Hope Inspired Ministries

Name

Hope Inspired Ministries

Legal name

Hope Inspired Ministries

Website

https://hopeinspiredministries.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development Training

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Dislocated Worker & Rapid Response / Reemployment Programs (EDAAAOAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Reentry Programs (Justice-Involved) (EDAAAOAG), Work-Based Learning Programs (Internships, Apprenticeships, Community-Based Instruction) (EDAKANAF), Workforce & Job-Seeker Services (Community-Based) (EDAAAFAM), Youth & Young Adult Workforce Programs (Out-of-School Youth) (EDAAAOAD)

Keywords

• Workforce development training
• Career readiness programs
• Employment skill training
• Nonprofit community services
• Job placement assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Montgomery

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: HIM receives financial contributions from individuals via online donation portal, mail-in checks, and text-to-give (text 'HIM' to 844-844-6844). Donors can give for specific events or general operations.
2. Corporate and Foundation Giving: Partnerships with National Christian Foundation and River Region United Way (designation #75) for planned and designated giving.
3. Volunteer and In-Kind Support: Community members volunteer as devotion leaders, guest speakers, lunch providers, mentors, mock interviewers, and prayer warriors. Lunch providers donate or cater meals for students daily.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Hope Inspired Ministries operates a free 9-week workforce development program providing 360 hours of direct training per student covering soft skills, employment skills, problem-solving, and the Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) curriculum with ACT Work Keys certification. The program bundles barrier-removal supports including free daily meals, professional clothing, transportation assistance, ID documentation assistance, SNAP enrollment help, court advocacy, mentorship, and unpaid internship placement that frequently leads to employment.

Product overview

Hope Inspired Ministries (H.I.M.) operates as a unified workforce development ecosystem centered on its core 9-week H.I.M. Program, which provides 360 hours of comprehensive training through the Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) curriculum with ACT Work Keys certification. The organization runs multiple community campuses (Montgomery as the original 2012 flagship, Birmingham 2017, and Lowndes County 2020) that deliver the core program, supplemented by partner campuses including The Foundry Ministries, The Foundry Farm, Department of Youth Services facilities, correctional facilities, and Lowndes County high schools. Support services including court advocacy, documentation assistance, mentorship, and job placement are integral to the program structure. The organization primarily serves marginalized unemployed adults facing barriers including prior addiction, incarceration, mental health challenges, and limited education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• H.I.M. Workforce Development Program A 9-week comprehensive workforce development training program that prepares unemployed individuals aged 18+ to obtain, maintain, and excel at employment through 360 hours of direct training including soft skills, employment skills, problem-solving processes, life skills, and hands-on work experience through unpaid internships. The program is free to students and bundles barrier-removal supports including daily meals, transportation, professional clothing, ID documentation assistance, SNAP enrollment help, court advocacy, mentorship, and job placement assistance.
• Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) Training Industry-recognized training curriculum designed by the Alabama Community College System providing relevant, cutting-edge, and industry-driven employability skills training. Delivered as the technical core of the H.I.M. Workforce Development Program. Graduates receive ACT's National Career Readiness Certificate and Alabama Certified Employee Certificate.
• ACT Work Keys Training Foundational and applied workplace skills assessment training that prepares students for the WorkKeys assessments, leading to the National Career Readiness Certificate. Delivered as a core component of the H.I.M. Workforce Development Program.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85-90% of graduates find employment after completing the program
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Shoot for Life Sober LivingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIM's Montgomery campus partners with Shoot for Life Sober Living, which establishes and maintains faith-based recovery homes where people find freedom through recovery and are embraced by the love of Christ. Many student success stories are made possible through this partnership.
• CAWACO RC&DcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCAWACO RC&D funds the student recruitment postcard initiative in Birmingham. These postcards have been instrumental in recruiting students including the Wilson siblings and Kara Lemonds.
• The Foundry MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership started in 2019 with Saturday classes; transitioned to full-time services in 2022 where HIM's curriculum became a required piece of The Foundry Ministries' program. Located at 1800 6th Avenue North, Bessemer, Alabama.
• Department of Youth ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership started in 2021 at Mount Meigs (1000 Industrial School Road). HIM staff teach full-time inside the juvenile detention center, providing workforce readiness and life skills to youth who will re-enter society.
• The Foundry FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership expanded in 2023 to The Foundry Farm in Cullman, Alabama (575 County Road 1676), serving participants at the farm with the HIM curriculum.
• Lowndes County Board of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership started in 2023 bringing dedicated HIM staff into Central High School and Calhoun High School to teach the HIM curriculum to all seniors at each school.
• Grace Klein CommunitycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple graduates serve internships at Grace Klein Community, which often leads to employment. Wallace Sailem, Johnny Cowan II, Cynthia Bush, Annette Robertson, and others interned there.
• Pathways Women's HousingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPathways Women's Housing in Birmingham refers residents to the HIM program. Audre Cane and Sarah Cochran heard about HIM through this shelter and enrolled.
• Alabama Community College System / ACE ProgramcoreTechnology or IntegrationThe foundation of HIM's curriculum is the Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) program, a no-cost training course designed by the Alabama Community College System. Graduates receive ACT's National Career Readiness Certificate and Alabama Certified Employee Certificate.
• Alabama Department of CommerceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIM's Lowndes County campus is piloting a partnership with the Alabama Department of Commerce to assist HIM students with childcare, enabling parents to participate in the program.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Fortune Society: New York-based nonprofit offering workforce development, career readiness, and reentry support for formerly incarcerated individuals. Comparable reentry focus and employer partnership approach.
• Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO): National nonprofit providing immediate employment, retention, and career advancement support for people returning home from incarceration. Highly comparable population focus (justice-involved, chronically unemployed) and barrier-removal services.
• The Foundry Ministries: Faith-based residential recovery and reentry program in Bessemer/Cullman, Alabama that delivers the HIM curriculum as a required component of its program. Operates in the same Alabama geography serving overlapping populations (addiction, incarceration, unemployment).
• Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR): Virginia-based nonprofit providing reentry services including employment assistance to justice-involved individuals. Comparable reentry focus and barriers-to-employment mission.
• Safer Foundation: Chicago-based nonprofit providing employment, training, and reentry services to people with criminal records. Overlapping mission of workforce reentry for justice-involved individuals.
• Chrysalis: California-based nonprofit providing job readiness training, transitional employment, and placement services for individuals experiencing homelessness, incarceration, and other barriers. Closest peer in the barrier-removal employment-services model.

Broad incumbents

• CareerSource Alabama (Alabama Workforce Development Board network): State-funded American Job Center network delivering workforce training and job placement across Alabama. Operates in HIM's geography with overlapping workforce development mandate, though as a public-sector entity without HIM's barrier-removal wraparound services.
• Goodwill Industries International: National nonprofit operating workforce development, job training, and placement programs, including for individuals with barriers to employment. Closest broad-based comparable to HIM's mission, though operating at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Volunteers of America: National nonprofit with workforce development, reentry, and supportive housing programs serving individuals facing barriers including addiction, incarceration, and homelessness. Broad-based comparable in mission and population served.

Others

• Alabama Community College System (ACCS): Public two-year college system in Alabama that created the Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) curriculum which underpins HIM's training. Functions as content/credentialing partner rather than direct competitor, but adjacent in the adult workforce training space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hopeinspiredmin
• Facebookfacebook.com/HopeInspiredMinistries
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hope-inspired-ministries-him-
• Instagraminstagram.com/hopeinspiredministries

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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