Founded in 1975, HOPE International Development Agency's (HOPE) mission is “to improve the supply of basic human necessities for the neediest of the developing world through self-help activities, and to challenge, educate, and involve people in the developed world regarding development issues.” HOPE works on over 60 initiatives in 20 countries in the Americas, South East Asia, South Asia and Africa. Its work primarily focuses on providing clean water, sustainable food supplies, health services, education and skills, and improved income to the poor. HOPE’s strategy assesses needs in each community it works with and enables these communities to do the work themselves. 

HOPE’s water program aims to provide clean water to people with scarce or contaminated access to water. The charity’s food program aims to help families grow nutritious food in a sustainable manner, while earning extra income on the sale of surplus harvest. Its health program aims to help people, especially mothers and children, learn to reduce sickness and maintain good health. HOPE’s learning program aims to help people escape poverty and become self-reliant through education and skills training. Finally, its income program aims to provide people with low-interest loans in order to earn enough income to become self-reliant. 

In F2018, HOPE reported that it helped more than 665,000 people in 18 countries: 341,000 people in the Americas (51%) including Haiti, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, and Peru; 188,000 people in South Asia (28%) including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka; 70,000 people in South East Asia (11%) including Myanmar, Cambodia, and Philippine; and 66,000 people in Africa (9%) including Ethiopia, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Africa. 

HOPE International Development Agency is a medium-sized charity, receiving donations of $6.3m in F2018. The majority of the charity’s revenues are donated goods-in-kind, making up 69% of total revenues of $20.5m in F0218. HOPE does not report its fundraising costs on its audited financial statements. The fundraising amount reported in the charity’s T3010 was used in this analysis. For F2018, the charity’s administrative costs were 6% of revenues, and fundraising costs were 8% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 86 cents go towards its programs, which is within Ci's reasonable range for overhead spending. HOPE’s funding reserves of $1.6m result in a program cost coverage ratio of 9% in 2018. This means that the charity can fund 1 month of annual program costs using existing reserves. 

This charity report is an update that was sent to HOPE International Development Agency for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming. 

Updated on July 4, 2019 by Caroline McKenna.