Sewhope Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
OUR MISSION IS TO PARTNER WITH THE POOR, MARGINALIZED AND EXPLOITED IN GUATEMALA TO HELP END THE INJUSTICES OF POVERTY AND BRING ABOUT SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.
- Income
- $670,054
- Spending
- $604,295
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- 7.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 74%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 30
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 76% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 7.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 72% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 10 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 63% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $214,232 spent. EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2024: - OUR ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM WAS BUILT AND READY FOR THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR - SEINER LOPZ IS OUR FULL-TIME PRINCIPAL - TWO NEW TEACHERS WERE HIRED FOR PARVULOS AND 5TH GRADE - TEACHERS WORKED ON KHAN ACADEMY TIME EACH WEEK TO IMPROVE THEIR MATH SKILLS - FOR 2024: 8,040 MINUTES AND 555 SKILLS MASTERED, ALL WORKING AT LEAST AT THE 4TH GRADE LEVEL - REGULAR EDUCATION MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD EACH MONTH ADI CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE - STUDENTS - RAZ KIDS - 35,290 BOOKS LISTENED TO; 35,512 BOOKS READ - STUDENTS - KHAN ACADEMY MATH SKILLS - IMPROVED ON 13,027, 103 PER STUDENT - MASTERED 9,733, 77 PER STUDENT - DISTRIBUTION OF CROSSES TO STUDENTS DURING MAY VISIT, HELP FROM MAUMEE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH YOUTH - COMMUNICATION WITH SPONSORS INCLUDED A HANDMADE CARD IN MAY AND A CHRISTMAS CARD IN DECEMBER - VISIT FROM THE GUATEMALAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO DISCUSS 2025 SCHOOL YEAR - HELD MEETING WITH TEACHERS TO GO OVER RAZ AND KHAN ACADEMY AND HOW TO ASSIST STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE MORE - WE GAVE THE STANDARDIZED TEST THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ONE TIME. MOST KIDS GOT 100%, DECIDED NOT TO GIVE IT AGAIN, VERY TIME CONSUMING TO GRADE - TWO NEW DESKTOP COMPUTERS WERE PURCHASED THROUGH MONEY DONATED AT LEAP FUNDRAISER - STUDENTS RECEIVED VACCINATIONS - PLANTED NEW TREES ON SITE WITH STUDENTS CARING FOR THEM - STUDENTS HAD GUEST SPEAKERS THAT SHOWED THEM POSSIBILITIES OF FUTURE CAREERS - WE HELD A METRIC OLYMPICS WITH STUDENTS ESTIMATING AND MEASURING ACTUAL DISTANCES OF VARIOUS EVENTS - WE HAD OUR FIRST FAMILY MOVE NIGHT SHOWING THE MOVIE VIVO - OUR PEN PAL PROGRAM WITH MAUMEE VALLEY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCLUDED LETTERS AND ZOOM CALLS - VBS WAS HELD RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL WAS COMPLETED, 125 STUDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE; STUDENTS ALSO HAVE BIBLE STUDY EACH DAY AT SCHOOL - A FAMILY FUN DAY WAS HELD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND PAID FOR AND POURED A CONCRETE SLAB PERFORMANCE AREA FOR THE SCHOOL AND STUDENTS' USE - SEINER SECURED MANY DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR EXTRA ACTIVITIES EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2024: - OUR ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM WAS BUILT AND READY FOR THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR - SEINER LOPZ IS OUR FULL-TIME PRINCIPAL - TWO NEW TEACHERS WERE HIRED FOR PARVULOS AND 5TH GRADE - TEACHERS WORKED ON KHAN ACADEMY TIME EACH WEEK TO IMPROVE THEIR MATH SKILLS - FOR 2024: 8,040 MINUTES AND 555 SKILLS MASTERED, ALL WORKING AT LEAST AT THE 4TH GRADE LEVEL - REGULAR EDUCATION MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD EACH MONTH ADI CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE - STUDENTS - RAZ KIDS - 35,290 BOOKS LISTENED TO; 35,512 BOOKS READ - STUDENTS - KHAN ACADEMY MATH SKILLS - IMPROVED ON 13,027, 103 PER STUDENT - MASTERED 9,733, 77 PER STUDENT - DISTRIBUTION OF CROSSES TO STUDENTS DURING MAY VISIT, HELP FROM MAUMEE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH YOUTH - COMMUNICATION WITH SPONSORS INCLUDED A HANDMADE CARD IN MAY AND A CHRISTMAS CARD IN DECEMBER - VISIT FROM THE GUATEMALAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO DISCUSS 2025 SCHOOL YEAR - HELD MEETING WITH TEACHERS TO GO OVER RAZ AND KHAN ACADEMY AND HOW TO ASSIST STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE MORE - WE GAVE THE STANDARDIZED TEST THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ONE TIME. MOST KIDS GOT 100%, DECIDED NOT TO GIVE IT AGAIN, VERY TIME CONSUMING TO GRADE - TWO NEW DESKTOP COMPUTERS WERE PURCHASED THROUGH MONEY DONATED AT LEAP FUNDRAISER - STUDENTS RECEIVED VACCINATIONS - PLANTED NEW TREES ON SITE WITH STUDENTS CARING FOR THEM - STUDENTS HAD GUEST SPEAKERS THAT SHOWED THEM POSSIBILITIES OF FUTURE CAREERS - WE HELD A METRIC OLYMPICS WITH STUDENTS ESTIMATING AND MEASURING ACTUAL DISTANCES OF VARIOUS EVENTS - WE HAD OUR FIRST FAMILY MOVE NIGHT SHOWING THE MOVIE VIVO - OUR PEN PAL PROGRAM WITH MAUMEE VALLEY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCLUDED LETTERS AND ZOOM CALLS - VBS WAS HELD RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL WAS COMPLETED, 125 STUDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE; STUDENTS ALSO HAVE BIBLE STUDY EACH DAY AT SCHOOL - A FAMILY FUN DAY WAS HELD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND PAID FOR AND POURED A CONCRETE SLAB PERFORMANCE AREA FOR THE SCHOOL AND STUDENTS' USE - SEINER SECURED MANY DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR EXTRA ACTIVITIES
- $143,967 spent. HEALTH PROGRAM: - 11 HOSPITALS, HEALTH DISTRICTS AND CLINICS SENT PAPS TO SEWHOPE'S CYTOLOGY LAB - HELD 104 JORNADAS (MEDICAL TEAM VISITS TO OUTLYING COMMUNITIES), AVERAGING 8-9 A MONTH - 5,600 CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS AND 321 PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED - HOSTED WORKSHOPS FOR LOCAL CYTOLOGISTS AT SEWHOPE'S HEALTH CENTER ON PROPER CYTOLOGY TECHNIQUE - 3 MISSION TRIPS INCLUDED: - 7 VOLUNTEER CYTOLOGISTS FROM THE US AND PUERTO RICO - 3 VOLUNTEER OGBYNS (CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN AND OHIO) - 1 VOLUNTEER ONCOLOGIST - MAYRA SEWHOPE'S LEAD (LOCAL) CYTOLOGIST PARTICIPATED IN: - THE 1ST LATIN AMERICAN MEETING OF CYTOLOGISTS - THE 1ST MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONGRESS OF THE SAN BENITO HOSPITAL - THE "WOMEN'S RIGHT TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE FOR THE PREVENTION OF BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER" FORUM HEALTH PROGRAM: - 11 HOSPITALS, HEALTH DISTRICTS AND CLINICS SENT PAPS TO SEWHOPE'S CYTOLOGY LAB - HELD 104 JORNADAS (MEDICAL TEAM VISITS TO OUTLYING COMMUNITIES), AVERAGING 8-9 A MONTH - 5,600 CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS AND 321 PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED - HOSTED WORKSHOPS FOR LOCAL CYTOLOGISTS AT SEWHOPE'S HEALTH CENTER ON PROPER CYTOLOGY TECHNIQUE - 3 MISSION TRIPS INCLUDED: - 7 VOLUNTEER CYTOLOGISTS FROM THE US AND PUERTO RICO - 3 VOLUNTEER OGBYNS (CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN AND OHIO) - 1 VOLUNTEER ONCOLOGIST - MAYRA SEWHOPE'S LEAD (LOCAL) CYTOLOGIST PARTICIPATED IN: - THE 1ST LATIN AMERICAN MEETING OF CYTOLOGISTS - THE 1ST MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONGRESS OF THE SAN BENITO HOSPITAL - THE "WOMEN'S RIGHT TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE FOR THE PREVENTION OF BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER" FORUM
- $152,590 spent. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: - 27 STOVES AND 38 WATER FILTERS WERE INSTALLED - 750 FISH WERE RAISED AND SOLD - 200 CHICKENS WERE RAISED BY 30 STUDENTS, 1,130 WERE RAISED BY WOMEN'S GROUPS AND 22 INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES - 70 STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES, AND 43 FAMILIES WERE IMPACTED BY CD PROJECTS - 2 WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE GROUPS, WITH 9 MEMBERS EACH. TOTAL, THE GROUPS SAVED AND EARNED APPROXIMATELY 9,100 - SMALL KITCHEN OUTSIDE OF THE CLINIC WAS BUILT FOR THE WOMEN'S CO-OP MEMBERS TO USE - 677 BOXES OF KCAH FOOD WAS DELIVERED TO 60 EXTREMELY POOR FAMILIES ON A MONTHLY BASIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: - 27 STOVES AND 38 WATER FILTERS WERE INSTALLED - 750 FISH WERE RAISED AND SOLD - 200 CHICKENS WERE RAISED BY 30 STUDENTS, 1,130 WERE RAISED BY WOMEN'S GROUPS AND 22 INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES - 70 STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES, AND 43 FAMILIES WERE IMPACTED BY CD PROJECTS - 2 WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE GROUPS, WITH 9 MEMBERS EACH. TOTAL, THE GROUPS SAVED AND EARNED APPROXIMATELY 9,100 - SMALL KITCHEN OUTSIDE OF THE CLINIC WAS BUILT FOR THE WOMEN'S CO-OP MEMBERS TO USE - 677 BOXES OF KCAH FOOD WAS DELIVERED TO 60 EXTREMELY POOR FAMILIES ON A MONTHLY BASIS
- $17,238 spent. - A FOOD PACKING EVENT WAS HELD IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FOOD IS A DRIED COMBINATION OF EASILY DIGESTIBLE PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, AND VITAMINS NEEDED BY AN UNDERNOURISHED CHILD'S BODY AND MIND. 60,000 MEALS WERE PACKED IN 4 HOURS BY 250 VOLUNTEERS. AN ADDITIONAL 190,000 MEALS WERE DONATED AND ALL WERE SHIPPED TO GUATEMOLA ALONG WITH SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN OUR PROGRAMS IN GUATEMALA.
- - A FOOD PACKING EVENT WAS HELD IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FOOD IS A DRIED COMBINATION OF EASILY DIGESTIBLE PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, AND VITAMINS NEEDED BY AN UNDERNOURISHED CHILD'S BODY AND MIND. 60,000 MEALS WERE PACKED IN 4 HOURS BY 250 VOLUNTEERS. AN ADDITIONAL 190,000 MEALS WERE DONATED AND ALL WERE SHIPPED TO GUATEMOLA ALONG WITH SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN OUR PROGRAMS IN GUATEMALA.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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