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Hope Enterprise Corporation

EIN 64-0851798Community Development Mississippi Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Strengthening Communities, Building Assets, Improving Lives

HOPE is a private, nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI), that provides commercial financing, mortgage loans and technical assistance to support businesses, entrepreneurs, home buyers and community development projects. HOPE's mission is to strengthen communities, build assets and improve lives of people in economically distressed areas of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee. HOPE also sponsors Hope Credit Union, which provides a range of financial products and services that meet the needs of low- and moderate-income residents in its four-state service area. Since 1994, HOPE has generated over $1 billion in financing for entrepreneurs, homebuyers and community development projects, and assisted more than 40,000 individuals in low-income communities throughout the Mid South.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.64Overall score
out of 100

82.93Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$16,908,854

Total expenses · USD$12,625,698

Program expenses

$9,279,888.03 recorded amount

73.5%

Fundraising expenses

$757,541.88 recorded amount

6.0%

Administrative expenses

$2,575,642.39 recorded amount

20.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: William Bynum
Recorded compensation: $358,056.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.83%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Hope Enterprise Corporation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	HOPE is a private, nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI), that provides commercial financing, mortgage loans and technical assistance to support businesses, entrepreneurs, home buyers and community development projects. HOPE's mission is to strengthen communities, build assets and improve lives of people in economically distressed areas of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee. HOPE also sponsors Hope Credit Union, which provides a range of financial products and services that meet the needs of low- and moderate-income residents in its four-state service area. Since 1994, HOPE has generated over $1 billion in financing for entrepreneurs, homebuyers and community development projects, and assisted more than 40,000 individuals in low-income communities throughout the Mid South.
`ein` EIN	64-0851798
`tot_exp` Total expenses	12625698.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.204
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.06
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.735
`fscore` Financial score	82.93
`leader` Recorded leader	William Bynum
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	358056.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.028300000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Strengthening Communities, Building Assets, Improving Lives
`name` Charity name	Hope Enterprise Corporation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16908854.0
`score` Overall score	85.64
`state` State code	MS
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	9279888.03
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	757541.88
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2575642.392

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 64-0851798
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Mississippi (MS)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.