New Hope Ministries 
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Summary
New Hope Ministries is a Christian social service agency that shows the love and hope of Christ by serving our neighbors in times of need and supporting their efforts toward stability.
Contact information
Mailing address:
New Hope Ministries
P.O. Box 448
P.O. Box 448
Dillsburg, PA 17019
Website: nhm-pa.org
Phone: 717-432-2087
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 232223120
CEO/President: Eric Saunders
Chairman: John W. Gehrlein
Board size: 12
Founder:
Ruling year: 1983
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Every life transformed!
Mission statement
New Hope Ministries is a Christian social service agency that shows the love and hope of Christ by serving our neighbors in times of need and supporting their efforts toward stability.
Statement of faith
1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in the deity of our lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved into the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 73 of 1435 | 10 of 162 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 308 of 1435 | 25 of 162 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 70 of 1435 | 9 of 162 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 233 of 1436 | 28 of 162 |
According to the organization's Form 990, it received $1,170,917 in government grants in 2025.
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 10% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 8% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 93% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 96% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 9% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 7% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 81% | 94% | 94% | 93% | 93% | 93% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 97% | 102% | 94% | 97% | 90% | 82% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 79% | 96% | 88% | 90% | 84% | 76% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 3% | -2% | 6% | 3% | 10% | 18% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 2% | -2% | 8% | 3% | 11% | 22% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.56 | 1.32 | 1.15 | 1.06 | 0.95 | 0.96 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.05 | 2.79 | 2.69 | 3.05 | 2.84 | 2.17 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.08 | 3.68 | 3.10 | 3.24 | 2.70 | 2.09 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 10.26 | 31.56 | 21.94 | 28.73 | 19.31 | 40.89 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.14 | 3.16 | 3.69 | 3.58 | 4.22 | 5.59 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 1% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 145% | 75% | 84% | 93% | 101% | 102% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Cash | $764,318 | $1,226,775 | $488,370 | $723,111 | $622,174 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $1,929,322 | $1,710,628 | $1,591,990 | $1,639,216 | $1,707,131 |
| Short-term investments | $1,807,609 | $1,767,266 | $1,603,587 | $1,490,384 | $2,221,635 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $4,501,249 | $4,704,669 | $3,683,947 | $3,852,711 | $4,550,940 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $7,820,879 | $7,344,602 | $7,487,730 | $6,080,636 | $5,235,368 |
| Other long-term assets | $214,944 | $597,498 | $60,007 | $1,005,043 | $95,940 |
| Total long-term assets | $8,035,823 | $7,942,100 | $7,547,737 | $7,085,679 | $5,331,308 |
| Total assets | $12,537,072 | $12,646,769 | $11,231,684 | $10,938,390 | $9,882,248 |
| Liabilities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $142,622 | $214,454 | $128,236 | $199,132 | $111,289 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $348 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $142,622 | $214,454 | $128,236 | $199,480 | $111,289 |
| Debt | $0 | $140,491 | $0 | $244,473 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $5,989 | $4,949 | $5,275 | $5,697 | $6,448 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $5,989 | $145,440 | $5,275 | $250,170 | $6,448 |
| Total liabilities | $148,611 | $359,894 | $133,511 | $449,650 | $117,737 |
| Net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Without donor restrictions | $11,200,924 | $11,208,078 | $9,803,770 | $9,499,415 | $8,867,976 |
| With donor restrictions | $1,187,537 | $1,078,797 | $1,294,403 | $989,325 | $896,535 |
| Net assets | $12,388,461 | $12,286,875 | $11,098,173 | $10,488,740 | $9,764,511 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total contributions | $16,112,767 | $15,400,498 | $12,194,156 | $11,284,831 | $11,212,971 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $82,928 | $85,600 | ($63,017) | $140,887 | $278,761 |
| Other revenue | $113,724 | $108,104 | $180,381 | $101,215 | $140,572 |
| Total other revenue | $196,652 | $193,704 | $117,364 | $242,102 | $419,333 |
| Total revenue | $16,309,419 | $15,594,202 | $12,311,520 | $11,526,933 | $11,632,304 |
| Expenses | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Program services | $15,597,639 | $13,674,500 | $11,071,277 | $9,641,605 | $8,896,031 |
| Management and general | $379,298 | $363,354 | $324,004 | $267,057 | $217,284 |
| Fundraising | $577,326 | $552,592 | $528,970 | $480,443 | $417,842 |
| Total expenses | $16,554,263 | $14,590,446 | $11,924,251 | $10,389,105 | $9,531,157 |
| Change in net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($244,844) | $1,003,756 | $387,269 | $1,137,828 | $2,101,147 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($244,844) | $1,003,756 | $387,269 | $1,137,828 | $2,101,147 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Eric Saunders | Executive Di | $132,268 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2025
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History
January 1982 it was announced that because of government cuts to domestic programs, particularly to human services, Community Progress Council of York would be phasing out the programs of Dillsburg Dover Social Services, Incorporated (the only social service center in the area) by the end of the year.
Concerns about the impact this would have on the community, particularly for those 430 families being served at a time of growing unemployment, prompted representatives from local churches to begin planning for an outreach ministry that would help fill the void when the governmentfunded center closed.
Generally, individual churches are not prepared to handle the task of emergency assistance alone, but by networking together with the community, churches can provide a center of service and emergency assistance, encouragement, and hope to those struggling with real survival needs.
New Hope Ministries was incorporated by the end of the year, 1982, and officially opened its doors for operation January 3, 1983, at the Brethren in Christ Church in Dillsburg. The name "New Hope" had been selected to convey a message of hope and encouragement to those coming for assistance as well as to identify the ministry with the message of hope Christ holds out to all mankind.
A year later, on January 7, 1984, New Hope Ministries filed a formal application with the United Way of York County to become a Partner Agency. On February 1, 1984, a United Way panel met with a group of New Hope staff, board members, and volunteers to review New Hope's application. On April 1, 1984, New Hope Ministries was formally approved as a United Way Partner Agency.
In 1985 the Dover Area Ministerium requested New Hope to open a center in Dover. An Advisory Council was established, and the Dover Center of New Hope Ministries opened in April 1986.
Similarly, the Mechanicsburg Council of churches came to New Hope in 1988, asking for advice in setting up a ministry for emergency assistance in the Mechanicsburg area. Already some of the churches in Mechanicsburg were contributing to the center in Dillsburg, but there was need for such a ministry in Mechanicsburg. The Council decided to come under the incorporation umbrella of New Hope in the way Dover had done, rather than go through the process of incorporating a separate agency. The Mechanicsburg Center of New Hope Ministries opened in January 1989.
In 2008, New Hope's board of directors embraced an expanded mission to provide stability programs to provide educational and employment support to the families we serve to promote stability.
New Hope extended services to the West Shore area in 2010, as part of our Mechanicsburg center moving to a new Hampden Township location on East Trindle Road.
In January 2011, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, New Hope debuted a mobile food pantry model in the York County community of Wellsville, with the goal of reaching rural pockets of poverty where transportation is a barrier.
In August 2012, assumed operations of the Hanover Food Bank and Family Center operated by the Red Cross, Hanover Chapter, which had been in continuous operation since the 1930's. In 2014, New Hope's Hanover site moved to the former Evening Sun newspaper building on Baltimore Street serving the Hanover area of York County.
In October 2016, New Hope opened its 2nd Cumberland County location serving the Lemoyne and nearby riverfront communities of Cumberland County. In December 2016, New Hope assumed operation of the New Oxford Food Bank in Adams County.
In December 2017, New Hope combined its separate Dillsburg Center and Administrative Office in Dillsburg into one new facility on the corner of West Church and North Second streets in Dillsburg.
In February 2018, an upgraded version of our mobile pantry was launched in York Springs, consisting of a custom trailer where guests would walk through the trailer to shop for food.
As New Hope Ministries has grown, God has abundantly provided committed staff and volunteers and the needed resources, and after 35 years, we are still committed to sharing Christ's love by helping our neighbors in need, and currently provide services to close to 20,000 individuals from 8,400 families in York, Adams, and Cumberland Counties.