When rent is late, the fridge is empty, or anxiety keeps someone awake at 2 a.m., our volunteers pick up the phone. HOPE CHARITY FOUNDATION NFP connects neighbors in Orange County with counseling, hot meals, and steady mentoring — no waitlists dressed up as hope.
IRS 501(c)(3) public charity · Contributions deductible under IRC §170
We keep the work concrete: a call answered before midnight, a Tuesday meal bag on a kitchen table, a teenager with a mentor who shows up every Saturday.
Trained listeners and partner clinicians take emergency counseling calls from Middletown and surrounding towns, then connect callers to local safety-net services the same day when needed.
How it works
Hot meal packages go out every Tuesday from our Middletown staging area. We also help with short-term housing costs, hygiene kits, and winter coats when a family’s budget snaps.
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Weekend outdoor mentoring, school-supply drives, and small scholarships help teens stay in class and imagine a path beyond the crisis their household is living through.
Meet the programHelpline conversations logged since 2023
Meal packages prepared on Tuesdays
Youth in mentoring or tutoring cohorts
Households helped with emergency housing costs
These frames are from distribution days, listening circles, and mentoring meetups — the ordinary work that keeps people upright.
Treasurer Christopher J. Adebayo, CPA, tracks program vs. overhead monthly. We publish the split plainly so donors in Middletown — and Google Ad Grants reviewers — can see the same numbers.
Principal Officer / President
Charles oversees strategic mission execution, IRS 501(c)(3) public-charity compliance, fiscal transparency, and community outreach alliances across Middletown, NY. He is the verified principal officer on our IRS filings and Form 990-N e-Postcards.
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March 12, 2026 · A Tuesday night shift that began with a quiet kitchen table call.
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February 4, 2026 · What happens after the meal bag leaves our staging table.
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January 18, 2026 · Saturday trails, tutoring tables, and quieter panic attacks.
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