2024-09-20T11:55:14-07:00 2023-12-31 275360847 CROSSLIN PLLC 3803 BEDFORD AVE STE 103 NASHVILLE TN 37215 990 2023-01-01 454671349 Zoe Empowers ZOEE 9197797272 P O Box 28839 Raleigh NC 27611 Beth Hull CFO 2024-09-20 true true Rodney C Brower P00168898 6153205500 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z Gaston Warner P O Box 28839 Raleigh NC 27611 7355624 false X www.zoeempowers.org X 2011 NC Zoe Empowers is a global network of local organizations throughout Africa and India providing a replicable and scalable framework whereby youth led or resourced families are provided the training, resources, and community support to become safe and healthy, skilled for long-term success, reintegrated into their communities, and able to live meaningful lives while knowing they are loved. 13 13 10 750 0 6311602 7255296 0 12218 100328 0 6323820 7355624 4774214 5429660 0 570774 649103 0 433251 315988 616266 5660976 6695029 662844 660595 8187340 8985527 20037 44023 8167303 8941504 Zoe Empowers is a global network of local organizations throughout Africa and India providing a replicable and scalable framework whereby youth led or resourced families are provided the training, resources, and community support to become safe and healthy, skilled for long-term success, reintegrated into their communities, and able to live meaningful lives while knowing they are loved. false false 5978134 5429660 ZOE EMPOWERS OPERATES A SIMILAR THREE-YEAR EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM IN EACH OF THE PROGRAM COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW. IN EACH COUNTRY, YOUTH LED FAMILIES IN EXTREME POVERTY ARE GATHERED INTO PEER GROUPS COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 25 FAMILIES OF APPROXIMATELY 90 TOTAL ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN. WHILE THEIR COMMUNITY STANDS BEHIND THEM, INDIGENEOUS ZOE STAFF FROM THE LOCAL ZOE NGO COORDINATE TRAINING AND RESOURCE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME SAFE AND HEALTHY, SKILLED FOR LONG TERM SUCCESS, AND ABLE TO LEAD MEANINGFUL LIVES WRAPPED IN LAYERS OF COMMUNITY. AFTER THREE YEARS, YOUTH GRADUATE SUSTAINABLY SELF-SUFFICIENT ACROSS MULTIPLE AREAS OF LIFE WITH ROBUST COMMUNITY SUPPORT. GROUPS CARY-ON MEETING POST GRADUATION FOR MUTUAL SUPPORT, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH SUGGESTS GRADUATES CONTINUE TO PROGRESS IN THEIR SUCCESS. IN EACH COUNTRY, THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE FREE RESOURCES TO THE ZOE PROGRAM SUCH AS AGRICULTURE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, LAND FOR FARMING AND FREE MEETING SPACE.THE NUMBER OF YOUTH SERVED IN EACH ZOE EMPOWERS PROGRAM COUNTRY IN 2023 AND IN TOTAL ARE LISTED BELOW:KENYA SERVED 15,715 YOUTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 54,149 EMPOWERED SINCE 2007. RWANDA SERVED 13,862 YOUTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 50,718 EMPOWERED SINCE 2007. ZIMBABWE SERVED 7,554 YOUTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 26,234 EMPOWERED SINCE 2009. MALAWI SERVED 6,967 YOUTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 20,399 EMPOWERED SINCE 2013. LIBERIA SERVED 5,562 YOUTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 12,939 EMPOWERED SINCE 2014. CHENNAI INDIA SERVED 4,266 YOUTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 9,791 EMPOWERED SINCE 2014. VIZAG INDIA SERVED 3,770 YOUTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 4,371 EMPOWERED SINCE 2019. TANZANIA SERVED 4,431 YOUTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 5,781 EMPOWERED SINCE 2019. MOZAMBIQUE SERVED 1,856 YOUTH IN 2023. SOUTH SUDAN SERVES 590 YOUTH IN 2023.AS OF THE END OF 2023, 64,573 YOUTH WERE CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN THE ZOE EMPOWERS PROGRAM WITH 188,698 HAVING BEEN EMPOWERED. 5978134 true true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 5 0 true 10 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 13 13 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X X Toni Cole 9197797272 PO Box 28839 Raleigh NC 27611 Gaston Warner CEO 40.00 0.00 X X 105600 0 10800 Wendy Lee Chief Dev Off 40.00 0.00 X X 62667 0 0 John Boswell COO 40.00 0.00 X X 8054 0 17557 Lynn Dugle Chairperson 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stan Bradshaw Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Linda Folger Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Cunningham Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Josh Harnagel Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Ondrasek Board Developme 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Betty Petty Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Steve Smith Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Randy Wiersma Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Erin Geter Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ken Muriithi Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Beth Hull CFO 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tim Thoman Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jini Thornton Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 176321 28357 1 false false false 0 7255296 7255296 0 100328 100328 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7355624 100328 0 0 5429660 5429660 0 183985 69598 68789 45598 0 379321 105465 108243 165613 39133 14362 14005 10766 13178 1831 5429 5918 33486 10407 10517 12562 0 0 0 0 0 0 209544 55922 153622 0 20725 18409 2316 0 0 0 346811 346811 0 0 0 0 0 0 Communications 30913 888 30025 Meetings 4262 557 3705 Postage and Shipping 4011 885 3126 0 6695029 5978134 283644 433251 3248337 3948640 0 4290498 4274775 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 648505 762112 0 0 0 8187340 8985527 20037 44023 20037 44023 X 2036814 4224780 6130489 4716724 8167303 8941504 8187340 8985527 660595 113606 X false true X true false X 5830897 5393997 6006434 6311602 7255296 30798226 0 0 5830897 5393997 6006434 6311602 7255296 30798226 0 30798226 30451 26436 6780 12218 100328 176213 0 102690 102690 31077129 8290 0.99100 0.91350 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 762112 X 7469230 113606 113606 7355624 7355624 6695029 6695029 6695029 Part X : FIN48 Footnote ZOE ACCOUNTS FOR THE EFFECT OF ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS BASED ON A MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THRESHOLD TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE TAX POSITIONS BEINGSUSTAINED BASED ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION UNDER EXAMINATIONBY THE APPLICABLE TAXING AUTHORITY. IF A TAX POSITION OR POSITIONS AREDEEMED TO RESULT IN UNCERTAINTIES OF THOSE POSITIONS, THE UNRECOGNIZED TAXBENEFIT IS ESTIMATED BASED ON A CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY ASSESSMENT THATAGGREGATES THE ESTIMATED TAX LIABILITY FOR ALL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS.TAX POSITIONS FOR ZOE INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE TAX-EXEMPTSTATUS AND DETERMINATION OF WHETHER INCOME IS SUBJECT TO UNRELATEDBUSINESS INCOME TAX; HOWEVER, ZOE HAS DETERMINED THAT SUCH TAX POSITIONSDO NOT RESULT IN AN UNCERTAINTY REQUIRING RECOGNITION true Rwanda 0 15 See Part V Rwanda Empowerment 1220566 Kenya 0 18 See Part V Kenya Empowerment 1242115 Malawi 0 10 See Part V Malawi Empowerment 578510 Zimbabwe 0 10 See Part V Zimbabwe Empowerment 638427 Liberia 0 8 See Part V Liberia Empowerment 457631 India 0 10 See Part V India Empowerment 802595 Tanzania 0 6 See Part V Tanzania Empowerment 357502 Mozambique 0 3 See Part V Mozambique Empowerment 108428 South Sedan 0 0 See Part V South Sedan Empowerment 23886 80 80 5429660 5429660 Wire FMV Wire FMV Wire FMV Wire FMV Wire FMV Wire FMV Wire FMV 1 6 false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US ZOE EMPOWERS WORKS THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS WITH EACH COUNTRY FOR EACH EMPOWERMENTPROGRAM (SEE PART V - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION). MOST OF THE PROGRAMS ARE AUDITED ANNUALLY AND CERTAIN LOCAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION IS COORDINATED TO SUPPORT AND MONITOR PROGRAM OPERATIONS. ZOE HAS STAFF IN EACH COUNTRY TO OVERSEE EACH PROGRAM AND MONITOR HOW THE FUNDS ARE USED. THE CEO SOUTH MONITORS THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAM IN EACH COUNTRY THROUGH REGULAR VISITS/AUDITS AND REPORTING. THERE ARE ALSO RECURRING VISITS TO EACH COUNTRY BY ZOE REPRESENTATIVES AND DONORS. ZOE ALSO HAS AN "EMPOWERMENT GROUP PROGRAM", WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CHILDREN BENEFITING FROM ZOE FUNDS AND THE DONORS. "EMPOWERMENT PARTNERS" INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS AND CHURCH GROUPS, WHO PARTNER WITH A WORKING GROUP OF CHILDREN (60-100 CHILDREN) WITH A 3 YEAR COMMITMENT TO FUND THEIR GROUP. THE "EMPOWERMENT PARTNER" RECEIVES THE NAMES AND AGES OF THE CHILDREN AT THE START OF THE PROGRAM, THEY RECEIVE QUARTERLY REPORTS AND/OR VIDEOS WITH AN INDIVIDUAL STORY OF A CHILD AND PROGRESS OF THE GROUP, AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AND MEET THEIR CHILDREN IN PERSON. A ZOE REPRESENTATIVE TRAVELS WITH THEM TO MEET THE CHILDREN AND IN COUNTRY STAFF. THE "EMPOWERMENT PARTNER" ALSO RECEIVES A SUMMARY REPORT AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD, WHICH DETAILS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROGRESS OF EACH CHILD WITHIN THE WORKING GROUP, INCLUDING PICTURES. THE EMPOWERMENT PARTNER PROGRAM IS A GREAT CONNECTION FOR FUNDRAISING AND SERVES AS AN EXTERNALLY CONTROLLED MONITORING PROCESS, AS DONORS RECEIVE NAMES, AGES, REPORTS, AND ONSITE VISITS WITH THE CHILDREN RECEIVING ZOE FUNDS. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Gaston Warner, CEO and Beth Hull, CFO are siblings. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE FORM 990 WILL BE SHARED WITH ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS IN A BOARD MEETINGFOR REVIEW AND QUESTIONS. THE BOARD WILL THEN TAKE A VOTE OF APPROVAL. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL SIGN THE ESTABLISHED CONFLICT OF INTERESTPOLICY ANNUALLY, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE. INITIALLY,BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE HELD TO A STANDARD OF SELF-MONITORING AND INFORMALCHECKS AND BALANCES, WITH REGARD TO MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH EXTENSIVECONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY DOCUMENTATION. INCREASED SCRUTINY AND CONTROLSWILL BE DETERMINED PROSPECTIVELY ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b THE CEO'S SALARY AND PERFORMANCE ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH ANY RECOMMENDED COMPENSATION CHANGES BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. PERFORMANCE IS THE PRIMARYFACTOR IN COMPENSATION EVALUATION IN KEEPING WITH APPROPIATE COMPARISONSFOR THE SIMILAR POSITION AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATION.THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS PERFORMANCE FOR OTHER STAFF AND ANYRECOMMENDED COMPENSATION CHANGES ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS INTHE BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS IN DECEMBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICYAND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.