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US nonprofit · EIN 264339458 · Lake Charles, LAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 264339458) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Whispering Hope Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$283k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$474k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$3.3m
$221k liabilities
Net assets
$3.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
7.4y av
Staff
2
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
7
reported in Part VI
Exemption reinstated on 15 November 2011. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 November 2011 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Whispering Hope Inc's network

7 people1 organisationi7 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Kathryn NavarreCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Michelle GuidryPresident2019
7 yrs
Nomica GuilloryDirector2019
7 yrs
Norvell ColeyVice Preside2019
7 yrs
Pastor Marvin DurganTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Paula RamseyDirector2019
7 yrs
Rosalie LewisDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Norvell ColeyVice Preside$0
Pastor Marvin DurganTreasurer$0
Michelle GuidryPresident$0
Nomica GuilloryDirector$0
Rosalie LewisDirector$0
Kathryn NavarreSecretary$0
Paula RamseyDirector$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Whispering Hope Inc
EIN
264339458
Address
2501 Griffin Street, Lake Charles, LA, 70601-2015
State
Louisiana
Mission
To own, manage, operate, and provide qualified supportive housing for very low income households having at least one elderly person (62 years of age or older). (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
L22 Housing and shelter
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Housing & Shelter
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2009
Principal officer
Michelle Guidry (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsKathryn Navarre
≥7years on the filingsMichelle Guidry
≥7years on the filingsNomica Guillory
≥7years on the filingsNorvell Coley

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$3.3m
Total liabilities
$221k
Net assets or fund balances
$3.1m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$283k
Employees
2

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$283k$474kDeficit $190k
2023$910k$403k$507k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.