CHINLE PLANTING HOPE
Mission Statement
Picture yourself in rural Chinle, AZ, the third largest community on the Navajo Nation. To go to a department store like Walmart for something as simple as school supplies, it is a 90-mile drive to Gallup, NM. A round trip journey to the orthodontist can be six hours to Flagstaff, AZ. Our community has no public playground, no recreation center, no public library, no movie theater. This isolation shapes daily life for families on the Navajo Nation. Yet, it is also a place of deep beauty, resilience, and cultural strength, a community bound by shared traditions and the Diné way of life. In 2016, a small group of local women decided to plant something new in this landscape: hope through new community-driven projects. From that vision, Chinle Planting Hope was born: an Indigenous-led nonprofit dedicated to creative community development that builds up the Diné people with dignity and empowerment.
Financial Overview — FY 2024
Compared with Peers
FY 2024| Ratio | This org | Peer median | Position (P10 → P90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Program expense ratio
Program expenses / total expenses
· higher is better
|
80.9% | 83.7% |
P10P90
|
Below median |
|
Admin expense ratio
Management and general / total expenses
· lower is better
|
19.1% | 13.2% |
P10P90
|
Below median |
|
Fundraising expense ratio
Fundraising expenses / total expenses
· lower is better
|
0.0% | 0.0% |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
|
Operating reserve
Months of expenses covered by net assets
· higher is better
|
40.8 mo | 11.3 mo |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
|
Liabilities to assets
Total liabilities / total assets
· lower is better
|
0.2% | 3.1% |
P10P90
|
Above median |
|
Revenue concentration
Share of revenue from the largest source
· lower is better
|
95.7% | 92.2% |
P10P90
|
Below median |
|
Revenue growth
Year over year revenue growth
|
59.9% | 7.1% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Expense growth
Year over year expense growth
|
3.5% | 9.1% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Surplus margin
Surplus as a share of revenue
|
54.2% | 2.9% |
P10P90
|
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets | Program % | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $602K | $276K | $937K | 80.9% | 6 |
| 2023 | $376K | $266K | $611K | 86.1% | 3 |
| 2022 | $443K | $162K | $501K | 87.9% | 3 |
| 2021 | $259K | $90K | N/A | — | 8 |
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