Financials & governance
We publish the paperwork.
Trust is earned, especially with money. Every Form 990 Hope Horizon has filed since tax year 2016 is on this page. These are the public disclosure copies: donor names and addresses and the e-file authorization are withheld, as the law allows. Read them yourself.
Independent reviews
Three outside organizations rate or review Hope Horizon. Each badge opens the live profile, so you can check it yourself.
- Four-Star CharityCharity Navigator
Charity Navigator has scored our Accountability & Finance using our FY2024 Form 990. Its other three assessment areas are not yet scored.
- Gold Seal of Transparency 2025Candid
Candid, the nonprofit data service behind GuideStar, awarded Hope Horizon its Gold Seal of Transparency for 2025.
- 4.7 ★ on Google27 reviews
Our Google Business Profile shows 4.7 out of 5 stars from 27 reviews. Read them, or add your own.
Where the money went
Part IX of the Form 990 splits everything we spend three ways. Here is our most recent return.
- 78% Programs
- 10% Management
- 12% Fundraising
Source: our Form 990 for tax year 2023 (fiscal year ending September 2024), Part IX, line 25.
These are the IRS categories. Programs are the services themselves, here tutoring, robotics, camp, scholarships and mentoring. Management is the cost of running the organization. Fundraising is the cost of raising the money.
IRS Form 990
A Form 990 is the annual return that United States tax-exempt organizations file with the Internal Revenue Service. It is a public record. It reports revenue, expenses, staffing, governance practices and the compensation of officers and key employees, and anyone may read it.
Our fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September, so each return covers the year that ends the following September. Returns for tax year 2016 through tax year 2020 were filed under our former name, Bayshore Christian Ministries. The organization, the EIN and the address did not change.
Audited financial statements
Hope Horizon has its financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm every year. Those audits are not published on this page. They are available on request.
Email eric@hopehorizonepa.org and we will send them over, along with our safeguarding policy, code of conduct, or background-check standards.
Hope Horizon East Palo Alto is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 77-0151434, founded in 1984 as Bayshore Christian Ministries. Our impact report covers the programs behind these numbers, and our child safety commitments cover how we keep students safe.