Nonprofit · EIN 45-2300190
HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA
Tax-exempt · PHOENIX, AZ 85007
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,397,420 | $1,782,629 | -$385,209 | $2,701,315 | $2,521,763 | $179,552 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,932,367 | $1,789,119 | $143,248 | $2,865,415 | $2,591,975 | $273,440 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,401,085 | $1,736,095 | -$335,010 | $3,077,408 | $2,947,215 | $130,193 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $129,930
- of which government grants
- $23,760
- Program service revenue
- $1,241,474
- Investment income
- $25,901
- Other revenue
- $115
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $80,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $899,371
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,059,479
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $131,748
- Travel
- $17,707
- Depreciation
- $90,098
- Program services (functional)
- $1,293,606
- Management and general (functional)
- $489,023
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,865,415
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,701,315
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,521,763
- Net assets, end of year
- $179,552
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $20,747
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $124,249
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $55,303
- Gross receipts
- $1,397,420
- Employees
- 43
- Year formed
- 2011
- State of legal domicile
- AZ
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ | secretary Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOSE COLON | board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MOSES ANGRY | board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CRAIG BRETT | president Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KATHY DZIELINSKI | vice president Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER SWEENEY | Board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CYRSTIN GUARDINO | board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA KURKOSKI | CEO Officer | 45 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ | board member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOSE COLON | board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA KURKOSKI | CEO Officer | 40 | $0 |
| MOSES ANGRY | board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CRAIG BRETT | board member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LINDA ZWEIG | president Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KATHY DZIELINSKI | board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEBRA KURKOSKI | CEO Officer | 40 | $80,000 |
| CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LINDA ZWEIG | Chair Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOSE COLON | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MOSES ANGRY | Board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CRAIG BRETT | Board member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY DZIELINSKI | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VERSE ARROYO | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1551 W VAN BUREN ST, PHOENIX, AZ 85007-2413
- In care of
- % DEBRA KURKOSKI
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Debra Kurkoski, 1551 W Van Buren Street, Phoenix, AZ 85007
- Signed the 990
- DEBRA KURKOSKI, CEO
- Phone
- (480) 208-4010
- Website
- HTTPS://WWW.HOPELIVESAZ.ORG
Mission
Hope Lives is committed to promote mental health recovery and wellness thereby reducing recitivism and transforming lives
Program accomplishments
- Nutrition kitchen (meals) is an innovative, fun, and inspirational cooking and nutrition workshop. These planning and cooking activities look comprehensively at a persons health life-style, meal planning on a budget, cooking healthy from a food box, and how healthy eating shapes chronic conditions. This program focuses on a persons strengths, interests, and natural supports. It stresses creating healthy life-style habits and disiplines, provides education/awareness prevention activities, delivered by peer specialists topromote self- directed whole health.Expenses $132,181
- Community events/activities: equine therapy, gym, bowling, movies, hiking, swimming, budget shopping, travel training, laundry, haircuts, golf, and cultural area activities held out in the community to provide new experiences and encourage socialization, growth, and recovery.Expenses $87,640
- Training classes and programs held on campus: forensic peer support training, Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), anger management, domestic violence, GED, Applied Suicide Intervention (ASIST), jewelry making, self care, interpersonal communications, art, cooking, meditation/ spirituality, creative writing, and music appreciation. Forensic Peer Support Training is an agency developed training and certification process that enables individuals with lived experience in the behavioral health system to promote hope, personal responsibility, empowerment, education, and self determination in the communities they serve.Expenses $3,048
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-2300190
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P40)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,701,315
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,397,420
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $1,397,420 | $1,782,629 | $2,701,315 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $1,932,367 | $1,789,119 | $2,865,415 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $1,401,085 | $1,736,095 | $3,077,408 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $1,878,077 | $1,502,341 | $2,004,055 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-2300190).
Questions about HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA
- What is the EIN of HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA is 45-2300190.
- Is HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names Debra Kurkoski.
- Who are the officers and directors of HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 8 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does HOPE LIVES - VIVE LA ESPERANZA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,397,420, expenses of $1,782,629 and total assets of $2,701,315 at year end.
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