# Operation HOPE funding: rounds and investors

> Operation HOPE has raised $450K across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Wells Fargo. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/operation-hope (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Operation HOPE*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$450K** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Grant, $450K Apr 2025
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Grant **$450K** [Wells Fargo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wells-fargo-bank-office) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Operation HOPE's own website: 6 founders, 21 on the team.

**Janice Bryant Howroyd** Founder & CEO / The ACT-1 Group

**John Hope Bryant** Founder, Chairman & CEO / Operation HOPE

**David Riley** Founder & Portfolio Manager / Climb High Capital

**H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama** Founder, OpenAI Council Co-Chair

**Mike Maples** Co-Founding Partner / Floodgate

**Sam Altman** Founder, OpenAI Council Co-Chair

- **Ed Bastian** Chief Executive Officer / Delta Air Lines
- **Jed York** Chief Executive Officer / San Francisco 49ers
- **Ambassador Andrew Young** President and CEO United Way Worldwide
- **Aron Levine** President / BMO US
- **Bill Rogers** Chairman & CEO / Truist Financial Corporation
- **Brad Hanson** President & CEO / Maxwell State Bank
- **Brad Smith** President / Marshall University
- **Chris Womack** Chairman, President & CEO / Southern Co.
- **Craig Boundy** President and CEO / McAfee
- **Curt Myers** Chairman & CEO / Fulton Financial Corporation
- **Dallas Tanner** President & CEO / Invitation Homes
- **Frank Martell** President & CEO / SmartRent
- **Harley Finkelstein** President / Shopify
- **Linda Kirkpatrick** President, Americas | Mastercard
- **Steve Phelps** President / National Association for Stock Car Racing
- **Tim Welsh** President & EVP / CCC Intelligent Solutions
- **Sarah Friar** Chief Financial Officer / OpenAI
- **Carol Clarke** General Manager / Southside Development Company

And 3 more on the team.

## Everyone who backed them

[Wells Fargo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wells-fargo-bank-office) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Quick answers about Operation HOPE

### Who invested in Operation HOPE?

Operation HOPE's investors include Wells Fargo.

### How much has Operation HOPE raised?

Operation HOPE has raised $450K across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Operation HOPE last raise?

Operation HOPE's most recent round was a Grant of $450K in Apr 2025.

### What was Operation HOPE's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $450K in Apr 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Operation HOPE first?

Operation HOPE's first round on record, in Apr 2025, was backed by Wells Fargo.

### What stage is Operation HOPE at?

Operation HOPE's latest named round is a Grant, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Operation HOPE based?

Operation HOPE is based in the United States.

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