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Hope for All Gulf Coast

Public charity · Grantmaker Mobile, AL EIN: 63-1178693 Website

It is the mission of housing first, inc. To secure resources and assets, which lead to community planning to end homelessness through advocacy and community collaboration.

Hope for All Gulf Coast at a glance

In short: Hope for All Gulf Coast gave $716K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $119K), mostly in Alabama. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$716,120
-5.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
6
+50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$119,353
-36.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$99,870
Total assets
$5,815,508
-9.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
Alabama (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Hope for All Gulf Coast funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 6 recipients in 2025

Altapointe Health Systems: $354KAltapointe Health Systems$354KDumas Wesley Community Center: $100KDumas Wesley Community Center$100KSalvation Army: $100KSalvation Army$100KThe Lighthouse: $100KThe Lighthouse$100KPenelope House Inc: $46KPenelope House Inc$46KFamily Promise of Baldwin County: $17KFamily Promise of BaldwinCounty$17K

The largest 2025 recipient was Altapointe Health Systems ($354K). Together the top 6 received $716K.

Grant Size Distribution

16 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K2$50–100K6$100–250K4$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 6 grants of 16 (38%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.

States

Cities

MobileRobertsdaleSummerdale

How Hope for All Gulf Coast gives

  • Giving grew 22% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 4 grants2024 6 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $427K (2020) to $754K (2024). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $716K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Altapointe Health Systems Mobile, ALHUD Grants$354,148
Dumas Wesley Community Center Mobile, ALHomeless Prevention$100,000
Salvation Army Mobile, ALHomeless Prevention$100,000
The Lighthouse Robertsdale, ALHUD Grants$99,740
Penelope House Inc Mobile, ALHUD Grants$45,670
Family Promise of Baldwin County Summerdale, ALHUD Grants$16,562
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$5,815,508$7,704,379$8,583,662$716,1206$189,162
2024$6,423,593$7,216,413$7,967,144$753,7464$218,131
2023$7,030,290$11,639,142$7,101,254$595,0212$176,257
2022$667,633$6,131,602$6,465,801$589,2082—
2021$744,831$5,672,960$5,605,982$566,9192$27,000
2020$799,572$5,447,673$5,737,708$427,1042$13,700
2019$569,962$5,206,938$5,704,603$589,0972—

About Hope for All Gulf Coast

Based on IRS filings

Hope for All Gulf Coast is a public charity focused on Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, based in Mobile, AL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $716K. Net investment income was $189K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Hope for All Gulf Coast is led by Derek Boulware, CEO on every filing since 2019; 3 of 18 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Derek Boulware

    CEO

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $60K (2020) → $145K (2025)

  • Carl Harper

    President

    Member → Vice President, 2022

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rhonda McGinnis

    CFO

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $88K (2021) → $138K (2025)

  • Ronnie Andress

    Doc

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    $112K (2025)

  • Ariana H. Moore

    Member

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Commander Curtis L. Graves Sr.

    Member

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • George Talbot

    Member

    Member → President, 2022

    President → Member, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marilyn Meyers

    Member

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darrell Randle

    Member

    Member → Treasurer, 2023

    Treasurer → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Margaret Reid

    Member

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebekah Lamar

    Member

    Member → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → Member, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jay M. Ross

    Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ann Brooks Morrissette

    Secretary

    Member → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patty Howell

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Akareem Spears

    Treasurer

    Member → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe'l Lewis Billingsly

    Vice President

    Member → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aaron Milner

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dana Mayo

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (22)
  • Former: Graham Green (2019–2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Lakeisha McGill (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Ron Andress (2019–2024) — Director of Compliance
  • Former: Kim Garrett (2023–2024) — Member
  • Former: Trey Doyle (2019–2023) — Member
  • Former: Thomas Bruce Mackinnon (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Walter J. Brand Jr. (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Terry Harbin (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: Ira Bates Jr. (2020–2021) — Member
  • Former: Cynthia Nelms (2019–2020) — Vice President
  • Former: David Betler (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Kenneth Hudson (2019–2020) — Member
  • Former: James Dixon (2020) — Member
  • Former: Amy Weaver (2019) — Member
  • Former: Betty Fain (2019) — Member
  • Former: Denise Riemer (2019) — President
  • Former: Eric Jefferson (2019) — Former CEO
  • Former: Herman Tinsley (2019) — Member
  • Former: Janice Small (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Nicole Carr (2019) — Vice President
  • Former: Pam Maumenes (2019) — Member
  • Former: Tina Blackmon (2019) — CFO

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Derek Boulware — CEO: $145KDerek BoulwareCEO$145KRhonda McGinnis — CFO: $138KRhonda McGinnisCFO$138KRonnie Andress — Doc: $112KRonnie AndressDoc$112K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $145K, to Derek Boulware (CEO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Hope for All Gulf Coast

How much does Hope for All Gulf Coast give each year?

Hope for All Gulf Coast gave $716K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $754K across 4 grants.

What is Hope for All Gulf Coast's typical grant size?

Hope for All Gulf Coast's median grant in 2025 was $99,870, and its average grant was $119,353, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Hope for All Gulf Coast give grants?

Hope for All Gulf Coast gives mostly in Alabama: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Mobile, AL (4 grants).

Does Hope for All Gulf Coast give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on Hope for All Gulf Coast's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "HUD Grants" (4 grants).

Who are Hope for All Gulf Coast's largest grantees?

Hope for All Gulf Coast's largest 2025 grantees include Altapointe Health Systems ($354,148), Dumas Wesley Community Center ($100,000) and Salvation Army ($100,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 77% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Hope for All Gulf Coast?

Hope for All Gulf Coast reported $5.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.7M.

What is Hope for All Gulf Coast?

Hope for All Gulf Coast is a public charity focused on Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, based in Mobile, AL. It holds $5.8M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Hope for All Gulf Coast's EIN?

Hope for All Gulf Coast's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 63-1178693. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 24, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 7, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 28, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 24, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 8, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 17, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 25, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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