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Valley Hope Association Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Norton, KS EIN: 48-1236586 Website

The vha foundation's mission is to secure charitable gifts and grants to aid valley hope association patients and their families in the treatment and recovery from their addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

Valley Hope Association Foundation at a glance

In short: Valley Hope Association Foundation gave $7.1M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $7.1M), mostly in Kansas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$7,100,401
+164.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$7,100,401
+164.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$7,100,401
Total assets
$5,597,393
-37.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
Kansas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Valley Hope Association Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Valley Hope Association: $7.1MValley Hope Association$7.1M

The largest 2025 recipient was Valley Hope Association ($7.1M).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K1$500K–1M3$1–5M1$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Norton

How Valley Hope Association Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 326% 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$2M$4M$6M$8M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $584K (2020) to $7.1M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $7.1M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Valley Hope Association Norton, KSTreatment Scholarships$7,100,401
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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$5,597,393$5,793,202$8,154,295$7,100,4011$372,771
2024$8,950,589$5,264,298$3,697,521$2,684,4201$355,506
2023$6,470,074$2,293,429$2,080,840$1,322,2971$117,147
2022$6,643,427$2,377,369$2,370,753$1,667,4501$-315,563
2021$6,765,420$1,923,033$1,056,747$672,4961$677,100
2020$5,559,239$832,909$1,040,813$583,7771$77,833
2019$5,989,650$811,277$1,317,482$787,5181$141,532

About Valley Hope Association Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Valley Hope Association Foundation is a public charity focused on Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, based in Norton, KS. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $7.1M. Net investment income was $373K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Valley Hope Association Foundation is led by Patrick Hall, CEO & Trustee on the 2025 filing; none of the 13 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Patrick Hall

    CEO & Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Bahe

    Chairman

    Trustee → Chairman, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Lolley

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Bohart

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Ritchie

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Pachner

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristine Evans

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kim Stertz

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Colip

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rodney Demaree

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Miller

    Vice Chairman

    Trustee → Vice Chairman, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Megan O'Connor

    Dir-Executive Foundation & Secretary

    Secretary → Secretary & Executive Director, 2024

    Secretary & Executive Director → Dir-Executive Foundation & Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Warren Whitted III

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (17)
  • Former: Lisa Ruzicka (2019–2024) — Pt Yr Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Steve Knuth (2019–2024) — Chairman, CEO & President-Vha
  • Former: Rod Demaree (2021–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Dale Jacobson (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Dan McCormick (2019–2021) — Chairman
  • Former: Gonzalo Ardavin (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Joe Sims (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Maureen Murray (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Chris Wilkins (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Jolene Nichols (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Pat George (2019–2020) — Chairman
  • Former: Amanda Rawson (2019) — Assistant Secretary Non-Voting
  • Former: David Bear (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Greg Goff (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Jeff Wheeler (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Karen Miller (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Ryan Stover (2019) — Treasurer

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.

Frequently asked questions about Valley Hope Association Foundation

How much does Valley Hope Association Foundation give each year?

Valley Hope Association Foundation gave $7.1M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.7M across 1 grant.

How large is Valley Hope Association Foundation?

Valley Hope Association Foundation reported $5.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.8M.

What is Valley Hope Association Foundation?

Valley Hope Association Foundation is a public charity focused on Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, based in Norton, KS. It holds $5.6M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Valley Hope Association Foundation operate?

Valley Hope Association Foundation has awarded grants in Kansas.

What is Valley Hope Association Foundation's EIN?

Valley Hope Association Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 48-1236586. 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 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 21, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 5, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 29, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 26, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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