Peruvian Outreach Project Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Through advocacy, partnerships, and outreach activities, the Peruvian Outreach Project works to enhance the lives of children and young adults living in Peru.
- Income
- $50,564
- Spending
- $44,833
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- 13 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 95%
- Employees
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Weak: 19 out of 100. Higher than 3% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
0 of 5Reports that it does not keep minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
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, 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)
- $42,291 spent. Aldea Infantil Virgen del Pilar Orphanage.The Peruvian Outreach Project (POP) continues to support the Music Workshop at the orphanage. The regional government continues to cover the instructor's pay and the children continue to receive instruction in music three times a week. We also provide support for the following: Christmas Celebration which includes special food, entertainment and gifts; sewing workshop which was set up by POP three years ago and help with supplies for the medical clinic POP established for the children and staff.Hogar Hermelinda Home for Young WomenPOP continued to provide room and board as well as tuition and transportation for the six participants in the Hogar Hermelinda Program. The home provides a secure and supportive environment for the participants who are studying to become nurses. These individuals come from rural areas of the Amazon from families with few financial resources. They continued to proceed through their studies including completing nurseing practicums. Participants graduated in 2025 and new participants have been selected for the program.Children's Center for Integrated Services (CCIS)POP has started a new program in the City of Trujillo, Peru. POP works with a local non-profit Illary Sumaq which has been established to set up a center to provide identification and evaluation of chidlren with learning differences who are struggling in a school setting. These children come from areas of high poverty where children with disabilities rarely receive any services. Opened in early 2025 and run by experienced therapists and psychologists, CCIS is providing early evaluation and identification of children with learning disabilities; providing integrated support with learning disabilities (speech, occupational, and behavioral services, educational support; training families and teachers to work with children with learning disabilities; and providing disability awareness campaigns to increase the social acceptance of people with learning disabilities in the local community.
Source: Form 990 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2020.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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