Youth Making a Difference Hands 4 Hope

“A copy of form 990 was reviewed by the full board of directors prior to filing.”

“Enforcement of the conflict of interest policy is handled on an annual basis by the full board of directors.”

“Executive director salary is determined by the board of directors and set consistent with hands4hope compensation philosophy.”

“Compensation process for other officers and key employees is determined as part of the budget review process and approved by the board.”

“All governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request. They are also available on the guidestar website.”

“Form 990, part i, line 19 revenue less expenses hands4hope is committed to financial transparency and responsible stewardship of donor funds. While our 2024 year-end financials reflect a 70,000 budget deficit, it's important to note that 19,000 of this was planned for as a spend down of previously received grant funds. The remaining deficit, representing only 6% of our total operating budget, was primarily due to inflationary increases in operating expenses, an unexpected redirection of donor funds, and lower-than-expected ticket sales for two major fundraisers. This deficit has been offset by a positive fund balance from the previous two years. We have already taken proactive steps to address this temporary challenge, including a thorough review of our operating expenses, engaging a fundraising consultant to enhance our fundraising efforts, and pursuing increased grant income. We remain focused on building a sustainable financial future for hands4hope, with a goal to increase our operating reserve and build an endowment to provide reliable long-term support for our vital programs.”

“Line 1 - organization's mission (continued) the opportunity to take action in their own way. Line 4a - first program accomplishment - education program (continued) the middle school clubs collectively served 166 people and 160 animals in need. Hands4hope high school service-learning clubs successfully planned and implemented 14 service-learning projects benefiting 10 area nonprofits, raised 3,653, collected 1,912 and created 84 items to benefit areas of need including: the unhoused, food insecure, at risk youth, seniors, children with medical needs, victims of domestic violence and fire victims. The high school clubs collectively served 558 people in need. All of the projects have taught me how to use time management and be organized while documenting everything. It has also shown me that there are a lot of ways to help in the community and has given me more drive to help with projects and community engagements. It has helped me realize that there are people including my friends and family who need help. You just have to look for ways and opportunities to help them. Lincoln, treasurer, union mine high school hands4hope club hands4hope after-school service-learning committees successfully planned and implemented 52 service-learning projects benefiting 21 area nonprofits, raised 24,748 for causes close to their hearts, collected and distributed and distributed 650 backpacks stuffed with school supplies, a 42,409 value. My favorite part about leading the hands4hope school supply drive committee was being able to see the committees hard work pay off when all the kids got excited to pick out the school supplies they wanted for the upcoming school year addison, school supply committee chair. The after-school service-learning committees collectively served 2,087 people in need including: the food insecure and unhoused, youth in need, at risk teens and animal welfare. In 2024, the hands4hope - youth making a difference emergency food pantry committee continued to operate the emergency food pantry out of the placerville hands4hope youth center. The hands4hope emergency food pantry collected and distributed 1,271 pounds of food to 691 people experiencing food insecurity. The cottonwood school has been partnering with the hands4hope program for the last couple of years. It has been extremely helpful for our mckinney- vento families on a regular basis. What's more incredible is that on a few occasions where families haven't been able to get to the scheduled distribution, hands4hope staff have gone out of their way to coordinate getting shelf stable food, or met me at the distribution center to help fill bags of food for me to get to the families. We are very grateful for this program and what it provides for our community. ~samantha woodbeck, mobile youth coordinator, buckeye union school district in total, the hands4hope - youth making a difference education program participants: logged 10,308 service hours, raised 34,064, and collected and distributed 32,847 items for causes close to their hearts, serving more than 2,087 people in need. Through this program youth learn how to be civic minded. Line 4b - second program accomplishment - community outreach (continued) the youth also served 7,414 meals and collected 12,802 items of clothing, toiletries, and basic household items through the warm and fuzzy drive and the toiletries drive. These items were distributed to local agencies, community members in need, as well as to those still struggling due to the caldor fire. The youth participants also made 117 no-sew blankets which were distributed to families in need during the 5 days of winter boutique events to help keep these families warm. Through these opportunities and interactions with those in need in our community, the youth participants learn to be socially responsible. Hands4hope has given me the amazing feeling of being able to actually help, even though i am a teenager. It's nice to know that i can contribute to the world in a posi”

“Of the 328k fund balance, 266k is reserved to cover 4 months for operations, 35k are restricted funds for use in 2025, and 27k is an endowment held at the el dorado community foundation for hands4hope and our ryan christopher hersh memorial scholarship fund.”