Childrens Hope International

Analysis

Childrens Hope International is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Childrens Hope International reported income of $394k and spending of $672k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $394k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Childrens Hope International sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mitchell Hospice House ($394k), Eagles Academy Incorporated ($394k) and Goodfellows Club of Owensboro Kentucky Inc ($394k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $201k. At year end it held assets of $5.6m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $5.6m. It reported 3 employees.