Local Philanthropic

HOPE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
aka COMPASSION HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Using data as of: December 2016

Rating: CAUTION

About
Hope Heritage is a NGO that describes itself as an international humanitarian agency that delivers a wide variety of relief, developmental, and empowerment services to areas of the globe hit by disaster.

Primary regions of focus include Africa, Asia, East Europe, and Central, South, and North America (so basically everywhere) and aid programs include: education, health, famine, nutrition, housing, children matters, hygiene, and improving child mortality.

More information on Hope Heritage can be found here:
http://www.go2chf.org/

Additional info on the services they perform:
http://www.go2chf.org/our-work.html/


Our Analysis

Hope Heritage Foundation relies exclusively on contributions to fund their operations. As of last report, they brought in a solid $37 million, though it is a decline from $58 million the previous year. A large portion of the contributions appear to come from non-cash contributions like household items, vehicles, land, food and drugs, etc.


They do an excellent job spending on their mission, with 95% of their total spending going to their mission. A “good” charity spends more than 75% directly on programs, so Community Hospice’s 87% is very respectable. They have a very modest fundraising expense.

Spending on mission
30,624,904 ÷ 32,079,623 = 95.5%


Hope Heritage boasts an impressive amount of volunteers and a large amount of activities around the globe


Our Conclusion
Hope Heritage has impressive numbers, both in terms of the contributions to the organization, the efficiency of their spending, and the size of their volunteer corps. However, we thought we’d be able to find more info on an organization that brings in tens of millions in contributions every year and has 8,000 volunteers. Instead, we found a very basic website, no info on the founders or leadership, and a Facebook page (LINK) with only three posts from three years ago. This may be attributed to the nature of operating in disadvantaged areas overseas, but is enough to give us pause.

We’ll continue to look for more info on this organization, but for the time being, we give them a CAUTION rating.


Contact:
Hope Heritage Foundation
P.O.BOX 54242
Jacksonville, FL 32245
972-499-5622


Form 990 Financial Information: LINK


Financial information comes from the latest Form 990 filing. This review is the opinion of Local Philanthropic and is provided for general information purposes only. Please conduct your own due diligence before donating to any nonprofit.