HopeHouse International

What HopeHouse International does

HopeHouse International is a private, Tennessee-domiciled Christian nonprofit founded in 2001 that addresses the plight of orphans in Eastern Europe through two parallel programs. The first, HopeHouse Homes, provides housing assistance to qualified Christian families so they can adopt three or more orphans and keep sibling groups together within their own country. The second, the more recent War Widow Reestablishment Program and Hope Ranch facility, stabilizes war-widowed mothers in Ukraine through a three-pronged approach of IT vocational training and job placement, trauma care, and evangelical ministry, with the explicit goal of preventing children from entering institutional care.

The organization's proprietary intellectual property centers on the Soul-Care™ therapeutic curriculum — a biblically-based, results-oriented framework for parenting children from trauma, co-authored by co-founder Deneen A. Turner and Melissa N. Shaw, and translated into three languages for use in eight countries. Adjacent productized resources (Therapeutic Student Journal at $15, Therapeutic Children's Journal, and Soul-Care iFeel Chart placemat at $10 and wallet sizes) are sold through a basic online storefront via JotForm order links. The Learn2Live scholarship program extends engagement with adoptees into higher education. Both HopeHouse International® and Soul-Care™ are registered trademarks.

HopeHouse International does not solicit donations through mailings, email, or phone. Instead, it runs a 24-year-old annual gala circuit — "An Evening of Hope" — across four US metros (Nashville/Franklin, North Texas, Seattle, Atlanta), with table sponsorships tiered from $2,000 partial to $25,000 full-home sponsorships. Administrative overhead is fully covered by HOME-TEAM sponsors, allowing the organization to publicly state that 100% of public donations flow to programs. A small curriculum e-commerce line, AmazonSmile passive contributions, Run-2-Rescue events, Soul-Care seminars, and the Team Hope internship program round out a relationship-driven, event-led fundraising motion. The organization is CAFO-member and Excellence in Giving certified, and reports no parent company, subsidiaries, or institutional investment.

Name

HopeHouse International

Legal name

HopeHouse International

Website

https://hopehouseinternational.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HopeHouse International is a Tennessee-based Christian nonprofit, founded in 2001, that provides housing to Eastern European Christian families to enable orphan adoption and runs a War Widow Reestablishment Program in Ukraine, supported by US gala fundraising and its Soul-Care™ trauma-healing curriculum used in eight countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Orphan Care Services

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Other Community Housing Services (624229), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Orphan care services
• Adoption housing assistance
• Therapeutic parenting curriculum
• War widow reestablishment
• Christian humanitarian ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Ooltewah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individual supporters to fund orphan rescue and prevention programs. 100% of donations go directly to programs as administrative costs are covered by HOME-TEAM sponsors.
2. Event Sponsorships: Revenue from table-sponsored gala events (An Evening of Hope) where sponsors underwrite expenses and invite guests. Partial sponsors $2,000-$7,500, Joint sponsors $10,000-$20,000, Full sponsors $25,000.
3. Soul-Care Curriculum Sales: Sale of therapeutic curriculum materials including student journals, children's journals, and iFeel charts for adoptive/foster parents.
4. AmazonSmile: Amazon donates 0.5% of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to HopeHouse International.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

HopeHouse International is a faith-based nonprofit that provides housing assistance to qualified Christian families in Eastern Europe so they can adopt three or more orphans and keep sibling groups together. It also runs the War Widow Reestablishment Program and Hope Ranch (IT vocational training, trauma care, and evangelical ministry for war-widowed mothers) and sells the Soul-Care™ biblically-based therapeutic curriculum and resource tools to adoptive and foster parents to address trauma in children.

Product overview

HopeHouse International is a Christian ministry organization operating a multi-faceted humanitarian and evangelical program portfolio. The core offerings include: HopeHouse Homes (housing assistance enabling Christian families in Eastern Europe to adopt orphans), the War Widow Reestablishment Program and Hope Ranch (providing IT training, trauma care, and ministry to prevent orphanhood), and Soul-Care™ (a therapeutic curriculum and resource products for adoptive/foster parents). Supporting programs include Learn2Live scholarships for education, the Team Hope Internship Program, and the An Evening of Hope Gala fundraising events. The organization does not have a technology product but rather provides humanitarian services focused on orphan rescue and prevention through family stabilization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Soul-Care™: Therapeutic Curriculum for adoptive and foster parent training, addressing trauma in children from difficult circumstances. Co-authored by Melissa N. Shaw and Deneen A. Turner.
• Learn2Live
• Hope Ranch

Products and services

• Soul-Care™ Therapeutic Curriculum A Christian-based, results-oriented comprehensive therapeutic approach for ongoing home-based interventions used by adoptive and foster parents to parent children/teens from trauma and create healthy emotional attachments. Addresses behaviors including detachment, hoarding food, lying, ADHD, fear, anxiety, grief, and aggression. Used in eight countries and translated into three languages.
• Soul-Care™ Therapeutic Resources Purchasable therapeutic tools for adoptive and foster parents including the Therapeutic Student Journal (writing prompts for tweens/teens 10+), Therapeutic Children's Journal (drawing prompts for younger children), and Soul-Care iFeel Chart in placemat and wallet-size versions for emotional identification and attachment support.
• HopeHouse Homes Program Housing assistance provided to qualified Christian families in Eastern Europe (recommended by local pastors and approved by the Board of Directors) to enable them to adopt three or more orphans, keeping sibling groups together and raising them in their own country.
• Learn2Live Scholarship Program Higher education scholarships provided to orphans and adopted children who have demonstrated healthy personal growth and maturity through Soul-Care accountability measures.
• War Widow Reestablishment Program A comprehensive 3-pronged program for war-widowed mothers in Ukraine combining IT vocational training, certification and job placement with trauma care and evangelical ministry to stabilize families and prevent institutionalization of children. Sponsorship priced at $3,000 per family.
• Hope Ranch Residential Program A residential program facility providing war-widowed mothers and their children with IT vocational training, trauma care, evangelism/discipleship programs, and temporary housing for orphans awaiting adoption.
• Team Hope Internship Program Leadership development internship program offering students and volunteers opportunities in communications, business/nonprofit management, and behavioral sciences, with optional field work practicum trips to Eastern Europe.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 750 orphans rescued from cycle of homelessness, suicide, imprisonment, and human trafficking
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• AmazonminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAmazonSmile program where Amazon donates 0.5% of eligible purchases to HopeHouse International. Users must manually select HopeHouse International as their charity of choice on smile.amazon.com.
• Chris Mastalia PhotographyminorOthersPhotographer of gala events for An Evening of Hope.
• Rebekah Pope PhotographyminorOthersPhotographer of Ukrainian Children's Art Collection featured at gala events.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bethany Christian Services: Bethany provides adoption, foster care, and refugee services globally, with established programs in Eastern Europe. Comparable to HopeHouse in mission scope (orphan care, family-based solutions) and Christian-affiliated operating model.
• Lifesong for Orphans: Lifesong supports orphan care through adoption financial aid, missions, and church partnerships, with a focus on sustaining families who adopt. Strongly comparable to HopeHouse's adoption-grant and church-driven model.
• Holt International: Holt International is one of the largest US-based adoption and child welfare agencies, with a long history of placing orphans from Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Directly comparable to HopeHouse on the core activity of facilitating international adoption and post-adoption support.
• Reece's Rainbow: Reece's Rainbow raises adoption grants for children with Down syndrome and other special needs, primarily from Eastern Europe. Directly comparable to HopeHouse on the Eastern European orphan-adoption-aid focus.
• Show Hope: Show Hope provides adoption financial assistance and post-adoption care, including a recognized medical care center. Comparable to HopeHouse on the adoption-aid + trauma-care continuum serving Christian families.
• Nightlight Christian Adoptions: Nightlight is a Christian adoption agency with international programs, including Eastern Europe. Comparable to HopeHouse on the faith-based international adoption facilitation and post-adoption support offerings.
• Children's HopeChest: HopeChest pairs US donors with partner communities in Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia to support vulnerable children and families. Comparable to HopeHouse on the international orphan-care and church-partnership model.

Emerging players

• Soldiers' Angels: Soldiers' Angels provides support to military families, including widows and children of fallen service members. Comparable to HopeHouse's War Widow Reestablishment Program in mission scope (war widows and their children) and family-stabilization orientation.

Others

• ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism): ABWE operates faith-based humanitarian and church-planting programs in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine. Comparable as a peer ecosystem player working in the same region with similar evangelical and family-stabilization programming.

Regional players

• Mission to Ukraine: Mission to Ukraine provides humanitarian aid, widow support, and children's ministry in war-affected Ukraine. Comparable to HopeHouse's Hope Ranch and War Widow Reestablishment Program on the wartime-widow and child-welfare focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hope-house-international-inc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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