Door of Hope

Analysis

Door of Hope is a registered charity in United States, based in Ashburn, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1998, 28 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, Door of Hope reported income of $225k and spending of $265k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $369k to $225k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Door of Hope sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women of Worth ($225k), Norman Care Associations Vans ($225k) and Shepherds Pie Incorporated ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $49k. At year end it held assets of $633k against liabilities of $542k, net assets of $91k. It reported 8 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.