Garden of Hope, Inc.
City-funded organization
Garden of Hope, Inc., City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $4,785,007 awarded since 2010
- Paid to date
- $3,041,333
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $4,775,007 · 18 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $7,121,484 · 95 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2011 (17 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $137,085 · Yuanfen Chi, Executive Directive
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- To fund a variety of counseling services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258802586 · ended 2026 $2,028,787
- To support comprehensive range of services in the community. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248809505 · ended 2023 $421,665
- Discretionary Mayoralty · CT100220228808082 · ended 2022 $421,665
- To provide client-centered trauma-informed culturally- Mayoralty · CT100220218802240 · ended 2021 $406,065
- Physical & sexual assault services incl crisis intervention Mayoralty · CT100220201415783 · ended 2019 $402,315
- Services to defendants and victims of human trafficking Mayoralty · CT100220211402686 · ended 2020 $242,065
- Services, victims of human trafficking (MOCS FY18 5922/6644) Mayoralty · CT100220181427200 · ended 2018 $218,315
- Physical & sexual assault services incl crisis intervention Mayoralty · CT100220201420320 · ended 2020 $160,250
- Assist victims of dom. vio, sex. asslt. & hum. trfkng. Mayoralty · CT100220181403361 · ended 2017 $128,315
- To provide support services to the AAPI community. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248809469 · ended 2023 $110,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · MOCJ · FY2020 $242,065
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · MOCJ · FY2021 $242,065
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · MOCJ · FY2022 $242,065
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · DYCD · FY2023 $242,065
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · DYCD · FY2024 $242,065
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · DYCD · FY2025 $242,065
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · DYCD · FY2026 $242,065
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · DYCD · FY2027 $242,065
- Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $230,000
- Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative (formerly Initiative for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence) Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative (formerly Initiative for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence) · DYCD · FY2026 $200,000
- Support for Victims of Human Trafficking Support for Victims of Human Trafficking · MOCJ · FY2019 $187,065
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $119,792
- Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault · MOCJ · FY2022 $119,600
- Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault · DYCD · FY2023 $119,600
- Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault · DYCD · FY2024 $119,600
- Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault · DYCD · FY2025 $119,600
- Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault · DYCD · FY2026 $119,600
- Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault · DYCD · FY2027 $119,600
- AAPI Community Support AAPI Community Support · DYCD · FY2022 $110,000
- AAPI Community Support AAPI Community Support · DYCD · FY2023 $110,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Sandra Ung FY2022-2027 · 12 awards $540,000
- Koo FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $155,250
- Holden FY2021-2025 · 5 awards $48,000
- Julie Won FY2024 · 1 award $20,000
- Phil Wong FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Susan Zhuang FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Yuanfen Chi Executive Directive $137,085
- Szu-Chi Tai Director $76,303
- Linlin Cai Director $68,164
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +312% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Yuanfen Chi · 4.97% of revenue $68,330
- FY2021 Yuanfen Chi · 3.6% of revenue $70,960
- FY2022 Yuanfen Chi · 3.4% of revenue $74,050
- FY2023 Yuanfen Chi · 3.39% of revenue $84,244
- FY2024 Yuanfen Chi · 13.61% of revenue $137,085
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of Justice 16.320 Services for Trafficking Victims · Office of Justice Programs · Grant $600,000
- Department of Justice 16.016 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program · Offices, Boards and Divisions · Grant $400,000
- Department of Justice 16.023 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program · Offices, Boards and Divisions · Grant $382,500