Ministry Summary Statement

Community Impact: 9 Ministries

• Free, After School Enrichment Program for At-Risk elementary aged students
  • Students in grades 1 -5 who are below grade level in reading and math
  • Students who are economically disadvantaged
• Food Pantry – Over 235,000 meals given out in 2020; Childhood Hunger Food Assistance Program impacting 7315 families : Sponsor of 2 high school food pantries, a middle school pantry and Wake Technical Community College
• Camp Good Hope Summer Camp – affordable, Christian summer day camp with safe, structured, educational activities  ~  85 children for 8 weeks in 2020
• Crisis Assistance – financial assistance for utilities, rent, mortgage
• Carpenter’s Hands – home repairs for the elderly, widowed and physically challenged
• Jobs for Life – 16-week Biblically based job readiness program aimed at teaching the unemployed and the underemployed the necessary skill sets to acquire and keep a job
• Financial Literacy Class – 6 week class offering management strategies for balancing a budget with limited income
• Garden of Hope – Vegetable garden growing fresh vegetables for the food insecure
• Track- Out Camp – for Track 4 Students in the greater Garner area

Community of Hope Staff

• Amy White – Executive Director
• Nick Spindler – Director of Operations: All Student Programming and the Food Pantry
• Kim Wallace – Lead Program Coordinator
• Hourly employees – After School and Camp
  • After School – 5 teachers and 3 bus drivers
  • Camp – 15 part time camp counselors on rotating schedule and 2 bus drivers
• Over 80 regular volunteers

2020 Operating Budget

$321,377.00 operating expenses
+$848,706.62 in “in-kind” donations
$1,170,083.62 total operating

Funding Sources

• Corporate partnerships and in-kind donations
• Government/Corporate Grants- 35%
• Private Donations – 45 %
• Fundraising – 20 %

Tax Identification Status

501(c)(3) Charitable Organization licensed in 2004