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Hope for the Hopeless

Phoenix, AZ · EIN 800428143 · Form 990EZ · FY2020 · NTEE P20 · Human Services · Small ($100K-$1M) · www.hope4hopeless.org
revenue
$166K
expenses
$171K
net assets
$24K
employees
mission · from form 990

Provide support for housing and education to street children in Ethiopia thru group homes and boarding school to provide transition into foster families, providing aid to foster families and continued support thru vocational training

profile · synthesized from sources

Hope for the Hopeless operates group homes, boarding schools, and foster care programs in Ethiopia for orphaned and abandoned children. The organization provides shelter, education, medical care, counseling, and spiritual nurture to help children heal and become self-sufficient adults. Founded in 1993 by Pastor Surafel Gebretsadik, it primarily serves vulnerable children in Ethiopia with support from donors in the United States.

named programs · 4 · from sources

what they call their work

Bethel Center
Group home providing safety, food, counseling, and spiritual direction to abandoned and orphaned children, helping them heal, return to school, and develop life skills
Foster Homes
Family-based care for HFH children; foster families receive food support and assistance ensuring medical care and schooling for the children
The Bethel Group Home
Home environment for older children completing high school, preparing them for independent living, further education, or stable employment
The Boarding School
Provides education, medical care, room and board, and spiritual nurture for children ages preschool to 17, including both HFH children and community children
activities · 3 groups

what they do

  • Residential Care for Orphaned and Destitute Children 12 activities
    • Coordinate rescue and安置 of orphaned children from Tigray Region
      Collaborates with U.N. Aid agencies to identify, rescue, and transport orphaned children from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, coordinating with staff and volunteers to安置 them in care facilities in Saluta, Ethiopia.
    • Coordinating Orphaned Children Placement
      Works with U.N. Aid agencies to identify and gather orphaned children from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia and coordinates with staff and volunteers to create a place for them in Saluta, Ethiopia.
    • Operate a boarding school for vulnerable children
      Runs a boarding school serving children from preschool to age 17, providing education, medical care, room and board, and spiritual nurture to both Hope for the Hopeless beneficiaries and children from the local community.
    • Operate boarding school for children
      Runs a boarding school for children from preschool to age 17, providing education, medical care, room and board, and spiritual nurture to both Hope for the Hopeless children and children from the surrounding community.
    • Operate group home for abandoned and orphaned children
      Provides a safe residential environment at Bethel Center, offering food, counseling, and spiritual direction to abandoned and orphaned children.
    • Operate group home for older youth
      Manages the Bethel Group Home to support older children as they complete high school and prepare for independent living or further education in a home-like setting.
    • Operate group homes for orphaned and abandoned children
      Provides long-term residential care at Bethel Center and Bethel Group Home, offering safety, food, counseling, spiritual direction, and preparation for independent living or further education for abandoned and orphaned children.
    • Operating a Boarding School
      Operates a boarding school for children aged preschool to 17, offering schooling, medical care, room and board, and spiritual nurture to both children under the organization's care and children from the local community.
    • Operating a Boarding School
      Operates a boarding school for children aged preschool to 17, offering schooling, medical care, room and board, and spiritual nurture to both children from Hope for the Hopeless and children from the local community.
    • Operating the Bethel Center Group Home
      Operates the Bethel Center, a group home providing safety, food, counseling, and spiritual direction to abandoned and orphaned children, including a specific Bethel Group Home for older children to complete high school and prepare for independent living or further education.
    • Operating the Bethel Center Group Home
      Operates the Bethel Center, a group home providing safety, food, counseling, and spiritual direction to abandoned and orphaned children, including a specific program for older children to complete high school and prepare for independent living or further education.
    • Orphan Identification and Placement
      Collaborates with U.N. Aid agencies to identify and gather orphaned children from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia and coordinates with staff and volunteers to provide them with a place in Saluta, Ethiopia.
  • Foster and Kinship Family Support Services 4 activities
    • Establishing and Monitoring Foster Homes
      Sets up and monitors foster homes to raise children in a family environment, providing food, medical care, and schooling for the children, and supplemental food for the foster families.
    • Foster Home Program
      Establishes and monitors foster homes to raise children in a family environment, providing food, medical care, and schooling for the children, and supplemental food for the foster families.
    • Manage foster home program
      Establishes and monitors foster homes to raise children in family environments, providing food, medical care, and schooling for children along with supplemental food for foster families.
    • Support foster homes for children
      Establishes and monitors foster homes to raise children in family settings, providing food, medical care, and schooling for the children, as well as supplemental food support for foster families.
  • Uncategorized 1 activity
    • Rescue and安置 orphaned children from Tigray Region
      Collaborates with U.N. Aid agencies to identify, rescue, and transport orphaned children from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, coordinating with staff and volunteers to安置 them in Saluta, Ethiopia.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2020
revenue
Total revenue$166K
Contributions & grants$165K100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$10%
Other revenue
expenses
Total expenses$171K
Program expenses
Admin / overhead
Fundraising
Salaries & benefits$18K
Grants paid out
balance sheet
Total assets$25K
Cash
Investments
Liabilities
Net assets$24K
2 years on record · 2019–2020 · YoY revenue -14.0%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020

who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Surafel Gebretsadik Executive Director 20 $18K
board members · 3
  • Feven Surafel — Director
  • Kevin Judiscak — Director
  • Laura Brownfield — Sponsorship Director
relationships · 1

who they work with

  • U.N. Aid agencies Partner — Pastor Surafel works with U.N. Aid agencies to identify and gather orphaned children in Ethiopia.