We Are Sharing Hope SC
Donations deductibleRevenue
$52.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$49.6m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$60.5m
$22.9m liabilities
Net assets
$37.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
7.2 years on average
Staff
191
155 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Gerald Wilson MD
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
We Are Sharing Hope SC's network
13 people1 organisationi13 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). 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
13 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Wilson MD Chair | Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Brian Childs MD | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Brian Thurston MD | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| ED Billings | Co-Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jackie Honig MD | Board Member/Medical Direc | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kim Collins MD | Medical Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kimberly Perkins | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kyra Morris | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lori Brigham | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| PAM Eyring | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rev Samuel Green JR | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ryan Tedford MD | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Timothy Whelan | Medical Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
11 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| David Destefano | President/CEO | since 2018 |
| Haytham Maria | Donor Surgeon | 2022 |
| Jeff Thomas | Cco | since 2018 |
| Joe Spitz | Director of It | since 2019 |
| Joesph Buell | Donor Surgeon | 2023 |
| Kim Zaruca | CDO | 2023 |
| Lorraine Kemp | Director of Qualtiy | since 2019 |
| Margaret Theresa Craft | CFO | since 2018 |
| Paulette Van Fleet | COO | 2018 |
| Stephanie Johnson | Director of Human Resources | 2022 |
| Traci Adams | Director of Hospital Devel | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Destefano | CEO | 40 | $666k | $41k | |
| Kenneth Woodside | Donor Surgeon | 20 | $342k | $37 | |
| Laia Hernandez | Donor Surgeon | 20 | $303k | $29k | |
| Joe Spitz | CIO | 40 | $300k | $26k | |
| Kim Zaruca | CDO | 40 | $292k | $18k | |
| Jackie Honig MD | Board Member/Medical Direc | 20 | $161k | ||
| Timothy Whelan | Medical Director | 10 | $132k | ||
| Brian Childs MD | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Todd Merchen MD | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lori Brigham | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alice Boylan MD | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kimberly Perkins | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brian Thurston MD | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Pam Eyring | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joe Soto | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gerald Wilson MD | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mike Murphy PhD | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- We Are Sharing Hope Sc
- EIN
- 570875658
- Address
- 2215 Henry Tecklenburg Dr, Charleston, SC, 29414-7801
- State
- South Carolina
- Mission
- As south carolina's federally designated organ procurement organization, we are sharing hope sc facilitates life-saving organ and life-enhancing tissue donation across the state. The organization supports families through their loss and offers hope to the community through the gift of organ, eye, and tissue donation. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- T20 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1988
- Principal officer
- David Destefano (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2006
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsGerald Wilson MD
≥8years on the filingsED Billings
≥8years on the filingsJackie Honig MD
≥8years on the filingsKim Collins MD
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $60.5m
- Total liabilities
- $22.9m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $37.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $41k
- Program service revenue
- $51.7m
- Employees
- 191
- Volunteers
- 155