Nonprofit · EIN 84-0829068
HOPE COMMUNITIES INC
Tax-exempt · DENVER, CO 80205
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $4,819,715 | $6,032,632 | -$1,212,917 | $11,773,293 | $6,336,954 | $5,436,339 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $5,769,789 | $6,225,183 | -$455,394 | $15,686,508 | $9,067,043 | $6,619,465 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $4,617,030 | $5,601,408 | -$984,378 | $16,377,778 | $9,337,904 | $7,039,874 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,428,800
- Program service revenue
- $3,315,286
- Investment income
- -$1,208,282
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$1,296,636
- Net income from fundraising events
- $97,501
- Other revenue
- $283,911
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $537,529
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,581,242
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,118,771
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $201,535
- Occupancy
- $385,132
- Depreciation
- $622,043
- Program services (functional)
- $5,275,612
- Management and general (functional)
- $529,889
- Fundraising (functional)
- $227,131
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $15,686,508
- Total assets, end of year
- $11,773,293
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,336,954
- Net assets, end of year
- $5,436,339
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,639,801
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,938,609
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,497,730
- Gross receipts
- $9,181,747
- Employees
- 41
- Volunteers
- 348
- Year formed
- 1980
- State of legal domicile
- CO
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 | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon A Knight | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $186,258 | $22,324 |
| Matt Starr | Director of Properties | 40 | $105,410 | $14,741 |
| Stephanie Urban | Controller | 40 | $106,021 | $839 |
| Brenda Roush | Development Director | 40 | $82,753 | $19,183 |
| Greg Glade | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 2.55 | $0 | $0 |
| Masouda Omar | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.51 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Charlesworth | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1.18 | $0 | $0 |
| Debbie Herrera | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.43 | $0 | $0 |
| Chuong Le | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.33 | $0 | $0 |
| Molly Foley-Healy | Board Member Trustee or director | 1.46 | $0 | $0 |
| Charlie Cummings | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.4 | $0 | $0 |
| Thomas Bryan | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.02 | $0 | $0 |
| Ben Taylor | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.4 | $0 | $0 |
| Will Cooper | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.49 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg Shields | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.8 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie Zeller | Board Member Trustee or director | 1.23 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon A Knight | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $183,993 | $21,326 |
| Brenda Roush | Development Director | 40 | $86,203 | $17,654 |
| Stephanie Urban | Controller | 40 | $100,060 | $822 |
| Greg Glade | Vice Chair Trustee or director | 0.61 | $0 | $0 |
| Masouda Omar | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.69 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Charlesworth | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.69 | $0 | $0 |
| Debbie Herrera | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.42 | $0 | $0 |
| Chuong Le | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 0.74 | $0 | $0 |
| Nolly Foley-Healy | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| Charlie Cummings | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| Vanecia Kerr | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.69 | $0 | $0 |
| Thomas Bryan | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.68 | $0 | $0 |
| Tracey Stewart | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.48 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph Espinosa | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.71 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg Shields | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.41 | $0 | $0 |
| Laurie Zeller | Board Member Trustee or director | 1.11 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon A Knight | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $160,984 | $20,544 |
| Greg Glade | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.61 | $0 | $0 |
| Adam Riddle | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.69 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Charlesworth | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.69 | $0 | $0 |
| Debbie Herrera | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.42 | $0 | $0 |
| Chuong Le | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 0.74 | $0 | $0 |
| Maggie Bolden | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| Kelly Kaminskas | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| Vanecia Kerr | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.69 | $0 | $0 |
| Kenneth Floyd | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.68 | $0 | $0 |
| Tracey Stewart | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.48 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph Espinosa | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.71 | $0 | $0 |
| Jenica Shippy | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.41 | $0 | $0 |
| Laurie Zeller | Board Member Trustee or director | 1.11 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2543 CALIFORNIA ST, DENVER, CO 80205-2929
- Signed the 990
- SHARON A KNIGHT, President & CEO
- Phone
- (303) 860-7747
- Website
- HOPECOMMUNITIES.ORG
- Return prepared by
- HAYNIE & COMPANY
Mission
We strengthen communities and provide pathways to economic and personal opportunity through affordable housing, educational programs and support services.
Program accomplishments
- Programs: Real Estate Development, Affordable Housing with Deeply Supportive ServicesHope Communities was established 46 years ago, in 1980, by visionaries Ray and Marilyn Stranske. It was initiated as a means to provide training, support services, and housing to low-income individuals and families either experiencing or at the brink of homelessness. They quickly realized that people had a difficult time advancing toward self-sufficiency if they did not have a safe place to call home. They began a quest to offer quality, affordable housing with supportive programs and services, which has been vitally important ever since. Over the years, Hope has built, purchased, or renovated nearly 800 rental units for low-income renters.The organization's genesis occurred in the historic Five Points neighborhood, though over the years, they expanded their inventory to provide rental units in multiple neighborhoods in Denver. They were the first to build a new mixed-use, mixed-income TOD building on Denver's Welton Street light rail line with 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), renovated a 130-unit apartment complex in East Denver, and purchased 93 townhouses in North Park Hill. Most recently, Hope purchased and renovated a historic building in Five Points to use as a community center with Historic and New Market Tax Credits. In late 2025, Hope sold Welton Homes at the Point to a Five Points developer.Hope currently holds 242 affordable units across Denver. The organization is pursuing a re-syndication to address deferred maintenance and ensure a positive resident experience, and will also look for opportunities for future housing development in a city that desperately needs affordable homes. They continue to offer a full array of programs and services that are customized by property, informed by resident need, and geared to support equitable access to opportunity.Expenses $5,275,612 · revenue $2,205,060
- Programs: Housing Stability, Education, Resource Navigation, basic needs, economic mobility & employment, health & wellness, refugee integration programs, youth programs, and civic engagement/ community-building.We create and offer residents and individuals from area neighborhoods quality educational and enrichment opportunities unique to the individuals we serve. We strive for Hope's residents to be empowered, self-sustainable, and active members of the greater community. We provide both direct programs and services, as well as leverage third-party service providers to assist Hope Communities residents and neighbors. Hope has provided housing, programs, and services to 6,192 clients in the last year. All programs and services are tailored to client needs, cultural nuances, and provided by staff who speak over 21 languages.*Housing Stability: Hope provided affordable housing to about 480 individuals at 4 properties across Denver in 2025. Navigators also helped 1,867 clients from the broader community to secure and retain stable housing. *Resource Navigation many clients who live on Hope properties and from surrounding neighborhoods need assistance securing basic needs and getting resources to advance self-sufficiency and improve their quality of life. The percentage of clients served by Hopes program team that do not live on property comprises 90% of all those served. Many of those clients need assistance finding housing, in addition to basic needs and resources to improve work, school, and health.*Economic Mobility & Employment: Hope Communities residents are diverse. Education and opportunity are keys to economic mobility and self-sufficiency. Hope provides extensive support for hard-to-employ clients to improve their technical skills and work through the employment process. Hope provides direct services and resource navigation for associated career needs and also leverages the resources of area employers and training programs. 2,844 clients received employment support in 2025. Hope Communities provides programs and services that encourage and engage adult learners to acquire and advance skill sets. Some of these include: Computer Classes, Career Exploration and workforce training, Health Literacy, 4,311 clients received legal support and 1,629 got digital literacy training.There has been a consistent focus on upward economic mobility, with clients gaining housing and employment stability, then acquiring stronger financial literacy skills, and many engaging in a path towards home ownership. In 2025, 12 client families purchased homes, over the last four years, 49 families achieved that life goal.*Integration Programs: Hope provides resource navigation and specialized programs to refugee and immigrant clients across the metro region, to help them successfully integrate into the community, become independent members of their neighborhoods, and thrive. The organization has employed staff with cultural competencies in 22 languages in 2025, to support these families and individuals. Community navigators work with clients in Denver, Aurora, Thornton, Lakewood, and other locations across the Front Range from offices on our properties in the East Colfax, Five Points, and Northeast Park Hill neighborhoods of Denver, as well as a program office in Northglenn.*Youth Programs - Hope Communities offers early childhood education, healthy parent-child relationship programs, as well as after-school and summer enrichment, academic support, tutoring, leadership development and programs/activities to advance social-emotional development. Some specific programs include: Ready Tots, Homework Help, Youth Mentoring and Summer Enrichment Programs such as Big City Mountaineering Overnight Camp, Health & Nutrition, Scouting, and the Youth Empowerment Group. Hope aims to help children and youth be school ready, have academic success, further social/emotional development, make healthy choices and build character.*Health and Wellness Hope uses on-site health fairs; health literacy, patient navigation and a myriad of other programs to aid residents in improving health and wellness. In the last year, many more services were expanded to support food insecurity, provide basic needs, and access to health benefits. More than 3,196 people gained access to life-altering social benefits in the last year, and 1,239 received specific health and wellness services. The organization increased outreach programs to support mental health and emotional well-being during this trying time. Hope Communities offers direct services and partners with programs to fulfill health and wellness goals. Addressing food insecurity, we distributed fresh, healthy foods to support 102,737 culturally appropriate meals last year. Our food distribution events also provided a platform for community partner agencies to provide additional resources and opportunities for clients to learn about community systems and opportunities to get involved in neighborhood safety, revitalization and civic engagement.* Civic Engagement and Community-building: Our community-building efforts included facilitating neighborhood alliances, resident councils, and community safety meetings. We hosted five safety meetings in 2025 with 351 participants and engaged with city agencies and partners to empower residents in advocating for their safety. *Holiday Treasure Store - Hope Communities provides an opportunity for parents to shop for their children each December through the Holiday Treasure Store. New, donated gifts are provided to parents free of charge to pass on to their children who live at our properties.
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
- 84-0829068
- 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
- 1981
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Housing and shelter (L210)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $11,773,293
- Income (IRS master file)
- $9,181,747
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $4,819,715 | $6,032,632 | $11,773,293 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $5,769,789 | $6,225,183 | $15,686,508 | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $4,617,030 | $5,601,408 | $16,377,778 | XML |
| 990-T | December 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2022 | $4,216,894 | $4,896,663 | $17,412,682 | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | 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 84-0829068).
Questions about HOPE COMMUNITIES INC
- What is the EIN of HOPE COMMUNITIES INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HOPE COMMUNITIES INC is 84-0829068.
- Is HOPE COMMUNITIES INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1981.
- Are donations to HOPE COMMUNITIES INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HOPE COMMUNITIES 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 HOPE COMMUNITIES 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 HOPE COMMUNITIES INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of HOPE COMMUNITIES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $186,258 (Sharon A Knight, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does HOPE COMMUNITIES INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,819,715, expenses of $6,032,632 and total assets of $11,773,293 at year end.
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