Hope Cooperative

A nonprofit organization
Fundraise

$15,045 raised by 101 donors

50% complete

$30,000 Goal

Building pathways to housing, healing, and hope for 45 years.

For 45 years, Hope Cooperative has helped people rebuild their lives through housing, healing, and hope.

We partner with individuals and families experiencing homelessness, mental health challenges, substance use disorders, and other barriers to stability by providing compassionate, person-centered care that supports long-term recovery and independence.

Each year, Hope Cooperative serves more than 10,000 people across Sacramento County through supportive housing, behavioral health services, crisis support, wellness programs, care coordination, and community-based services designed to help people thrive.

What begins as a search for safety and support often becomes a journey toward stability, connection, and a place to call home. Many of the people we serve arrive experiencing homelessness and later transition into permanent housing with the tools and support needed to sustain it.

Founded in 1981, Hope Cooperative helped bring some of the region’s first supportive housing programs to Sacramento and has grown into a leader in innovative housing and behavioral health services. Today, we continue to expand access to housing, culturally responsive care, and community-based support with a deep belief that every person deserves dignity, opportunity, and the chance to build a brighter future.

Powered by more than 350 compassionate staff members, Hope Cooperative remains committed to strengthening our community by creating pathways to healing, recovery, and lasting housing stability.

Join us in creating brighter futures across our community. Whether through giving, partnering, volunteering, or sharing our mission, you can help bring housing, healing, and hope to more people in need.

Giving Activity

Mission

Hope Cooperative transforms the lives of those living with behavioral health challenges, substance use disorders, and homelessness by supporting their independence, promoting housing stability, and empowering them to make positive changes in their lives.

Needs

Big Day of Giving 2026: Welcoming People Home with Hope Cooperative

At Hope Cooperative, we know that providing a home is just the first step. For individuals and families transitioning from homelessness into permanent supportive housing, simply having a roof over their heads is not enough. Many move in with little more than the clothes they are wearing, lacking even the most basic items needed to live with dignity, comfort, and independence.

This Big Day of Giving, we are asking for your support to fund Welcome Kits that help our new residents start fresh. Each kit provides critical household essentials that most of us take for granted but are transformative for someone beginning a new chapter in their life.

YOUR GIFT WILL HELP PROVIDE:

- Cleaning Kits ($20): Paper towels, bathroom and kitchen cleaner, floor cleaner, trash bags, and a toilet brush. These basic supplies allow residents to maintain a clean, healthy living environment from the moment they move in.

- Bath Kits ($50): Bath and hand towels, toilet paper, a plunger, and a toilet brush. Hygiene and personal care are essential for restoring dignity and building a sense of normalcy.

- Bakeware Kits ($50): Measuring cups, baking pans, and mixing bowls. Having the tools to prepare simple, nourishing meals empowers residents to care for themselves and feel at home in their kitchens.

- Bed Kits ($100): Sheet sets, comforters, mattress protectors, pillows, and an alarm clock. A good night's sleep is foundational to physical and mental health and provides much-needed comfort and stability.

- Kitchen Kits ($150): Pots and pans, a knife set, 16-piece flatware, dishware set, serving and cooking utensils, towels, a colander, and a drying rack. A fully equipped kitchen not only supports self-sufficiency but also gives residents the opportunity to rebuild routines and traditions around food and community.

Each Welcome Kit we provide makes a tangible, immediate difference. These kits are more than just household items—they are the building blocks for success, resilience, and hope.

By supporting Hope Cooperative this Big Day of Giving, you are helping to transform empty spaces into real homes and providing the tools that allow our residents to build brighter futures.

Thank you for joining us in making hope tangible for those who need it most.

Equity Statement

Hope Cooperative centers equity as one of our organizational values. We have been committed to hiring people with lived expertise with mental health challenges, substance use disorders and homelessness since our founding. We intentionally strive to ensure that our staff, management and board represent the people we serve from a number of perspectives: race, ethnicity, age, geography, gender, sexual orientation, and lived experience. 45% of our management team identifies as BIPOC and we actively create opportunities for advancement among our staff of color as well as our LGBTQ staff. We strive to become a truly antiracist organization believing that when we know better, we do better, and we are constantly committed to learning through cultural humility.

Honesty, Opportunity, Passion, & Equity (H.O.P.E)

Hope Cooperative is dedicated to purposeful action to dismantle the systems that devalue and dehumanize people. We believe health equity is a priority and diversity is strength. Hope Cooperative creates space for individual backgrounds, cultures, identities, and perspectives which leads to richer, more innovative solutions for all. We can only do this through directly naming and addressing systemic biases and privileges that impact our society.

HOPE is…

…recognized as a leader who values the whole person.

…fostering an equitable, inclusive, and welcoming space for our staff and community.

…providing opportunities for growth and development.

…devoted to learning, fostering, and embracing a culture of belonging.

HOPE is committed to continually reducing barriers impacting underrepresented groups.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Hope Cooperative

other names

TLCS, Inc.

Year Established

1981

Tax id (EIN)

94-2777955

Guidestar

Mission Category

Mental Health & Crisis Intervention

Operating Budget

$10,000,001-$100 million

Organization Need

Funding: Unrestricted, Space: Office or Other, Funding: Program, Other

Demographics Served

Individuals with disabilities, Homeless/Underhoused/Unhoused, Low-income individuals/families

BIPOC Leadership

Executive Director/CEO

Local Counties Served

Sacramento

Equity Statement

Equity Statement

Address

650 Howe Ave. Bldg 400-A
Sacramento, CA 95825

Service areas

Sacramento County, CA, US

Phone

916-441-0123

fax

916-441-6893

Email

info@hopecoop.org

Website

http://www.hopecoop.org

Social Media