Learn More – Q&A

What is Hop4Kids?

We’re a nonprofit organizations in San Francisco Our mission goes well beyond our great city. We help kids around the world break free from poverty. Through a proven approach, local staffs and volunteers in each country. Therefore, we’re working to give our kids the tools to grow up healthy, educated, employed and empowered to break the cycle of poverty.

In addition, when we say “we,” we mean “you,” too! Thus, we can only accomplish our goals if we do them together.

We believe that all change starts with ONE person. And we’re bringing together a movement of people who make a real difference in the world.

Who do you work for?

Our kids. Half the kids in the world (about a billion) are growing up in poverty. And while global poverty is a huge and complex problem, it’s also solvable. In fact, we’ve got a bold plan to help.

How did you get started (and when)?

We started our organization at 2018 dedicated to help end global poverty. Thus, we believe the best way to solve poverty is to start with children and teens.

What’s your goal?

To help end global poverty. And we believe the best way to solve poverty is to start with children and teens.

Most kids born into poverty have very little control over their lives and futures, so we’re working to change that. We believe we can make a difference in the world and poverty is a solvable issue. We also believe once you break the cycle of poverty for one child, you’ll impact generations to come.

Our goal is every child graduates from our program healthy, educated, employed and empowered to break the cycle of poverty.

Who works at your organization?

We have about amazing people here in San Francisco, California, Tanzania , Hong Kong, and China.

If you’re interested in meeting some of our people, you can find out more about our leadership and our president and CEO, Siu Kei Alex Kwan. In addition, our board of directors, a group of passionate business and nonprofit-minded individuals, helps oversee our organization.

Here are a few of our credentials:

• GuideStar names us as a “Platinum-level” participant
• The U.S. government lists us as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

You can also check out our annual report, 990 form and our audited financial statements.

You can see your impact in person by visiting your child and taking a tour of the local community center in Tanzania, where you can talk with our in-country staff directly.

Where does my money actually go? Do you give it directly to the kids in your program?

You’re giving dollars ensure sponsored kids have access to community centers – from Cocoa for Schools, as well as caring local staff and volunteers.

Many of our expanded programs need additional funding to allow more children to participate. Occasionally we ask supporters to donate to specific programs. Thus, we develop these programs so that each country can deliver customized support to our kids based on their specific needs where they live.

We deliver our programs so that each country can deliver better, more customized support to our kids. Our mission is that every child graduates from our program healthy, educated, employed and empowered to break the cycle of poverty.

How do you make sure my gifts to Hop4Kids are spent wisely?

We take a lot of security steps to ensure your donations are safe and support programs that deliver the most impact. For starters, your donation is directly deposited into the bank, which means the donations are handled in a secure and professional way from the moment they are received. We also have independent CPA firms help us to handle the accounting work every year. 

Do you help kids in the United States?

Yes, we have a unique program . Child poverty in the U.S. is a major issue. Currently, 15% of the population in Arkansas lives below the poverty line. And in many cases, kids feel the impact the most.

There are about 3,000 CI kids in our U.S. program, which provides after-school programs, summer camps, health education, computer education and college-prep courses.

What education benefits does my sponsored child receive?

Education doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all solution. Thus, we invest your support in a wide range of tools designed to achieve our goal of helping kids complete secondary school. Because going to school — and not dropping out — is absolutely essential to building a future free from poverty.

Here are some of the ways your support is used for education:

• Providing material support such as supplies, uniforms, shoes, books, school fees and transportation assistance
• Awarding scholarships to attend secondary school as well as vocational school, college or other higher education institutions
• Working directly with parents to ensure their kids are enrolled in school
• Academic tutoring for kids in Tanzania
• Partnering with existing educational facilities in the community – 
• Engaging parents on how to better support their children’s education
• Provision of safe learning spaces and educational resources at our community centers with libraries.

Do you provide scholarships?

Absolutely! We provide scholarship to qualified youth to continue their education through secondary school, vocational training and higher education.

If you’d like to know more, get in touch with our Care Team and we’ll walk you through the process to determine if you can provide assistance for your child or any qualified teen.

This is a payment a donor makes to a charity partly as a contribution and partly for goods or services. For example, if a donor gives a charity $100 and receives a concert ticket valued at $40, the donor has made a quid pro quo contribution. 

In this example, the charitable contribution part of the payment is $60. Even though the deductible part of the payment is not more than $75, a disclosure statement (below) must be provided by the organization to the donor because the donor’s payment (quid pro quo contribution) is more than $75. Failure to make the required disclosure may result in a penalty (below) to the organization. 

Disclosure Statement

The required written disclosure statement must:

a. Inform the donor that the amount of the contribution that is deductible for federal income tax purposes is limited to the excess of any money (and the value of any property other than money) contributed by the donor over the fair market value of goods or services provided by the charity, and

b. Provide the donor with a good faith estimate of the fair market value of the goods or services that the donor received. The charity must furnish the statement in connection with either the solicitation or the receipt of the quid pro quo contribution. If the disclosure statement is furnished in connection with a particular solicitation, it is not necessary for the organization to provide another statement when it actually receives the contribution.

Good Faith Estimates of Fair Market Value

An organization may use any reasonable method to estimate the fair market value (FMV) of goods or services it provided to a donor, as long as it applies the method in good faith. The organization may estimate the FMV of goods or services that generally are not commercially available by using the FMV of similar or comparable goods or services. Goods or services may be similar or comparable even if they do not have the unique qualities of the goods or services being valued.

Penalty for Failure to Disclose

A penalty is imposed on a charity that does not make the required disclosure of a quid pro quo contribution of more than $75. The penalty is $10 per contribution, not to exceed $5,000 per fundraising event or mailing. The charity can avoid the penalty if it can show that the failure was due to reasonable cause.

Estimate of Fair Market Value for the Tax Services

Hop4Kids has partnered with Flex-Tax, Inc. to provide 1-hour tax consulting and tax preparation service regarding donations for donors who make $5,000 or more donation. The Flex-Tax, Inc. employees volunteer their time to help the donors with tax questions and preparation. The donor has the option to decide whether to use Flex-Tax, Inc. services. 

The average cost of hiring a certified public accountant (CPA) to prepare and submit a Form 1040 and state return with no itemized deductions is $176, while the average fee for an itemized Form 1040 and a state tax return is $273 per Investopedia. Therefore, the donor may consider the value of the service will be valued at $273.