Empowering Quechuas
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Empowering Quechuas aims to provide spiritual and technical training, in order to give the Quechua people of Peru a hand up out of physical and spiritual poverty. Our largest and most effective ministry consists of soccer camps now in 14 Quechuan villages. The soccer program has flourished and has become well know in Peru. We provide children with the opportunity to pursue a higher education and to train their soccer skills at a high level to open doors to playing professionally, while teaching them important moral values. Several of our students have now gone on to play or coach professional soccer while being a real asset to their Church and community.
- Income
- $77,220
- Spending
- $57,425
- Reserves
- 6.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $27,942, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 78% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.9 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 26% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 (1)
- In 2025 we continued the soccer programs in 14 different Quechuan Indian villages across Peru, serving over 550 children from age 8 to 18. This year for the first time, we held a conference for all of our coaches, many traveling by foot or by horseback for many hours to attend. It provided much needed contacts and fellowship among the coaches who shared general best practices as well as inspirational stories of their commitment to each of their villages and the many students they minister to. Several of our program participants joined professional soccer teams as players and coaches. We were also able to provide Christmas Gifts and school supplies to young children in the villages we support. This required pushing heavy carts for hours over mountain and jungle trails and in some cases included taking boats across rivers to reach deep jungle villages. We continue to also support our ministry to the deaf in Africa operated by Grace Campo.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 October 13, 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 2025.
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 December 2018.
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 October 21, 2026.
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