Nonprofit · EIN 47-0398819
HOPESPOKE
Tax-exempt · LINCOLN, NE 68510
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $6,469,037 | $6,362,544 | $106,493 | $4,525,558 | $470,932 | $4,054,626 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $6,906,394 | $6,767,493 | $138,901 | $4,455,071 | $506,938 | $3,948,133 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,053,041
- of which government grants
- $1,675,501
- Program service revenue
- $4,334,222
- Investment income
- $81,774
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $25,504
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $760,529
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,378,777
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,910,563
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $11,245
- Accounting fees
- $19,400
- Occupancy
- $46,851
- Travel
- $14,196
- Depreciation
- $158,374
- Program services (functional)
- $4,775,790
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,383,389
- Fundraising (functional)
- $203,365
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,455,071
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,525,558
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $470,932
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,054,626
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,678,770
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,850,259
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $204,367
- Gross receipts
- $6,502,227
- Employees
- 116
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1949
- State of legal domicile
- NE
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WENDI ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $167,891 | $10,867 |
| PAT SAILORS | RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM DIRECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $145,686 | $24,377 |
| BRAD SCHILTZ | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $106,239 | $8,152 |
| TRACEY SMITH | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| REGAN ANSON | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BESS SULLIVAN SCOTT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| SHARON FENN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| KELLY MEDWICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MITCH LEE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN HERSHBERGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ELLEN BEANS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| KATIE BASS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JENA DONAHUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BETTY MEDINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVE GRAFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAELA RASMUSSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| LILY SUGHROUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| COURTNEY EAST | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| TED SCOTT | PRESIDENT-ELECT Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 |
| SHIRLEY PICKENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| LILY AMARE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KATHRYN MCLEESE STEPHENSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $148,422 | $22,191 |
| PAT SAILORS | RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM DIRECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $143,013 | $20,402 |
| WENDI ANDERSON | INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $124,695 | $9,023 |
| BRAD SCHILTZ | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $103,522 | $6,530 |
| TRACEY SMITH | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| REGAN ANSON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BESS SULLIVAN SCOTT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| RUSS HEWITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN CHANEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MITCH LEE | PRESIDENT-ELECT Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN HERSHBERGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ELLEN BEANS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| KATIE BASS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JENA DONAHUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| LILY AMARE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BETTY MEDINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVE GRAFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAELA RASMUSSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRIS MCINERNY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| LILY SUGHROUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| CHAD KRUSE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| TED SCOTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| SHIRLEY PICKENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2444 O ST, LINCOLN, NE 68510-1125
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- WENDI ANDERSON, 2444 O ST, LINCOLN, NE 685101125
- Signed the 990
- WENDI ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (402) 475-7666
- Return prepared by
- HBE LLP
Mission
HOPESPOKE IS DEDICATED TO MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE LINCOLN AREA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND FLEXIBLE THERAPEUTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND A COMMITMENT TO ADVOCACY AND POSITIVE SOCIAL IMAGE.
Program accomplishments
- PROVIDE OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, OR BEHAVIORAL ISSUES THROUGH, INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND FAMILY THERAPY. OUTREACH SERVICES ARE ALSO PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ACCOMODATE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF THERAPY, BUT WHOSE PARTENTS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SEEK SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SETTING.Expenses $1,242,501 · revenue $810,196
- PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SERVICES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TO ADOLESCENT MALES WHO HAVE ACTED OUT IN A SEXUAL MANNER AND REQUIRE AN INTENSIVE LEVEL OF CARE IN A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. SERVICES ARE FOCUSED ON PREVENTING FURTHER VICTIMIZATION WHILE ALLOWING YOUTH TO LEARN AND PRACTICE PRO-SOCIAL COPING AN INTERPERSONAL SKILLS.Expenses $2,437,450 · revenue $2,418,194
- PROVIDE EXTENDED DAY TREATMENT SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL AND/OR BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES WHO ARE AT RISK FOR OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT OR HOSPITALIZATION. SERVICES PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH TREATMENT FOR TRAUMA AND ATTACHMENT DISORDERS TO IMPROVE COPING SKILLS, SOCIAL SKILLS, AND COMMUNITY FUNCTIONING. ALONG WITH DAILY ACTIVITIES, EACH CHILD IS INVOLVED IN INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND FAMILY THERAPY.Expenses $958,876 · revenue $1,016,370
- PROVIDE VARIOUS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.Expenses $136,963 · revenue $89,462
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-0398819
- 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
- 1951
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Mental health and crisis intervention (F320)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,525,558
- Income (IRS master file)
- $6,502,227
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $6,670,879 | $6,053,958 | $4,191,887 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $5,711,956 | $5,744,549 | $4,072,780 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.
Questions about HOPESPOKE
- What is the EIN of HOPESPOKE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HOPESPOKE is 47-0398819.
- Is HOPESPOKE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1951.
- Are donations to HOPESPOKE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HOPESPOKE 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 HOPESPOKE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HOPESPOKE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HOPESPOKE?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names WENDI ANDERSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of HOPESPOKE?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 21 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $167,891 (WENDI ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does HOPESPOKE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $6,469,037, expenses of $6,362,544 and total assets of $4,525,558 at year end.
Other nonprofits in LINCOLN
- CENTERPOINTE INC EIN 47-0550702 · last filed 990 for 2025
- MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEBRASKA EIN 47-0822878 · last filed 990 for 2025
- HOUSES OF HOPE OF NEBRASKA INC EIN 23-7033120 · last filed 990 for 2025
- ST MONICAS HOME EIN 47-0490169 · last filed 990 for 2025
- IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY COUNSELING CENTER EIN 92-3996520 · last filed 990 for 2025
- SELAH COUNSELING CENTER INCORPORATED EIN 88-2192558 · last filed 990 for 2026
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATON OF PSYCHIATRIC PHARMACISTS FOUNDATION EIN 27-1597907 · last filed 990 for 2025
- NEBRASKA ASSOCIATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS EIN 47-0661002 · last filed 990 for 2026
All nonprofits in LINCOLN · Nebraska · Mental health and crisis intervention