how we use
Your Gifts

Without your partnership, HopeCo would not be able to care for the children, families, and communities that we serve. We are grateful for the trust you place in us to use your gifts wisely and with transparency. This is a responsibility that we take seriously. We are committed to using every dollar for the greatest impact possible in accomplishing our vision of “transformed lives, flourishing communities.”

Our commitment to you includes:

  • Using your gifts wisely and effectively, and in the ways that you intend us to

  • Being truthful in all of our communications

  • Reporting back to you, with transparency, about how your gifts are used

  • Respecting your security and privacy

  • Praying for you

We recognize that your gifts are an investment – and we will use them with the utmost care. We see ourselves as accountable to you for how your gifts are spent!

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The results of your giving

In the past year, your gifts have helped HopeCo…

  • Serve more than 600 children in our children’s home, safe house, and schools.

  • Enroll 42 young adults in college/university who are majoring in accounting, graphic design, education, and many other fields.

  • Deliver 638 healthy babies at Amani Medical Center.

  • Treat 15,340 patients, many from surrounding communities.

  • Rescue 8 girls from abuse and care for them at the House of Faraja in Kenya.

  • Open our first Family Empowerment Center in Machakos, Kenya, providing essential support as needed for 56 children. 

  • Enroll 31 young moms in our Women’s Empowerment (SEW) Program in Kenya and Tanzania.

  • 625+ children and young people regulary hear the Good News of Jesus Christ in Tanzania and Kenya.

Details about our finances

We are committed to the wise stewardship of your financial gifts. A key aspect of this is ensuring that administrative and fundraising costs are kept as low as possible. 

Expenditures 2023

In 2023, we spent a total of $1,747,575 On:

  • Program Services - 90%

  • Management and General - 7%

  • Fundraising and Promotion - 3%

Our accountability standards

As an accredited member of the Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability, HopeCo is committed to meeting ECFA’s Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship. 

Read more about these seven standards and watch the video to find out more about what accreditation with ECFA means.

In addition, Charity Navigator has awarded HopeCo their highest, Four-Star rating for a second consecutive year, and Candid (formerly Guidestar) has recognized HopeCo with their Gold Seal of Transparency.

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Other Ways to Give

Mail:

Please make checks payable to HopeCo, PO Box 4001
Martinsville, VA 24115

Text:

Text HopeCo to 50155, then click the link to complete your gift.

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