2026-06-01T12:26:56-06:00 2025-12-31 832229425 Smith Going & Associates LLC 141 Ednam Dr Suite 100 Charlottesville VA 22903 990 2025-01-01 842649694 RECLAIMED HOPE INITIATIVE % Allison Spillman RECL 4342182065 911 E JEFFERSON STREET Charlottesville VA 22902 ALLISON SPILLMAN Executive Director 4342182065 2026-05-12 true AJ SMITH P02186396 4342146443 2026-06-01 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Allison Spillman 911 E JEFFERSON STREET Charlottesville VA 22902 666181 false X reclaimhopeinitiative.org X 2019 VA To strengthen and empower foster, adoptive, and special needs families and to provide healing spaces to promote family preservation by offering community support, education, mental health resources, and respite to help families move from surviving to thriving. 11 10 52 95 345 0 453955 496482 131942 116662 626 356 -11667 -6255 574856 607245 0 0 270014 420084 21500 34468 74608 315932 203742 607446 658294 -32590 -51049 35183 23603 328 37358 34855 -13755 X To strengthen and empower foster, adoptive, and special needs families and to provide healing spaces to promote family preservation by offering community support, education, mental health resources, and respite to help families move from surviving to thriving. false true 278344 89464 Camp Hope provides a safe, inclusive, and enriching summer camp experience for foster, adoptive, and children with disabilities ages 4-12. We serve children who are otherwise unable to participate in camp due to intensive behavioral needs, mental health diagnoses, intellectual disability, and significant trauma. In 2025, we served 78 campers, and held camp 5 days/week over 7 weeks. RHI uses input from campers, families, and staff to inform our program strategies. We distribute pre- and post-camp surveys to assess each campers social and behavioral development, child and parent satisfaction, and safety of camp programs. In addition to surveys, we also use face-to-face interviews, informal conversations, and onsite reviews from local professionals and program leaders to gauge the quality and effectiveness of camp activities. During the Camp Hope season, RHI uses two methods of surveys to accurately capture our outcomes from a variety of lenses. Our first method of evaluation is from lead camp staff who rate individual campers on these four skill areas: (1) emotional regulation, (2)coping skills, (3) communication, and (4) participation. This allows us to gauge how each child progresses. At the end of each day, Camp staff will report on a scale of (0-4), how much each camper demonstrated these four skills. Our baseline goal for measured improvement is 75%. RHI will also survey parents on their experience with camp to assess how well we are supporting their needs and reducing their stress levels. In addition, we use the Child & Youth Resilience Measure-Revised, which is a self-report measure of social-ecological resilience suitable for use with individuals aged 5-23. The CYRM-R is a 2- subscale, 17-item Rasch-validated measure of resilience with robust psychometric properties. This revised measure is recommended for researchers and practitioners who are interested in measuring resilience across diverse cultures and contexts. This is completed by each child on their first day of Camp Hope and their last day of Camp Hope to gauge how well our programming increases the level of child resilience. In 2025, we saw over 80% of campers show neutral or positive change across all age groups and subsets. RHI maintains active relationships with the foster, adoptive, and disability community through our delivery of direct services to families. We engage families not only in the work we do but as participants in our program development. An example of this was when parents in our other programming requested their children with more complex medical needs be able to attend Camp Hope. With this in mind, our staff met with parents to better understand the current limitations and what would be needed to meet the needs of these children. After this evaluation, we were able to accommodate children who are wheelchair users by installing a metal ramp to create access in the camp environment, as well as hiring a full-time nurse on staff to be able to manage more complex needs such as seizure disorders, g-tube feedings, and emergency medication management. As we continue to grow our staff and organizational capacity, RHI will refine and assess data collection tools as needed to measure impact from a holistic perspective. 112870 25979 Through the Thrive program, Reclaimed Hope Initiative (RHI) ensures parents and caregivers of foster, adoptive, and children with disabilities have support and respite so they can better care for themselves and their families. RHI hosts six monthly parent and caregiver support groups, four of those with on-site childcare provided by professionals qualified to care for children with complex care needs. RHI also provides skilled in-home respite care to Thrive families experiencing hardship, such as illness, job loss, or other crisis, so they can retain skilled, reliable, trusted care for their children with complex care needs. In addition to parents reporting that Thrive helped them better take care of their own needs, as well as that of their children, the lasting impact of Thrive is helping families stay together through hardship. As one family described the benefits of attending Thrive, There are so many I could name here, but for me the most siginificant are feeling like Im not alone in walking this road and having a space where I can vent about the circumstances of our situation without feeling like people are going to pity me. In the regular world there are not many people who I feel like I can share things with without that reaction, and so that means I usually wind up just not sharing much, which makes the isolation feel even worse. The challenges we face are often so specific, and having this space to feel like there are people who get it is invaluable. In 2025, we served nearly 300 individuals navigating foster, adoptive, and children with disabilities through the Thrive program, which provides six monthly parent and caregiver support groups, in-home respite care, monthly respite nights for children, and referral services. RHI surveys Thrive participants annually. Among parents and caregivers who attended at least half of support groups held in 2025, at least 80% of them reported: -Decreased feelings of isolation in parents. -Decreased feelings of stress in parents. -Increased self-esteem and self-confidence. -Increased personal coping skills to decrease mental health crisis. -Increased parent ability to manage the needs of their child without consistent overwhelm. -Decreased family separation with preventative care strategies (either parent separation or child separation). The lasting impact of Thrive is helping families stay together through hardship. One family shared that Thrive provides connection to other foster, adoptive, and special needs families who understand our reality...it isnt all sad, hard stuff; often we need a place where people understand the unique joys and victories our family has as well. Thrive has been great for us to connect to parents who get it, a place where we can be real and have our stories witnessed in a community, as well as give our child safe access to a fun space with peers who have some shared experiences; a place where she isnt the odd one out. 1219 Program coordination and training which benefits all programmatic activities. 391214 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 14 0 false 52 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false X 11 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true false true true false VA X X X Allison Spillman 4342182065 911 E JEFFERSON STREET Charlottesville VA 22902 Allison Spillman Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 55000 0 0 Dr Kenneth Norwood Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Marnie Allen Vice Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Stephanie McNerney Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ted Castellon Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ben Allen Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cicely Shelton-Barnes Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ashley Wood Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ashley Wood Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sophie Gibson Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Skip White Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ian Caskill Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stacey Gearhart Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 55000 0 0 0 false false false 57196 180000 259286 496482 Registration Fees 624100 95338 95338 Service Fees 624100 21324 21324 116662 356 356 45776 57196 58936 -13160 -13160 6560 6560 6560 Sale of Office Items 900099 345 345 345 607245 116662 345 -6244 X 55000 19250 35750 323624 282548 39043 2033 12095 3486 8516 93 29365 24189 4989 187 2213 2213 49718 49718 34468 34468 19126 12878 4901 1347 27347 1500 1000 24847 2031 2031 11385 1832 5454 4099 27786 5690 22096 1007 1007 1861 1861 5935 5935 Venue Rental 11349 11349 Training and Development 3460 1784 1676 SuppliesProgram Costs 30090 24008 5582 500 Merchant Fees 9583 2700 16 6867 851 684 167 658294 391214 192472 74608 35183 14355 1091 8157 35183 23603 328 37358 328 37358 X 28355 -54355 6500 40600 34855 -13755 35183 23603 -51049 2439 0 X false false false X 125388 203441 396783 453955 495782 1675349 125388 203441 396783 453955 495782 1675349 80504 1594845 3 626 356 985 1676334 0.95140 0.88700 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X X X X true Synapse Consulting LLC 1419 Cottontail Way Charlottesville VA 22903 Advisor false 34468 34468 34468 34468 VA Hope Fest 11837 627 11210 1284 4376 Gala 91136 56569 34567 42310 10966 102973 57196 45777 43594 15342 58936 -13159 General Explanation Attachment Synapse Consulting LLC was paid a set fee that was not dependent upon amount raised for consulting services. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The Form 990 is reviewed by the entire Board of Directors before it is filed with the IRS. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c Annual review and revisions are done by the Board of Directors as needed. Policy is reviewed and signed by all staff prior to hiring. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a State and field comparisons are done to other non-profit organizations with similar positions. Once data review is done, the budget is proposed, analyzed, and approved by the Board of Directors. Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b State and field comparisons are done to other non-profit organizations with similar positions. Once data review is done, the budget is proposed, analyzed, and approved by the Board of Directors. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are listed and linked on the footer of our website for public review. Cessation of or significant change to any program service Part III line 3 In 2025 the RAMP (Racial Advocay and Mentorship Program) was discontinued. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g Other Fees: Therapeutic Providers $12,684 Contracting Expense $ 6,443 General explanation attachment Organizations Mission : It is the mission, duty and purpose of Reclaimed Hope Initiative to provide rest, education, therapeutic resources and a place of safety for families during times of trauma, crisis and hardship due to adverse childhood experiences, secondary traumatic stress, and/or consistent family adversity due to medical, emotional and/or physical needs. Our goal is to help families reclaim hope, feel empowered, and come out on the other side stronger, better equipped, and more confident not only to parent their children, but champion their dreams as a family.