2024-04-15T11:44:02-07:00 2023-06-30 990 2022-07-01 821130017 HOPE CREATES HOPE 3144942557 3301 Washington Avenue - 2C Saint Louis MO 63103 Patrick Rohrkaste VP 3144823332 2024-04-15 Patrick Rohrkaste 999009999 1 0 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Parker Denny 3301 Washington Avenue - 2C Saint Louis MO 63103 198707 0 X Hopecreates.org X 2017 MO Hope Creates empowers youth and adults in recovery from or at risk of Substance Use Disorder to stay sober by engaging in the expressive arts and a vibrant and creative sober community. 10 10 2 66 0 0 192373 179050 3232 19254 6 403 -31727 0 163884 198707 0 0 0 0 54712 101335 0 0 22255 93808 91158 148520 192493 15364 6214 137373 151068 3916 11397 133457 139671 X Hope Creates empowers youth and adults, who are in recovery from or at risk of Substance Use Disorder to stay sober by engaging in the expressive arts and a vibrant and creative sober community. 0 1 19726 0 0 Community Creation Events (CCE) - Expand Creative Experiences to Build a Bigger World. CCEs are collaborative gatherings, open to youth and adults in recovery (from one day sober and beyond) and their families. These provide an easy, entry-level activity for all involved. Events are provided at no cost to our participants and some members donate their art for display and sale in Expressive Arts Exhibitions (EAEs). In the CCEs, participants and their families are provided art supplies and/or performance training so they can create in different settings and with different media - from "legal graffiti" to metal smithing, glass blowing to drum circles, ceramics to a traditional studio for modern dance. All events are adrenaline-pumping fun. We emphasize a safe and sober community event that includes a meal with loving peers and family members. We delivered 16 CCE sessions with approximately 250 attendees in the year ended June 30, 2023. 50370 0 13654 Make Your M.A.R.C. (Music. Art. Recovery. Connection.) (MYM) Make Your M.A.R.C. is a nine-session program for a cohort of 10-15 youths ages 12-19 in recovery from or deemed at risk of Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Participants meet for 3-4 hours each session, engaging in a multi-disciplinary healing arts experience in painting, drawing, music, drums, and storytelling, and deliver an exhibition and concert the final week. We delivered 3 Make Your M.A.R.C. cohorts (24 Make Your M.A.R.C. sessions) with approximately 316 attendees in the year ended June 30, 2023. 21507 0 3619 Expressive Arts Exhibitions (EAE) - Share Our Art and Recovery Stories with the World. EAEs are open to the general public to attend. Exhibitors must have over one year sobriety or more to show their artwork with their name and last initial or perform music and poetry. If they have less than one year sobriety, they will remain anonymous when showing their art. This program allows members to experience the value of their artwork and share their stories of recovery, creativity, and hope with the community. We delivered 1 EAE event with 93 attendees in the year ended June 30, 2023. 43584 0 0 Education and Outreach (E & O) - Leadership, Entrepreneurialism, and Business Skills. Education and Outreach services are provided to St. Louis area residents to convey the scope of the disease of Substance Use Disorder (SUD), to support those in recovery from, or at risk of SUD, and to raise awareness of innovative solutions to prevent relapse through the expressive arts at private and community events. Hope Creates provides established participants who have 1.5 or more years of recovery the opportunity to develop as leaders and entrepreneurs by engaging in the development of programs, projects, and outreach. Hope Creates' Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC) members work with the Executive Director and a committee of board members to brainstorm, develop plans, and implement new programs and large projects. These life expanding experiences support their future success and ability to contribute to society. Additionally, this program allows Hope Creates to design programs and outreach with our members, not for them, creating program ownership and relevance for our members. We delivered 54 E & O sessions with 1,705 attendees in the year ended June 30, 2023. 43584 0 0 135187 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X X Katherine Thomas-Dietz 3144942557 3301 Washington Ave - 2C St Louis MO 63103 Katherine Thomas-Dietz Executive Director 40 X X 51250 0 0 Carolyn Bryant Member 2.3 X 430 0 0 Parker Denny President 2.3 X X 0 0 0 Larry Guess Vice President until 7/7/2023 2.3 X X 0 0 0 Susan Shackelford Treasurer 1.2 X X 0 0 0 Mike Sherman Secretary 1.2 X X 0 0 0 Kimberly Peluso Member 0.7 X 0 0 0 Jim Wallis Member 2.3 X 0 0 0 Jerry West Member 0.7 X 0 0 0 Doug Freeman Member until 10/13/2023 0.5 X 0 0 0 Lillian Curlett Member 0.5 X 0 0 0 Robert Bullivant Member until 3/21/2023 0.5 X 0 0 0 Brad Lambert Member until 8/6/2022 0.5 X 0 0 0 Brandy Scheer Member until 11/1/2022 0.5 X 0 0 0 51680 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12000 167050 5900 179050 Art sales 711510 3619 3619 0 0 Program revenues - Make Your M.A.R.C. 711130 13654 13654 0 0 1981 1981 0 0 19254 403 0 0 403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198707 19254 0 403 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52500 43745 3108 5647 0 0 0 0 41015 27710 13305 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7820 5544 1393 883 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38484 22233 5811 10440 1299 1299 0 0 3983 2478 1505 0 1350 900 210 240 9722 6312 1760 1650 2015 1565 169 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 600 360 240 0 3312 1988 1324 0 Food and beverage 6612 5321 757 534 Materials and cost of artwork 12586 10832 1254 500 Dues and subscriptions 4268 2028 260 1980 Bank and credit card fees 3447 285 3162 0 3480 2587 793 100 192493 135187 35051 22255 X 104390 81479 0 0 9450 29669 1445 7000 0 0 0 0 0 0 17550 29072 3938 3848 1800 1800 600 0 137373 151068 0 5314 3916 6083 3916 11397 X 108671 96338 24786 43333 133457 139671 137373 151068 6214 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 39579 50698 150925 198923 179050 619175 12373 49597 1493 3232 19254 85949 51952 100295 152418 202155 198304 705124 705124 31 38 9 6 403 487 31 38 9 6 403 487 7000 6250 7030 20280 51983 107333 158677 209191 198707 725891 0.97139 0.9614 0.00067 0.00016 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 Other income represents gain on loan forgiveness on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1800 0 1800 0 0 0 Credit card - visa 6083 6083 229320 0 30613 0 0 30613 198707 0 0 0 198707 223106 30613 0 0 0 30613 192493 0 0 0 192493 Form 990, Part III, Line 3 In fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, Hope Creates program "Community Creation Events " (CCE) included a newly defined sub-program component of CCE "Make Your M.A.R.C. (Music/Art/Recovery/Connection). For fiscal year June 30, 2023, Hope Creates has decided that Make Your M.A.R.C. has grown and should be a core program, and accordingly, this program is now separately reporting this as one of our 4 core program services. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b All members of the board are provided with a draft copy of form 990 for approval prior to filing. In addition, Patrick Rohrkaste, Vice President, joined the board on July 7, 2023 to replace Larry Guess. Patrick is a retired CPA with over 42 years of experience in public accounting and over 30 years of experience serving nonprofits. Patrick set up a meeting with members of the finance and executive committee to review the draft form 990 to ensure that the are familiar with the form and the underlying details supporting the filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Hope Creates requires that all board members annually sign and read conflicts of interest. Also, Hope Creates annually shares with all board members the list of vendors and vendor payments. All new vendors are disclosed to the board of directors to ensure transparency and allows for any board members to disclose any conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The executive committee and finance committee over the years has reviewed industry standards to determine starting pay for the executive director. This was used to make a recommendation to the board of directors, who voted in approval. Annually, the board of directors has reviewed salaries as part of the annual budget approval process, taking into consideration living adjustments and the financial health of the organization to approve appropriate increases in salary. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 Hope Creates has posted on its website the most recently filed form 990. Other governing documents are made available to the public upon written request. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Our governing documents are made available to the public upon written request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Professional and contract services include grant writing, Let's Build Hope, and program services. Inkind accounting services and legal services of $30,613 are donated professional services, and accordingly, are not reflected in the form 990 revenues and expenses (book tax difference). Form 990, Part X, Line 27 As a result of the first time audit of our financial records for fiscal year ended June 30 2023, beginning net assets without donor restrictions was previously reported on the 2021 form 990 as $118,121 as of June 30 2022. For the audit, this amount was reclassified as $108,671 (a reclassification amount reduction of $9,450). This same amount was reclassified to net assets with donor restrictions. So, for Line 28, the net assets with donor restrictions was previously reported as $15,336 on 2021 form 990 as of June 30 2022 and has been reclassified as $24,786 (reflecting the $9,450 reclassification increase due to the audit). Please note that total net assets per line 32 of $133,457 is unchanged in total as of June 30 2022. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c Hope Creates just completed its first audit of the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023. The finance committee reviewed the audit results presented by the CPA firm and approved the audit, which was communicated to the board of directors. NA - Hope Creates filed an extension on form 8868 on Nov 15 2023 until May 15 2024. Therefore, no late filing penalties are applicable, since the 990 was filed within the extension period.