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Nonprofit · EIN 87-0835491

TOGETHER FOR HOPE

Tax-exempt · JACKSON, MS 39216

Financials

$1.1M$973K2023$1.3M$1.1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of TOGETHER FOR HOPE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
September 30, 2025990$1,282,508$1,065,734$216,774$874,160$86,379$787,781
September 30, 2024990$1,131,533$973,213$158,320$643,870$72,863$571,007
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,275,587
Membership dues
$12,885
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$6,921

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$13,953
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$86,054
Other salaries and wages
$400,080
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$744,550
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$2,245
Accounting fees
$59,882
Occupancy
$32,108
Program services (functional)
$707,440
Management and general (functional)
$202,298
Fundraising (functional)
$155,996

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$643,870
Total assets, end of year
$874,160
Total liabilities, end of year
$86,379
Net assets, end of year
$787,781
Publicly traded securities
$80,000
Net assets without donor restrictions
$787,781
Gross receipts
$1,282,508
Employees
9
Volunteers
11
Year formed
2021
State of legal domicile
MS

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
K JASON COKERPRESIDENT
Officer
40$0$59,574$16,386
PRESTON CLEGGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
DERECK DAVIS MDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
HEATHER MUSTAINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
JAVIER PEREZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
JOI FITZGERALDTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
PATTY VILLARREALFORMER BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
PAUL BAXLEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
PORTIA ESPY PHDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
RUBEN ORTIZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
SARAH BETH GEHL PHDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
TRAVIS LOWECHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 13 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
K JASON COKERPRESIDENT
Officer
40$0$60,084$687
ERIC D BARRETO PHDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
PAUL BAXLEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
DERECK DAVIS MDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
PORTIA ESPY PHDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
OLETA FITZGERALDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
SARAH BETH GEHL PHDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
KASEY JONESBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
TRAVIS LOWEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
RUBEN ORTIZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
JULIAN VIGIL JRBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
PATTY VILLARREALBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
CHARLES WATSON JRBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
2906 N STATE ST STE 300, JACKSON, MS 39216-4241
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
K JASON COKER, 2906 NORTH STATE STREET 300, JACKSON, MS 39216
Signed the 990
K JASON COKER, PRESIDENT
Phone
(601) 540-5679
Return prepared by
MATTHEWS CUTRER & LINDSAY PA

Mission

THE MISSION OF TOGETHER FOR HOPE IS TO END PERSISTENT RURAL POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • IN MANY WAYS, 2025 LEFT A HIGH-WATER MARK ON THE BANKS OF OUR RESERVOIR.AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WE HOSTED OUR ANNUAL MEETING IN DECATUR, GA; HEALTH SUMMITS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST; SCREENED OUR DOCUMENTARY RISING HOPE AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD (NEW CANAAN, CT; ST. LOUIS, MO; DALLAS, TX; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; DECATUR, GA; SAN JOSE, CA; LEWISBURG, PA; CLEVELAND, MS; PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA; ATLANTA, GA; SELMA, AL); HELD OUR ANNUAL STAFF RETREAT IN LOS CRUCES, NM; AND LAUNCHED HOPE BOX AS A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE PRODUCTS OF OUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE NETWORK. BESIDES THIS, OUR PRESIDENT TOURED THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD SPEAKING AND LECTURING ABOUT OUR WORK (JACKSON, MS; TULSA, OK; CLINTON, MS; WASHINGTON DC; CAL, COLOMBIA; SHAW, MS; GREENVILLE, SC; OXFORD, MS; ST. LOUIS, MO; AND LUMBERTON, NC). WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PRODUCE A 14-PAGE GLOSSY THAT DESCRIBES THE WORK THAT WE DO IN COUNTIES OF PERSISTENT RURAL POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES.TOGETHER FOR HOPE (TFH) GALVANIZED THE BLACK BELT REGION AROUND BUILDING A HOUSE IN FITZGERALD, GA, AND HELPING A FAMILY OF FOUR BECOME HOMEOWNERS. RACHEL GUNTER SHAPARD, OUR VP FOR THE BLACK BELT, CALLED THIS PROGRAM "TOGETHER WE BUILD AND IT HAS BECOME OUR MODEL FOR CREATING NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES AND HOMEOWNERS ACROSS RURAL AMERICA. THIS YEAR WE PLAN TO BUILD 3-4 NEW HOMES WITH THIS MODEL THAT PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH A PATHWAY OUT OF POVERTY.IN THE DELTA REGION WE CONNECTED DELTA CIRCLES WITH OUR PARTNERS IN SILICON VALLEY, WHO CAME TO HELENA-WEST HELENA, AR, AND INSTALLED AN ORCHARD OF 3D PRINTERS, TRAINED STAFF HOW TO OPERATE IT, AND HOSTED A COMMUNITY-WIDE PARTY TO CELEBRATE THIS COLLABORATION. NOW, YOUTH AND ADULTS IN THE ARKANSAS DELTA WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE WHICH EQUIPS THEM WITH A KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR THE FUTURE.TFH APPALACHIA HELPED ONE VOICE, ONE OF OUR APPALACHIAN PARTNERS, FINALIZE A TOOLKIT FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS. WITH OUR ASSISTANCE, THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE THE TOOLKIT THAT WILL EMPOWER THEM TO REPLICATE THEIR WORK IN FIGHTING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN WV.DR. CORY PEACOCK BECAME OUR REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE FOUR CORNERS (ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND COLORADO), WHICH HELPS US TRULY BEGIN TO SCALE IN THE WEST. HAVING SOMEONE ORGANIZE OUR WORK IN THE FOUR CORNERS IS A HUGE LEAP TOWARDS SCALING TFH WITHIN THE TRIBAL NATIONS, TEXAS, FOUR CORNERS (TNT4C) REGION.
    Expenses $707,440 · grants $13,953

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025September 30, 2026February 15, 2027Not due yet
2024September 30, 2025February 16, 2026990 on file
2023September 30, 2024February 17, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
87-0835491
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
2022
Accounting year ends
September
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$874,160
Income (IRS master file)
$1,282,508

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990September 2025$1,282,508$1,065,734$874,160XML
990September 2024$1,131,533$973,213$643,870XML

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 87-0835491).

Questions about TOGETHER FOR HOPE

What is the EIN of TOGETHER FOR HOPE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of TOGETHER FOR HOPE is 87-0835491.
Is TOGETHER FOR HOPE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2022.
Are donations to TOGETHER FOR HOPE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does TOGETHER FOR HOPE 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 TOGETHER FOR HOPE due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did TOGETHER FOR HOPE 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 TOGETHER FOR HOPE?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names K JASON COKER.
Who are the officers and directors of TOGETHER FOR HOPE?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does TOGETHER FOR HOPE have?
On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,282,508, expenses of $1,065,734 and total assets of $874,160 at year end.

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