2016-05-05T16:22:49-05:00 2015-12-31 JAMES R POWELL CPA 5500 ROSEHILL ROAD 11-202 SARASOTA FL 342333039 990 2015-01-01 204237175 HOPE ETHIOPIA INC HOPE 4082450892 PO BOX 1303 MENLO PARK CA 940261303 GRANT BOMZE DIRECTOR & TREASURER 4082450892 2016-05-05 1 JAMES R POWELL CPA P00176747 9419223295 2016-05-04 X 2015 2016-09-27 15:27:22Z GRANT BOMZE 228 CORRAL AVENUE SUNNYVALE CA 940867007 784463 0 X WWW.HOPEETHIOPIA.ORG X 2005 CA THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH SELECTED ETHIOPIAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING HOPE TO ETHIOPIA BY HELPING ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS IN ETHIOPIA, PRIMARILY EXTREME POVERTY, HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES, AND LACK OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORPHANED AND DESTITUTE ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN. 5 0 0 0 275 0 260314 758022 0 0 7387 6166 566 275 268267 764463 163218 885902 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 919 1358 164137 887260 104130 -122797 841577 711515 0 0 841577 711515 X THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH SELECTED ETHIOPIAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING HOPE TO ETHIOPIA BY HELPING ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS IN ETHIOPIA, PRIMARILY EXTREME POVERTY, HEALTH ISSUES, AND LACK OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORPHANED AND DESTITUTE ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN. 1 1 725799 725799 606217 HOPE ENTERPRISES - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES FUNDING FOR VARIOUS HOPE ENTERPRISE PROJECTS THAT GIVE HUMANITARIAN AID TO POOR AND MARGINALIZED ETHIOPIANS, AND SPONSORSHIP OF CHILDREN IN ROGGIE VILLAGE, ETHIOPIA BY WAY OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP THEM ATTEND SCHOOL, AND ASSISTANCE TO THE FEEDING PROGRAM IN ADDIS ABABA. THE ROGGIE VILLAGE SCHOOL SPONSORS MANY CHILDREN OF ROGGIE VILLAGE TO COVER BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING EDUCATION, SKILL TRAINING, MEALS, UNIFORMS, SHOES, AND MEDICAL CARE. CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM PROVIDES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION. THE FINAL PHASE OF A PROGRAM TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL AT ROGGIE IS IN PROCESS AND SHOULD BE COMPLETE DURING 2016. IN ADDITION, A SECOND NEW SCHOOL IN SINTARO VILLAGE, MALGA, ETHIOPIA IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN 2016, WITH SIGNIFICANT FUNDING PROVIDED FROM EXISTING DESIGNATED FUNDS. FURTHERMORE, A SEPARATE SEVEN-YEAR PROJECT IS ALSO UNDERWAY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN SINTARO VILLAGE. 82438 82438 26116 HOPE COLLEGE OF BUSINEES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, WORK STUDY PROGRAMS AND ONGOING OPERATION OF THE COLLEGE, WHICH OPENED IN THE FALL OF 2011. THE COLLEGE IS ETHIOPIA'S FIRST NON-PROFIT COLLEGE, AND WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HOPE ENTERPRISES. 36000 36000 30800 WOORD EN DAAD - THE NETHERLANDS - CONSULTING CONTRACT WHEREBY WOORD EN DAAD HAS BEEN RETAINED TO MONITOR AND ADVANCE THE PROGRESS OF PROGRAMS AT HOPE ENTERPRISES, ACTING ON BEHALF OF HOPE ENTERPRISES AND THREE DONOR CHURCHES-MENLO PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA USA, VENTURE CHURCH OF LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA USA, AND COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA USA-THAT FUND ONGOING PROGRAMS AT HOPE ENTERPRISES. THE CONSULTING FEE IS $3,000 PER MONTH, AND IT IS EXPECTED THE CONTRACT WILL BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF 2016. 8074 8074 10159 ABRAHAM'S OASIS - TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES FUNDING USED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID TO A REMOTE IMPOVERISHED AREA IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA, AND TO OPERATE A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS CHILD SPONSORSHIPS, FOOD, SHELTER, SAFE WATER, AND HEALTH SERVICES. 1000 1000 58850 EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE (ETC) - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE THAT PREPARES MORE THAN 300 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR BOTH VOCATIONAL AND NON-VOCATIONAL MINISTRY IN THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN ETHIOPIA AND BEYOND. KALE HEYWET CHURCH OWNS ETC AND PROVIDES GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE COLLEGE AND ITS PROGRAMS. 32591 32591 25833 ETHIOPIAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY (EGST) - ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - PROVIDES CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT, POST-GRADUATE LEVEL THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND MEN IN ETHIOPIA AND STIMULATES RELATED RESEARCH, FOR THE SERVICE OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN ETHIOPIA AND BEYOND. EGST OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE FIRST STUDENTS IN JANUARY 1998. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS IN ETHIOPIA ARE STAFFED IN PART BY EGST GRADUATES. 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