Convoy of Hope

What Convoy of Hope does

Convoy of Hope is a faith-based humanitarian organization headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. It is best known for disaster response in the U.S. and internationally, and it also runs children's feeding, agriculture and women's empowerment programs overseas and large community outreach events in the U.S.

Hal, Steve and Dave Donaldson founded it in 1994 in Sacramento, California, and it moved to Springfield in 1996. Its disaster team works from a central headquarters and regional distribution centers with a fleet of response vehicles, specialty equipment and mobile operation centers, and it stocks international warehouses so supplies are ready to move quickly. Relief usually means food, clean water and hygiene items, followed by longer-term recovery help, with local leaders and volunteers trained to respond in their own communities. In 2025 it reported 43 U.S. and 49 international disaster responses serving more than 2.6 million people, and it counts over 900 responses to date.

Evaluators and the organization describe its finances differently: Convoy of Hope says nearly 90.8% of its income funds programs, while CharityWatch gives it a C+, reporting 58% of spending on programs in 2023. CharityWatch also notes that, as a religious organization, it is not required to file the IRS Form 990.

Key facts

• Reports 350 million+ people helped, $3.1 billion+ in food and supplies shared and 1.2 million volunteers engaged since 1994 (convoyofhope.org)
• In 2025: 43 U.S. and 49 international disaster responses, serving 2.6 million+ people (convoyofhope.org disaster relief page)
• 900+ total U.S. and international disaster responses to date (convoyofhope.org disaster relief page)
• Opened a 125,000-sq-ft regional distribution center in Georgia in August 2025 to improve disaster response times (Wikipedia)

Before you give

• Accepts stock and crypto (via Overflow), IRA qualified charitable distributions, real estate, vehicles, crops, in-kind goods, estate gifts (Hope Society) and employer matching (convoyofhope.org/donate/non-cash).
• Per CharityWatch, Convoy of Hope does not file IRS Form 990 as a religious organization, so less public financial detail is available than for most charities.