HOPE FAMILY CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2024

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Organization: HOPE FAMILY CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION (EIN 88-2117239)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-08-28
IRS object ID: 202522409349101407
Schema version: 2024v5.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-PF
Other Expenses Schedule
Other Professional Fees Schedule
Taxes Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-08-28T14:24:26-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	020639624	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Wertz & Company LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5450 Trabuco Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Irvine	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92620	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	882117239	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Hope Family Christian Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	HOPE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9497565000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	22301 Blueberry Lane	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lake Forest	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92630	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Richard Hope	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2025-08-28	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Russ Wertz	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01276268	PTIN
Phone	9497565000	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY	$450,841	FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Dividends Rev And Expnss	$17,181	DividendsRevAndExpnssAmt
Dividends Net Invst Incm	$17,181	DividendsNetInvstIncmAmt
Dividends Adj Net Incm	$17,181	DividendsAdjNetIncmAmt
Total Rev And Expnss	$17,181	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$17,181	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Adj Net Incm	$17,181	TotalAdjNetIncmAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss	$2,290	OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl	$2,290	OtherProfFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Taxes Rev And Expnss	$84	TaxesRevAndExpnssAmt
Taxes Dsbrs Chrtbl	$84	TaxesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$5,482	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$5,482	OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$7,856	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$7,856	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$20,359	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$20,359	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$28,215	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$28,215	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	-$11,034	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$17,181	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income	$17,181	AdjustedNetIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY	$469,875	CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY	$458,841	CashEOYAmt
Cash EOYFMV	$450,841	CashEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY	$469,875	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$458,841	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$450,841	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind
No Donor Rstr Net Assests BOY	$469,875	NoDonorRstrNetAssestsBOYAmt
No Donor Rstr Net Assests EOY	$458,841	NoDonorRstrNetAssestsEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$469,875	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$458,841	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$469,875	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$458,841	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$469,875	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	-$11,034	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal	$458,841	SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$458,841	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	$239	InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Subtotal	$239	SubtotalAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$239	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Tax Due	$239	TaxDueAmt
Applied To ES Tax	$0	AppliedToESTaxAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty	false	LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent	false	MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	false	ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr Satisfied	Yes (true)	Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In Assets	Yes (true)	AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register State	CA	OrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty Gen	Yes (true)	Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors	false	NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity	false	OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp Rqr	Yes (true)	ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Richard Hope	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9497565000	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	22301 Blueberry Lane	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lake Forest	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92630	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question	false	ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn	false	SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn	false	BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified Prsn	false	FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn	false	PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn	false	TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official	false	PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Acts Fail To Qlfy As Exceptions	false	ActsFailToQlfyAsExceptionsInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts	false	UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY	false	UndistributedIncomePYInd
Business Holdings	false	BusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments	false	JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst	false	UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation	false	InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election	false	InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurposeInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
Richard Hope
22301 Blueberry Lane	Lake Forest	CA	92630	CEO	4.00	$0
Brandon Hope
22301 Blueberry Lane	Lake Forest	CA	92630	Secretary	4.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec	$0	AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances	$0	AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast	$0	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	$0	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed	$0	ReductionClaimedAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast	$0	AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable	$0	CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$0	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return	$0	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Based On Investment Income	$239	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax	$239	TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj	$239	DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded	$239	DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

PF Qualifying Distributions PFQualifyingDistributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	$28,215	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$28,215	QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2	$14,044	ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1	$22,802	ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov	$36,846	TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$28,215	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus	$0	TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus	$28,215	RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus	$65,061	TotalCorpusAmt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr	$65,061	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year2	$14,044	ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1	$22,802	ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year	$28,215	ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributing Manager	Richard Hope	ContributingManagerNm

Application Submission Info ApplicationSubmissionInfoGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient Person	Richard Hope	RecipientPersonNm

Recipient US Address RecipientUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	22301 Blueberry Lane	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lake Forest	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92630	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient Phone	9497565000	RecipientPhoneNum
Recipient Email Address	rsh269@gmail.com	RecipientEmailAddressTxt
Form And Info And Materials	Email rsh269@gmail.com for application details	FormAndInfoAndMaterialsTxt
Submission Deadlines	None	SubmissionDeadlinesTxt
Restrictions On Awards	Funds are distributed for other qualified charitable organizations under section 501(c)(3) and/or directly to needy individuals.	RestrictionsOnAwardsTxt

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (12 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityRecipientUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipTxt	Recipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusTxt	Grant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxt	AmtAmt	Address Line1RecipientForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityRecipientForeignAddress/CityNm	Province Or StateRecipientForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNm	CountryRecipientForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalRecipientForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
Gift of Vision
22451 Silver Spur	Lake Forest	CA	92630	N/A	PC	To provide quality eye care services FREE of cost to the needy and disadvantaged in India.	$2,500
Evangelical Formosan Church
10750 Lampson Ave	Garden Grove	CA	92840	N/A	PC	To support a regional and religious community	$8,174
Saddleback Church
1 Saddle Pkwy	Lake Forest	CA	92630	N/A	PC	To support a regional and religious community	$2,000
Bridges International
CRU POBox 628222	Orlando	FL	32862	N/A	PC	To support a regional or religious community	$1,000
BFS International
26052 Marguerite Pkwy	Mission Viejo	CA	92692	N/A	PC	To support a regional and religious community	$1,000
St Andrew's Orthodox Church
4700 Canyon Crest Drive	Riverside	CA	92507	N/A	PC	To support a regional and religious community	$3,150
Hung Shi Tzu Orphanage
				N/A	PC	To share Gospel and provide tutoring for orphanage.	$652	1 Dongxishanzhuang	Kaohsiung	Liugui	TW	844
UC Irvine Foundation
5141 California Ste 250	Irvine	CA	92617	N/A	POF	Excellence in teaching, research and public service.	$150
The Heros Project
7304 Beverly Blvd Suite 151	Los Angeles	CA	90036	N/A		Helping veterans	$25
Living Foundation School of Art
10750 Lampson Ave	Garden Grove	CA	92840	N/A	PF	Teaching art to children.	$70
Evangelical Church of Orange County
10750 Lampson Ave	Garden Grove	CA	92840	N/A	PC	To support a regional and religious community	$1,500
Chosen People Ministry
241 E 51st Street	New York	NY	10022	N/A	PC	Sharing Gospel with Jewish people	$138

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr	$20,359	TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Dividends And Interest From Sec Dtl DividendsAndInterestFromSecDtl

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Related Or Exempt Function Incm	$17,181	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Related Or Exempt Function Incm	$17,181	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty	$17,181	TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	false	SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO	false	PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets	false	RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements	false	ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	false	LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc	false	PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	false	SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO	false	RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt
Meals	$427	$427
Small Equipment	$1,554	$1,554
State filing fees	$25	$25
Supplies	$261	$261
Telephone	$47	$47
Travel	$3,168	$3,168

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	Professional Fees	CategoryTxt
Amt	$2,290	Amt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income	$0	AdjustedNetIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$2,290	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	Net Investment Income Tax	CategoryTxt
Amt	$84	Amt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$84	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt