Nonprofit · EIN 57-0828243
HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC
Tax-exempt · COLUMBUS, GA 31909
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,190,562 | $2,065,868 | $124,694 | $1,801,004 | $175,640 | $1,625,364 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,214,455 | $2,238,884 | -$24,429 | $1,716,109 | $215,439 | $1,500,670 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,935,528 | $2,470,390 | -$534,862 | $1,785,126 | $260,027 | $1,525,099 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,140,730
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $49,832
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $11,582
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,475,281
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $146,718
- Other salaries and wages
- $84,723
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $301,700
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $8,999
- Occupancy
- $10,153
- Travel
- $77,518
- Depreciation
- $28,679
- Program services (functional)
- $1,845,368
- Management and general (functional)
- $175,443
- Fundraising (functional)
- $45,057
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,716,109
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,801,004
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $175,640
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,625,364
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $504,857
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,486,180
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $139,184
- Gross receipts
- $2,224,980
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 6
- Year formed
- 2011
- State of legal domicile
- GA
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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR SAMUEL A THOMAS | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $77,679 |
| VIKI BLOEMKER | COO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $69,039 |
| TOMMY MIDDLETON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| REX AUSTIN | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RANDY CHANDLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CALEB STALLINGS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIE GREER | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFFREY CORNELISON | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TONY ALFORD | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID BYRD | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JORDAN BURNHAM | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KENNY AUSTIN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DARRELL CHEEK | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DWAIN BANNER | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAY HOLLAND | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIE NOLAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LARRY AULTMAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL FLEMING | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN MORGAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIKI BLOEMKER | COO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $50,000 |
| DR SAMUEL A THOMAS | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $45,587 |
| WILLIE GREER | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JEFFREY CORNELISON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TONY ALFORD | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KENNY AUSTIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| REX AUSTIN | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DARRELL CHEEK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RANDY CHANDLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DWAIN BANNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAY HOLLAND | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JULIE NOLAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LARRY AULTMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL FLEMING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOMMY MIDDLETON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN MORGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CALEB STALLINGS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID BYRD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JORDAN BURNHAM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIKI BLOEMKER | COO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $56,223 |
| DR SAMUEL A THOMAS | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $45,102 |
| WILLIE GREER | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JEFFREY CORNELISON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TONY ALFORD | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KENNY AUSTIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| REX AUSTIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DARRELL CHEEK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RANDY CHANDLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DWAIN BANNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAY HOLLAND | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JULIE NOLAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LARRY AULTMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL FLEMING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOMMY MIDDLETON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN MORGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CALEB STALLINGS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID BYRD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JORDAN BURNHAM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 7556 OLD MOON RD, COLUMBUS, GA 31909-1738
- In care of
- % SHELLEY THOMAS
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- DR SAMUEL THOMAS, PO BOX 8808, COLUMBUS, GA 31909
- Signed the 990
- DR SAMUEL THOMAS, PRESIDENT & CEO
- Phone
- (706) 323-4673
- Website
- HTTPS://HOPEGIVERS.ORG/
- Return prepared by
- DUNCAN ASHE PA
Mission
TO SUPPORT MINISTRY PARTNERS EMMANUEL BIBLE INSTITUTE AND OTHERS TO PROVIDE AID TO THE SICK, NEEDY, AND ORPHANED.
Program accomplishments
- HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL PROMOTES ADVOCACY FOR ABANDONED AND AT-RISK CHILDREN IN THE NATIONS OF INDIA, NEPAL, MYANMAR AND HAITI. OUR MISSION IS TO ASSIST THE NEEDY AND THE OPPRESSED IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR MINISTRY PARTNERS. WE WANT TO EDUCATE THOSE WE RESCUE AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT THEIR SOCIETY IN A POSITIVE WAY.Expenses $1,845,368 · grants $1,475,281
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 57-0828243
- 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
- 1988
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Religion-related (X110)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,801,004
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,224,980
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $2,190,562 | $2,065,868 | $1,801,004 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $2,214,455 | $2,238,884 | $1,716,109 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,935,528 | $2,470,390 | $1,785,126 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,196,750 | $2,254,852 | $2,374,538 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | 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 57-0828243).
Questions about HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC
- What is the EIN of HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC is 57-0828243.
- Is HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1988.
- Are donations to HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC 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 HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names DR SAMUEL THOMAS.
- Who are the officers and directors of HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 19 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $77,679 (DR SAMUEL A THOMAS, PRESIDENT & CEO).
- How much revenue does HOPEGIVERS INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,190,562, expenses of $2,065,868 and total assets of $1,801,004 at year end.
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