2024-05-21T12:08:08-04:00 2023-12-31 750776454 HARLOW & HARLOW LLP 107 W TWOHIG AVE SAN ANGELO TX 76903 990EZ 2023-01-01 833749691 KEEPERS OF HOPE KEEP 3252275330 261 WESTWOOD DR SAN ANGELO TX 769014830 DEBORAH SONBERG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3252275330 2024-05-21 DEBORAH SONBERG XXX-XX-XXXX true DAVID R HARLOW CPA P01219719 3256555348 2024-05-21 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X N/A X X 56864 X 56864 56864 32295 2355 4150 12568 51368 5496 7114 12610 7114 12610 7114 12610 7114 12610 X THE MISSION OF KEEPERS OF HOPE IS TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS/AGENCIES THAT SERVE PEOPLE IN NEED, BY LOCATING, SECURING AND DELIVERING NEEDED RESOURCES TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. SUMMARY OF DIRECT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - 2023 KEEPERS OF HOPE PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO NON-PROFITS/AGENCIES IN 3 SEPARATE, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WAYS. THE FIRST OF THESE IS THE HOPE REQUEST. A HOPE REQUEST IS A SPECIFIC ITEM (S) REQUESTED BY ANY NON-PROFIT OR AGENCY. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023, KEEPERS OF HOPE OBTAINED AND DELIVERED 111 ITEMS IN RESPONSE TO HOPE REQUESTS FROM 78 NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES. ITEMS OBTAINED INCLUDED WORK BOOTS, FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, TOILETRIES, SPACE HEATERS, CLOTHING, AND BEDDING. ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY IS DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, REGULARLY REQUESTED BY LOCAL HOSPITALS, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, AND DISABILITY NON-PROFITS. FOR MORE INVOLVED CASES, KOH CREATED SIX "BLESSING PACKAGES" AS HOPE REQUESTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST STEP BLESSING PROVIDES ITEMS WITH WHICH TO CREATE A HOME WHEN A CLIENT IS ABLE TO GET A HOUSE/APARTMENT. THESE BLESSINGS ARE MOST OFTEN PROVIDED TO HOMELESS AGENCIES, THE VA, MHMR, AND ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AND MAY INCLUDE SMALL APPLIANCES, POTS AND PANS, SILVERWARE, DISHES, TOWELS, MOP, BROOM, A SMALL HOUSE PLANT, ETC. THE FIRST HUG BLESSING HELPS THOSE COMING OUT OF PRISON, AND MAY INCLUDE A SET OF CLOTHING, UNDERWEAR, SHOES, AND ITEMS NEEDED ATTEND JOB INTERVIEWS OR TO WORK AT A SPECIFIC JOB. ALL 6 BLESSING PACKAGES ARE AIMED AT HELPING A CLIENT SUCCEED IN A NEW LIFE SITUATION. THE SECOND WAY KOH AIDS NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES INVOLVES MONTHLY DONATION DRIVES. AN ITEM CONSIDERED TO BE AN "EVERYDAY" NEED, (SOAPS, DEODORANT, TOOTHPASTE, TOOTHBRUSH, ETC.,) WOULD BE SELECTED AND THEN DISTRIBUTED TO APPROPRIATE NON-PROFITS/AGENCIES. ADDITIONALLY, A FOOD PRODUCT, (PEANUT BUTTER, RICE, PINTO BEANS, ETC.) IS REQUESTED. THESE FOOD ITEMS ARE THEN COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED TO FOOD PANTRIES AND NON-PROFITS/AGENCIES WHOSE CLIENTS STRUGGLE WITH FOOD INSECURITY. DURING 2023, KEEPERS OF HOPE DISTRIBUTED OVER 9,370 POUNDS OF FOOD. FROM OUR EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY, KEEPERS OF HOPE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE 18 EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES DURING 2023. THE THIRD WAY KEEPERS OF HOPE FUNCTIONS IS THROUGH THE ACCEPTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DONATIONS FROM A LARGE VARIETY OF SOURCES. RETAIL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY CLOTHING STORES, DONATE THEIR TURNOVER INVENTORY TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW PRODUCT. OTHER NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES ALSO DONATE THEIR EXCESS DONATIONS, I.E., DONATIONS THAT THEY RECEIVED BUT CANNOT USE. KEEPERS OF HOPE DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF 121,278 IN DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023. EACH YEAR KEEPERS OF HOPE CONTINUES TO GROW, BUILDING ON ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS, AND FORMING NEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES. 51368 51368 DEBORAH SONBERG EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 30000 BRANDY HOPPER VICE PRESIDE 000.00 0 COURTNEY BINGHAM PRESIDENT 000.00 0 JANA HARRISON SECRETARY 000.00 0 NELLY PEREZ TREASURER 000.00 0 false false false false false false false false false DEBORAH SONBERG 261 WESTWOOD DR SAN ANGELO TX 769014830 3252275330 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 2737 14707 59707 47035 56864 181050 2737 14707 59707 47035 56864 181050 35000 21925 32009 88934 35000 21925 32009 88934 92116 2737 14707 59707 47035 56864 181050 0.50880 0.54160 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES 1,408 SUPPLIES FOR BENEVOLENT 5,505 VEHICLE EXPENSE 4,010 FEES 1,645 TOTAL 12,568 FORM 990-EZ, PART III THE MISSION OF KEEPERS OF HOPE IS TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS/AGENCIES THAT SERVE PEOPLE IN NEED, BY LOCATING, SECURING AND DELIVERING NEEDED RESOURCES TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 SUMMARY OF DIRECT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - 2023 KEEPERS OF HOPE PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO NON-PROFITS/AGENCIES IN 3 SEPARATE, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WAYS. THE FIRST OF THESE IS THE HOPE REQUEST. A HOPE REQUEST IS A SPECIFIC ITEM (S) REQUESTED BY ANY NON-PROFIT OR AGENCY. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023, KEEPERS OF HOPE OBTAINED AND DELIVERED 111 ITEMS IN RESPONSE TO HOPE REQUESTS FROM 78 NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES. ITEMS OBTAINED INCLUDED WORK BOOTS, FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, TOILETRIES, SPACE HEATERS, CLOTHING, AND BEDDING. ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY IS DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, REGULARLY REQUESTED BY LOCAL HOSPITALS, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, AND DISABILITY NON-PROFITS. FOR MORE INVOLVED CASES, KOH CREATED SIX "BLESSING PACKAGES" AS HOPE REQUESTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST STEP BLESSING PROVIDES ITEMS WITH WHICH TO CREATE A HOME WHEN A CLIENT IS ABLE TO GET A HOUSE/APARTMENT. THESE BLESSINGS ARE MOST OFTEN PROVIDED TO HOMELESS AGENCIES, THE VA, MHMR, AND ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AND MAY INCLUDE SMALL APPLIANCES, POTS AND PANS, SILVERWARE, DISHES, TOWELS, MOP, BROOM, A SMALL HOUSE PLANT, ETC. THE FIRST HUG BLESSING HELPS THOSE COMING OUT OF PRISON, AND MAY INCLUDE A SET OF CLOTHING, UNDERWEAR, SHOES, AND ITEMS NEEDED ATTEND JOB INTERVIEWS OR TO WORK AT A SPECIFIC JOB. ALL 6 BLESSING PACKAGES ARE AIMED AT HELPING A CLIENT SUCCEED IN A NEW LIFE SITUATION. THE SECOND WAY KOH AIDS NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES INVOLVES MONTHLY DONATION DRIVES. AN ITEM CONSIDERED TO BE AN "EVERYDAY" NEED, (SOAPS, DEODORANT, TOOTHPASTE, TOOTHBRUSH, ETC.,) WOULD BE SELECTED AND THEN DISTRIBUTED TO APPROPRIATE NON-PROFITS/AGENCIES. ADDITIONALLY, A FOOD PRODUCT, (PEANUT BUTTER, RICE, PINTO BEANS, ETC.) IS REQUESTED. THESE FOOD ITEMS ARE THEN COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED TO FOOD PANTRIES AND NON-PROFITS/AGENCIES WHOSE CLIENTS STRUGGLE WITH FOOD INSECURITY. DURING 2023, KEEPERS OF HOPE DISTRIBUTED OVER 9,370 POUNDS OF FOOD. FROM OUR EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY, KEEPERS OF HOPE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE 18 EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES DURING 2023. THE THIRD WAY KEEPERS OF HOPE FUNCTIONS IS THROUGH THE ACCEPTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DONATIONS FROM A LARGE VARIETY OF SOURCES. RETAIL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY CLOTHING STORES, DONATE THEIR TURNOVER INVENTORY TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW PRODUCT. OTHER NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES ALSO DONATE THEIR EXCESS DONATIONS, I.E., DONATIONS THAT THEY RECEIVED BUT CANNOT USE. KEEPERS OF HOPE DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF 121,278 IN DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023. EACH YEAR KEEPERS OF HOPE CONTINUES TO GROW, BUILDING ON ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS, AND FORMING NEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES.