From a kitchen table in Middletown to a public charity
HOPE CHARITY FOUNDATION NFP took shape in June 2022, when Principal Officer CHARLES AFFUL and a small circle of neighbors began answering late-night calls from families who had nowhere else to try. Some needed a counselor before panic turned into a worse night. Others needed rice, diapers, or a bridge payment so they would not lose a lease.
The IRS recognized us as a tax-exempt public charity under IRC Section 501(c)(3), with exemption effective June 1, 2022, and a determination letter dated March 13, 2023 (EIN 92-2722318). We file Form 990-N as a small organization and keep our books ready for Form 990 if revenue grows.
Our longer roadmap is simple: keep the helpline staffed, expand Tuesday meal prep with local food-bank partners, and grow mentoring cohorts so teenagers in Orange County have adults who keep promises. We are not trying to become a slogan. We are trying to be reachable.
