Hopeful Beginnings
Provide a developmentally appropriate christian environment where children are encouraged to let god love them, love him in return and love others in jesus' name
Hopeful Beginnings at a glance
- Total assets
- $3,106,724
- +7.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $3,611,242
- +8.9% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $51,640
- +53.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $3,336,680
- +14.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Hopeful Beginnings funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $100 (2023) to $14K (2020). In 2023 it reported $100 in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hope Evangelical Covenant Church Grand Forks, ND | General Operations | $7,614 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,106,724 | $3,611,242 | $3,336,680 | — | — | $51,640 |
| 2024 | $2,895,153 | $3,315,259 | $2,913,460 | — | — | $33,669 |
| 2023 | $2,633,392 | $2,941,176 | $2,913,840 | $100 | Total only | $144 |
| 2022 | $2,726,079 | $2,266,681 | $2,637,111 | — | — | $114 |
| 2021 | $1,205,162 | $1,362,899 | $1,332,584 | $7,614 | 1 | $1,188 |
| 2020 | $322,939 | $1,231,870 | $1,103,105 | $14,275 | 1 | $1,360 |
| 2019 | $203,063 | $976,063 | $938,471 | — | — | $643 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Hopeful Beginnings
Based on IRS filings
Hopeful Beginnings is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Grand Forks, ND. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.1M in total assets. Net investment income was $52K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Hopeful Beginnings is led by Sarah Schindler, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 1 of 7 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sarah Schindler
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$42K (2019) → $81K (2025)
Ken Nash
Chair
Member → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mason Benefield
Director of Finance
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hannah Nelson
Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Moen
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Suriano
Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nicole Massie
Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (8)
- Former: Jeff Erickson (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Laura Muizelaar (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Nikki Kieffer (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Stephanie Johnson (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Tricia Lee (2019–2024) — President
- Former: Lacy Suby (2023–2024) — Member
- Former: Jessica Ford (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Tiffany Primeau (2019–2021) — Director
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $81K, to Sarah Schindler (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Hopeful Beginnings
How large is Hopeful Beginnings?
Hopeful Beginnings reported $3.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.6M.
What is Hopeful Beginnings?
Hopeful Beginnings is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Grand Forks, ND. It holds $3.1M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Hopeful Beginnings operate?
Hopeful Beginnings has awarded grants in North Dakota.
What is Hopeful Beginnings's EIN?
Hopeful Beginnings's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-4743347. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 21, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 8, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 12, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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