HOPE INTERNATIONAL

Motivated by the love of Christ, we invest in the dreams of families in underserved communities in 16 countries around the world as we proclaim and live the Gospel. We share the hope of Christ as we provide discipleship, biblically based training, savings services, and loans that restore dignity and break the cycle of poverty.

We seek to help foster change across four domains of impact – spiritual, material, personal, and social – through Christ-centered economic development. Our desire is that our clients and other stakeholders would grow in their relationship with Christ, experience material sufficiency and stewardship, have a greater understanding of their personal dignity and gifts, and enjoy community in place of isolation.

The challenges of poverty are complex and affect each family differently, so HOPE provides Christ-centered services that holistically impact and equip men and women to provide for their families and find their soul’s satisfaction in Jesus Christ. Through three models (microfinance institutions, savings programs, and small-and-medium-enterprise lending), we empower clients and their families using the following services:

Discipleship: We share the Gospel during regular interactions with clients and invite them to experience lasting transformation through a relationship with Christ.

Training: We provide biblically based training, mentoring, and coaching to help clients start or expand their businesses.

Savings services: We partner primarily with churches to equip them to provide savings services to their congregations, enabling families to save money to stabilize household income, provide a financial safety net, expand businesses, or pay routine expenses.

Loans: We provide loans to enable clients to access much-needed capital through purchasing productive assets, buying supplies in bulk, or investing in inventory or renovations.

HOPE International leverages staff expertise in finance, technology, economics, accounting, training, management, marketing, and development to achieve our goals. We are grateful to employ around 950 global staff including 174 HOPE International employees and 776 employees of HOPE-managed programs around the world. We also work with over 4,000 volunteers. We are privileged to partner with over 5,000 donors, without whom our work would not be possible.

As a Christ-centered microenterprise network, HOPE operates 11 programs and partners with nine like-minded organizations to reach the underserved and share the Gospel in 16 countries around the world. The HOPE International network shares resources, best practices, and learnings to multiply our impact. We participate in multiple peer networks, including SEEP and ACCORD, and are an active member of the Christian Economic Development Network.

HOPE serves clients, many of which live in especially challenging environments. Alongside local partners, we have launched eleven new savings group programs and seen clients and group members give their lives to Christ and serve their communities in transformative ways. We have seen generational impact as clients send their children to school and equip them to step into the future with confidence. We have invested in flourishing staff through our holistic staff development plan. We have collaborated with partners to create new trainings that will multiply impact and create value for clients. We have walked alongside donors as they use what’s in their hands to partner with us in participating in God’s Kingdom.

HOPE has consistently received Charity Navigator’s highest rating of four stars for the last 14 years. We are accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) and recognized by Intelligent Philanthropy for our commitment to transparency.

As the global landscape of financial services changes with the advent of new technologies and new geopolitical circumstances, we remain focused on serving underserved communities and providing distinctly Christ-centered financial services.