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HOPE

EIN 27-1370074 DULUTH, GA

Revenue 2025
$669,038
Expenses 2025
$760,385

Program services were 79.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B60
Classification
2100
Street
PO BOX 3166

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

HOPE, Inc. (a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization) offers comprehensive services that support low-income single parents pursuing a college degree. HOPE's mission is to serve single parents working to obtain an associate or bachelor's degree by providing housing assistance, childcare support, social services, and financial empowerment.

  • Year to date, H.O.P.E., Inc. has assisted 163 single parents and over 300 children by the end of 2025, while also achieving a significant milestone of over 100 total college graduates served through our program. | Current Participants - In 2025, we served 47 single parents and 76 children, with an average family size of two children. Approximately 60% of participants were first-generation college students. Of those enrolled, 37% were pursuing associate degrees and 63% were pursuing bachelor's degrees. Participants experienced measurable financial progress during the program year, including: * Average income increase of $1,593 (5%) * Average savings increase of $266 (214%) * Average credit score increase of 29 points (5%) * 21% of participants owned their own homes. | Graduates - Our graduate survey achieved an 84% response rate. Outcomes demonstrate strong long-term success: * 100% of graduates are employed in their chosen career field and earning above a living wage * 53% are first-generation college graduates, breaking cycles of intergenerational poverty * 84% reported a significant increase in annual income, averaging an increase of $44,885 * 17% earn between $40,000-$50,000 annually, while 67% earn above $50,000 Financial stability continues to improve post-graduation: * 92% of graduates now have savings accounts, compared to 36% at program entry * Average savings balances increased to $5,601, representing a 932% increase * Average credit scores improved from 592 to 651, reflecting a 29-point increase. These outcomes demonstrate H.O.P.E., Inc.'s ability to not only support academic achievement but also drive long-term economic mobility, financial stability, and generational impact for single-parent families.

    Expenses $606,124 · Grants $1,003

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

  • Kenita Smith

    President/CEO

    Total calculated
    $114,699
    From this org
    $114,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Steve Dowdley

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Lisa White

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Wassia Kamon

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ann Leal

    Member at large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Cynthia Hayes

    Member at large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Asher Jones

    Member at large (served through Sept. 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
    $669,038
    Expenses
    $760,385
    Contributions
    $615,799
    Grants paid
    $1,003
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $538,307
    Expenses
    $479,811
    Contributions
    $489,522
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $450,078
    Expenses
    $479,785
    Contributions
    $364,418
    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
    $478,403
    Expenses
    $375,115
    Assets (EOY)
    $245,220

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $263,703
    Expenses
    $268,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $140,046

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $190,002
    Expenses
    $214,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,974

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $149,088
    Expenses
    $129,185
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,214

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $113,116
    Expenses
    $108,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,714

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $113,116
    Expenses
    $108,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,714

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $82,688
    Expenses
    $103,306
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,482

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $123,041
    Expenses
    $102,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,436

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $94,785
    Expenses
    $110,310
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,941

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $118,167
    Expenses
    $93,554
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,466

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2011

Tax period
1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011
Principal officer
Kenita Pierce-Lewis
Mailing address
PO Box 3166Duluth GA 30096
Website
www.hopbe.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.