HOPE International Development Agency
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
C+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
Low
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
86%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 86 cents are available for programs.
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Programs
About HOPE International Development Agency:
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.
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Results and Impact
Charity Intelligence has given Hope International a Low impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Low

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Finances
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.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 5.9% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 8.4% | 21.8% | 20.1% |
Total overhead spending | 14.3% | 27.1% | 25.5% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 8.7% | 11.3% | 11.2% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
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Donations | 6,288 | 6,848 | 6,912 |
Goods in kind | 14,119 | 15,067 | 12,240 |
Government funding | 86 | 95 | 609 |
Other income | 23 | 14 | 18 |
Total revenues | 20,515 | 22,023 | 19,780 |
Program costs - International | 17,430 | 17,935 | 16,351 |
Program costs - Canada | 1,215 | 1,138 | 1,053 |
Administrative costs | 1,203 | 1,165 | 1,067 |
Fundraising costs | 531 | 1,495 | 1,392 |
Total spending | 20,379 | 21,733 | 19,863 |
Cash flow from operations | 136 | 290 | (84) |
Capital spending | 8 | 6 | 9 |
Funding reserves | 1,613 | 2,147 | 1,942 |
Note: Ci has used the fundraising costs reported on the charity’s T3010, and has deducted the fundraising costs from the charity’s international programs. The charity’s 2018 T3010 filing reports fundraising costs of $531k, which is different from the 2018 financial statements that report “Information to and education of Canadian public” costs of $1.215m. Furthermore, in the 2018 annual report the charity reports combined administrative and fundraising costs of $755k. Ci has adjusted for amortization, affecting expenses by ($11k) in F2018, ($12k) in F2017, and ($15k) in F2016.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
2 |
$40k - $80k |
7 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2018
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Comments & Contact
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Charity Contact
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 1-866-525-HOPE (4673)