Aid Via Action Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO HELP DELIVER CARE TO GUATEMALAN PEOPLE AND MINIMIZE DISPARITIES IN SURGICAL CARE BETWEEN LOW-INCOME AND HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES. THE SPECIFIC MISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE AT SPECIFIC SITES IN NORTHERN GUATEMALA SUCH THAT LOCAL PHYSICIANS CAN PROVIDE CARE TO THE GUATEMALAN PEOPLE WITH COMPETENCE AND COMPASSION. SPECIFICALLY: TO ASSIST WITH MEDICAL NEEDS OF COUNTY HOSPITALS IN NORTHERN GUATEMALA BY DONATING EQUIPMENT FOR THE OPERATING ROOM INITIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON LAPAROSCOPIC EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST WITH SURGEONS AND ANESTHESIOLOGIST AS WELL AS ANCILLARY STAFF TO ASSIST WITH SPECIALIZED OPERATIONS TO STRENGTHEN A BI-DIRECTIONAL EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE BY SENDING MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE US TO GUATEMALA BY SENDING RESIDENTS FROM THE US TO GUATEMALA RECEIVING STUDENT FROM GUATEMALA TO THE UNITED STATES TO ENRICH THEIR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WITH THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF GUATEMALAN INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE IN A CAREER I
- Income
- $46,444
- Spending
- $20,047
- Reserves
- 29.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
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
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 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)
- $19,833 spent. AID VIA ACTION SHORT MISSION TRIPS PARTICIPATION IN THE AID VIA ACTION MISSION TRIPS IS CURRENTLY SELF-FUNDED FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS; HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SEVERAL KEY COMPONENTS TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THE ORIENTATION DINNER, A GUIDED CULTURAL VISIT TO TIKAL WITH TRANSPORTATION AND LUNCH, AND A CLOSING DINNER WITH CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION. THE CLINICAL MISSION IS FOCUSED ON DELIVERING HIGH-IMPACT SURGICAL CARE WHILE FOSTERING EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION. CORE SURGICAL PRIORITIES INCLUDE GENERAL SURGERY PROCEDURES SUCH AS INGUINAL AND UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIRS, LIPOMA EXCISIONS, VENTRAL HERNIAS, CHOLECYSTECTOMIES (OPEN AND LAPAROSCOPIC), AND AMPUTATIONS, AS WELL AS PEDIATRIC SURGICAL CASES OF SIMILAR SCOPE. ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPY, PARTICULARLY LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, IS A GROWING AREA OF EMPHASIS. IN ADDITION, A RAPIDLY EXPANDING UROLOGY PROGRAM AT HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE SAN BENITO IS ADDRESSING CRITICAL UNMET NEEDS, WITH PARTICULAR DEMAND FOR TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (TURP) PROCEDURES AND INCREASING PROCEDURAL COMPLEXITY OVER TIME. MISSION TRIPS ARE HELD THREE TIMES ANNUALLYLATE JANUARY, MID-JUNE, AND THE WEEK PRECEDING THANKSGIVINGWITH DATES TYPICALLY ANNOUNCED UP TO TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE. VOLUNTEERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPRESS INTEREST EARLY TO FACILITATE PLANNING. THE STANDARD SCHEDULE INCLUDES ARRIVAL IN FLORES OVER THE WEEKEND, FOLLOWED BY ORIENTATION ON SUNDAY EVENING AT LA CASONA DEL LAGO, OPERATIVE DAYS ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND OCCASIONALLY FRIDAY (PRIMARILY FOR UROLOGY), AND A MIDWEEK CULTURAL EXCURSION TO TIKAL. SURGICAL OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED ACROSS THREE OPERATING ROOMS WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY, TYPICALLY ACCOMMODATING FOUR TO FIVE CASES PER ROOM PER DAY, REFLECTING A STRUCTURED, HIGH-VOLUME CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT WITH MINIMAL DOWNTIME BETWEEN CASES. FOR 2025, WE HAD 11 UROLOGY VOLUNTEERS, 10 ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS, TWO GENERAL SURGERY PROVIDERS AND RESIDENTS, ONE MEDICAL STUDENT, AND 3 OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
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 October 2022.
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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