Hope Matters International

Analysis

Hope Matters International is a registered charity in United States, based in Alta Loma, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Hope Matters International reported income of $77k and spending of $292k, spending 378% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $428k to $77k (-82%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Hope Matters International sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BTH International ($77k), Clearblue Global Water Project ($77k) and Illuminate India ($77k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $57k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $57k.