Operation HOPE Achieves Recognition from Atlanta Business Chronicle, Energage, and Charity Navigator

Named the #17 Largest Nonprofit in Metro Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Recognized as an Energage Best Place to Work, and Awarded a 12th Consecutive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, today announced three significant organizational honors that underscore its impact, workplace culture, and high standards of nonprofit management. The organization was recognized as the #17 largest nonprofit organization in metro Atlanta in the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2026 ranking of Atlanta’s Largest Nonprofit Organizations, earned designation as one of Energage’s Best Places to Work, and received its 12^th consecutive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest independent charity evaluator.

Together, these distinctions reflect Operation HOPE’s continued growth, mission-driven culture, and dedication to responsible stewardship as it works to advance financial dignity and economic opportunity for underserved communities nationwide.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s annual list, published on May 15, 2026, ranks organizations based on 2024 gross revenue and highlights many of the region’s most impactful and distinguished institutions. Operation HOPE is honored to be recognized alongside respected organizations including Habitat for Humanity International, American Cancer Society, Atlanta Community Food Bank, The Carter Center, United Way of Greater Atlanta, and many others serving communities across Atlanta and beyond. The Energage Best Places to Work distinction is based on confidential employee feedback measuring workplace culture, leadership, engagement and organizational effectiveness. Further demonstrating its commitment to transparency and accountability, Operation HOPE earned its 12th consecutive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, a distinction achieved by only a select group of nonprofit organizations nationwide.

“We are honored to be recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Energage and Charity Navigator. These distinctions reflect the dedication of Operation HOPE’s team, partners, supporters, and the communities we serve as we continue our mission to expand financial literacy, empowerment, and economic inclusion,” said Brian Betts, President and CFO of Operation HOPE.

About Operation HOPE, Inc.

Since 1992, Operation HOPE has been moving America from civil rights to "silver rights" with the mission of making free enterprise and capitalism work for the underserved—disrupting poverty for millions of low and moderate-income youth and adults across the nation. Through its community uplift model, HOPE Inside, which received the 2016 Innovator of the Year recognition by American Banker magazine, Operation HOPE has served more than 4 million individuals and directed more than $4.5 billion in economic activity into disenfranchised communities—turning check-cashing customers into banking customers, renters into homeowners, small business dreamers into small business owners, minimum wage workers into living wage consumers, and uncertain disaster victims into financially empowered disaster survivors. For more information: OperationHOPE.org. Follow the HOPE conversation on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.