTER IN DENVER, COLORADO TO GATHER IDEAS FOR A POTENTIAL DAY CENTER IN RAPID CITY. AFTER THIS VISIT IT BECAME CLEAR THAT A DAY CENTER WAS AN ESSENTIAL AND UNDUPLICATED NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY OF RAPID CITY AND THE CHURCH WANTED TO HELP MEET THIS NEED. THE CHURCH BEGAN PURSUING FUNDING OPTIONS AND FORMED A COMMITTEE TO BEGIN CREATING THE HOPE CENTER. THE HOPE CENTER WAS ABLE TO OPEN IN A FULL-TIME CAPACITY IN 2011. IN JULY 2014, THE HOPE CENTER GAINED 501(C)3 STATUS. THE HOPE CENTER WAS A DROP-IN DAY CENTER WHICH OFFERS UNDUPLICATED, UNIQUE, AND CRUCIAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY, PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES, AND INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT HOPE. THE PRIMARY SERVICES OFFERED BY THE HOPE CENTER INCLUDED A MAILING CENTER, A TELEPHONE/MESSAGING CENTER, AND A STORAGE FACILITY FOR SHORT AND LONG TERM STORAGE AS WELL AS DOCUMENTS. THE HOPE CENTER OFFERED DAILY DEVOTION/PRAYER TIME AND WEEKLY CLASSES WHICH INCLUDED A SEWING CLASS, AN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS GROUP, BEADING/ARTS AND CRAFTS CLASSES, AND A COMPUTER CLASS. IN ADDITION TO THESE PRIMARY SERVICES, THE HOPE CENTER HAD INTRODUCED NEW SERVICES NECESSARY TO THE POPULATION SERVED IN ORDER TO INCREASE POSITIVE OUTCOMES AND HELP THE GUESTS OF THE CENTER MOVE TOWARD A BETTER LIFE. A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE HOPE CENTER WAS TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DISADVANTAGED IN THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT OF RESPECT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, AND TO BE A CONSTANT IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO OFTEN TIMES LACK STABILITY AND CONSISTENCY. THE HOPE CENTER AIMED TO BE A TRUSTED SOURCE OF SUPPORT BY BEING A SAFE AND STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR GUESTS AS WELL AS BY FILLING GAPS IN SERVICES TO THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY, WITHOUT HOMES, OR ARE WITHOUT HOPE. IN 2022, THE HOPE CENTER STARTED THE PROCESS OF RELOCATING AND EXPANDING SERVICES. IN 2023, A NEW BUILDING WAS PURCHASED AND THE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PERMIT REQUIRED TO RELOCATE. HOWEVER, A NEARBY RESIDENT APPEALED THEIR DECISION AND THE PERMIT WAS DENIED WHEN REVIEWED BY THE RAPID CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER 2023. THE LANDLORD OF THE HOPE CENTER MORE THAN DOUBLED THE RENT AND GAVE NOTICE OF NOT RENEWING THE LEASE BEYOND AUGUST 2024, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2023. DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES, THE HOPE CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECIDED TO CLOSE THE HOPE CENTER IN DECEMBER 2023. DURING 2025, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINED THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONTINUE THE HOPE CENTER MISSION WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY. AS SUCH, THE ORGANIZATION WAS DISSOLVED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2025. SEE SCHEDULE I AND SCHEDULE N FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

  Expenses $34,117 · Grants $29,128

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

  $662

  Expenses

  $39,203

  Contributions

  $380

  Grants paid

  $29,128

• 2024

  Revenue

  -$6,608

  Expenses

  $8,141

  Contributions

  $3,844

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $250,406

  Expenses

  $414,658

  Contributions

  $249,416

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $564,898

  Expenses

  $532,536

  Contributions

  $564,739

  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

  $653,394

  Expenses

  $550,831

  Assets (EOY)

  $324,810

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,008,537

  Expenses

  $915,032

  Assets (EOY)

  $214,236

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $218,603

  Expenses

  $213,743

  Assets (EOY)

  $111,283

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $207,126

  Expenses

  $227,679

  Assets (EOY)

  $97,839

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $254,016

  Expenses

  $213,063

  Assets (EOY)

  $125,008

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $150,295

  Expenses

  $189,141

  Assets (EOY)

  $79,057

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $285,299

  Expenses

  $192,893

  Assets (EOY)

  $117,587

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $166,871

  Expenses

  $193,281

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,419

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.

Grants made

• OPEN HEART UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

  $7,282

  2025 · CHARITABLE

• PASSAGES WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING INC

  $7,282

  2025 · CHARITABLE

• MIDWEST STREET MEDICINE

  $7,282

  2025 · CHARITABLE

• TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

  $7,282

  2025 · CHARITABLE

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• BLACK HILLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $197,500

  2023 · COMMUNITY WELFARE

• BLACK HILLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $8,275

  2022 · COMMUNITY WELFARE

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