Marian Hope

Analysis

Marian Hope is a registered charity in United States, based in Independence, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Marian Hope reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.9m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.3m to $2.1m (-10.0%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Marian Hope sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include James Blackstone Memorial Library Association ($2.1m), Reality Changers ($2.1m) and Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation Fund Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 63% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $209k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $908k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 37 employees.