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A CHILDS HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC

EIN 26-2650611 CINCINNATI, OH

Revenue 2025
$2,774,418
Expenses 2025
$2,581,287

Program services were 90.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
2430 E KEMPER RD

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

Mission

WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES TO INSPIRE LASTING HOPE IN JESUS' NAME BY PROVIDING FOOD, CLEAN WATER, AND HOLISTIC CARE TO MEET THE URGENT NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

  • HANDS AGAINST HUNGER - A PROGRAM THAT PRODUCES "HOPE BOXES" WHICH FEED CHILDREN WITH HIGH PROTEIN MEALS PACKED BY VOLUNTEERS. HANDS AGAINST HUNGER PROVIDES FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN WORLDWIDE WHO ARE AT THE MOST RISK FROM MALNUTRITION. MEALS ARE DISTRIBUTED INTERNATIONALLY, AND IN THE UNITED STATES, THROUGH LOCAL PARTNERS WHO MEET THE WHOLISTIC NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

    Expenses $1,192,728 · Grants $738,827 · Revenue $11,519

  • US BASED FOOD DISTRIBUTION A PROGRAM THAT DISTRIBUTES DONATED FOOD AND BASIC NEED ITEMS INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. DISTRIBUTION IS FOCUSED ON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT OHIO, KENTUCKY, AND INDIANA. ITEMS ARE ALSO DISTRIBUTED NATIONALLY DURING DISASTERS.

    Expenses $849,453 · Grants $801,932

  • HOPE SACKS. HOPE SACKS ARE "GRAB N' GO" STYLE BAGS THAT CONTAIN READY-TO-EAT AND KID-FRIENDLY SHELF-STABLE AND FRESH ITEMS TO FIGHT WEEKEND FOOD INSECURITY. HOPE SACKS ARE PROVIDED TO 460 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN HIGH-NEED NEIGHBORHOODS OF CINCINNATI EVERY WEEK. THE MEALS ARE NUTRITIOUS AND EASY TO PREPARE SINCE MANY OF THESE CHILDREN WILL SPEND MUCH OF THE WEEKEND WITHOUT A CAREGIVER PRESENT IN THE HOME.

    Expenses $143,637 · Grants $88,975

  • CLEAN WATER - PROVIDES CLEAN WATER THROUGH PURIFICATION PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE AND CLEAN WATER WELLS DRILLED IN INDIA AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SPECIFICALLY. WHOLISTIC CARE - PROVIDES FOR BASIC NEEDS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN INDIA AND HAITI THROUGH LONG TERM PARTNERS. THESE ACTIVITIES LOCAL SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS, PRE-NATAL INTERVENTIONS, MEDICAL CARE, AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS.

    Expenses $152,394 · Grants $94,399

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.

  • Cameron Bernadsky

    COMPLIANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Peters

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gerald Shannon

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,602
    From this org
    $134,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,602
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,000
    Filer's total
    $153,602

  • Kevin Moore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adrienne Wiley

    VOTING MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Wetherington-Stutz

    VOTING MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Waites

    VOTING MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Pugh

    VOTING MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Bissman

    VOTING MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Peters

    VOTING MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maggie Waites

    VOTING MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Bergeron

    FORMER ED/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $35,000
    From this org
    $35,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $35,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $35,000

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,774,418
    Expenses
    $2,581,287
    Contributions
    $2,757,605
    Grants paid
    $1,724,133
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,685,269
    Expenses
    $3,554,741
    Contributions
    $3,670,621
    Grants paid
    $2,774,430
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,961,495
    Expenses
    $5,230,676
    Contributions
    $4,927,697
    Grants paid
    $4,407,694
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,135,446
    Expenses
    $2,479,418
    Contributions
    $2,108,852
    Grants paid
    $1,507,254

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
    $2,190,600
    Expenses
    $2,079,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,711,649

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,807,650
    Expenses
    $2,211,868
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,635,877

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,079,766
    Expenses
    $1,770,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,606,444

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,883,692
    Expenses
    $2,765,858
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,224,996

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,974,518
    Expenses
    $1,901,735
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,123,538

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,148,427
    Expenses
    $1,068,715
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,027,103

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,049,061
    Expenses
    $829,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $950,843

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,081,819
    Expenses
    $1,051,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $740,075

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $922,300
    Expenses
    $878,768
    Assets (EOY)
    $729,775

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $715,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $685,082

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.