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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: October 2025 Expires: October 2027

Hope for Justice

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(615) 356-0946
Post Office Box 280365
Nashville, TN, 37228
https://hopeforjustice.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Hope for Justice meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors."

Year, State Incorporated:
2004, TN

Also Known As:
Abolition International

Hope for Justice (HFJ) has teams of private investigators that identify victims of human trafficking and work with local law enforcement and the victims themselves to facilitate their freedom from exploitation and to support perpetrator prosecutions. Focused on three states, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Iowa, the team has the capacity to work nationwide. HFJ runs emergency and long-term aftercare programs for survivors of human trafficking in Tennessee and North Carolina, providing outreach, victim advocacy, case management, counseling, and referrals to other service providers. The organization offers online, in-person, and blended training packages covering various topics related to human trafficking, prepared and delivered by its in-house subject matter experts. HFJ's multidisciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives, and reforming society. The organization's global work, spanning four continents, is categorized into three areas: Prevent, Rescue, and Restore.

For the year ended March 31, 2024, Hope for Justice's program expenses were:

Program services $2,618,970
Total Program Expenses $2,618,970

Chief Executive
Tim Nelson, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$127,257

Chair of the Board
Sterling Sankey

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired, Bank Vice President

Board Size
7

Paid Staff Size
38

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Note: In 2023, the highest compensated employee was the former Chief Philanthropy Officer, Kristie Tagg, who received $173,333.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Planned giving arrangements, Radio

Fundraising costs were 30% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,597,215, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Hope for Justice's audited financial statements - consolidated for the year ended March 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Grants and other contributions $2,597,215
Technical service fees $103,747
Gain on disposal of fixed assets, net $314
Total Income $2,701,276

Programs: 67% Fundraising: 20% Administrative: 14%

Total Income $2,701,276
Total expenses: $3,930,698
  Program expenses $2,618,970
  Fundraising expenses $777,509
  Administrative expenses $534,219
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-1,229,422
Beginning Net Assets $1,252,230
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $22,808
Total Liabilities $579,399
Total Assets $602,207

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance