Hope for Haiti's Children
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Hope for Haiti's Children does not meet the following 2 Standards for Charity Accountability:
Standard 4 (Compensated Board Members)
Not more than one or 10% (whichever is greater) directly or indirectly compensated person(s) serving as voting member(s) of the board. Compensated members shall not serve as the board's chair or treasurer.
HFHC does not meet this Standard because:
- Two out of the eight members (25%) of the board of directors are compensated. One is compensated directly as a staff member, and the board chair is compensated indirectly as the spouse of a paid staff member.
Standard 6 (Board Policy on Effectiveness)
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
HFHC does not meet this Standard because:
- The board of directors does not have a written policy stating that, at least every two years, an appraisal be done assessing the organization’s performance and effectiveness and determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
Hope for Haiti's Children meets the remaining 18 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Child Sponsorship
HFHC reports that $36/month provides a Christian education for an under-privileged Haitian child. Any individual, family, group, or congregation can sponsor a child. Sponsorships provide tuition, books and school supplies, school uniforms, health care, special gifts, and transportation for the sponsored child.
Stated Purpose:
"to demonstrate Christian compassion to poverty-bound Haitian children and their families, providing opportunities for these children to become leaders in their homes, churches, and communities."
Year, State Incorporated:
2001, OH
Also Known As:
Hope for Haiti's Children Ministries
Hope for Haiti’s Children (HFHC) reports that it oversees two Christian orphanages where more than 70 children are nurtured and cared for by houseparents. In addition, each child receives a Christian education by attending an HFHC-sponsored school. The organization’s school lunch program provides over 2,000 students with hot, nutritious meals every week of school. In addition, HFHC sponsors can continue to help the young adults from the orphanages attend post-secondary vocational and entrepreneurship programs which prepare them to enter the workforce.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, Hope for Haiti's Children's program expenses were:
| Program services - U.S. | $528,666 |
| Orphanage operations | $220,320 |
| Mission trips | $221 |
| School lunch program | $279,493 |
| Thomazeau Hope Center | $36,191 |
| Thomazeau Camp Hope | $40,913 |
| Thomazeau Church | $19,466 |
| Crisis relief | $63,503 |
| Joy Box/gift ministry | $109,597 |
| Haiti operations | $293,106 |
| School development | $839,890 |
| Child education | $1,072,852 |
| Total Program Expenses | $3,504,218 |
Chief Executive
Kenneth Bever, President
Compensation*
$155,650
Chair of the Board
Cedric Boyd
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired Businessman
Board Size
8
Paid Staff Size
13
*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events, Telemarketing
Fundraising costs were 7% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $4,102,253, 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 Haiti's Children's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Source of Funds
| Investment income, net | $-83,855 |
| In-kind contributions | $199,622 |
| Special events | $260,544 |
| Contributions | $3,642,087 |
| Total Income | $4,018,398 |
Programs: 86% Fundraising: 7% Administrative: 7%
| Total Income | $4,018,398 |
| Total expenses: | $4,066,605 |
| Program expenses | $3,504,218 |
| Fundraising expenses | $282,955 |
| Administrative expenses | $279,432 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $-48,207 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $7,028,939 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $6,980,732 |
| Total Liabilities | $107,945 |
| Total Assets | $7,088,677 |
Note: According to HFHC's 2022 audited financial statements, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $199,622 in the form of Joy gift boxes ($86,300), drugs and medical supplies ($84,819), other supplies ($14,345), office space ($9,838), and software licenses ($4,320).
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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance