2024-12-27T21:08:02-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 462010305 GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT SERVICES INC GLOB 7815357177 300 Main Street Apt 9 Woburn MA 01801 Alex Chung Treasurer 7815357177 2024-12-27 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X www.findinggems.org X X 24681 X 24681 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24681 4500 0 0 0 18388 0 1187 24075 606 58058 0 58664 X 56358 56964 0 0 1700 1700 58058 58664 0 0 58058 58664 The mission of Global Empowerment Services, Inc. ("GEMS") is to provide academic tutoring, job-skill training, literacy and language training and related services as a Christian non-profit faith-based charitable and educational organization to poor, underprivileged and/or disadvantaged individuals. GEMS partners with communities of Christ-followers around the world to provide high quality services. GEMS' main goal is to help poor, underprivileged and/or disadvantaged individuals achieve their God-given potential. GEMS will initiate and run programs and develop partnerships with existing programs which have the same or similar non-profit charitable and educational purposes and raise funds to support GEMS' programs. GEMS is organized and operated, and its assets dedicated, exclusively for the charitable and educational purposes set forth herein above. Grantee is the Good News Service Society in Bhopal, India. The purpose of this grant is to support on-going operation associated with four previously approved programs provided by Good News Service Society in Bhopal, India. No grant was given based on Good News Service Society's special request. 0 X 0 In-person ESL classes were replaced by weekly online ESL classes. About 10 immigrant adults from the Worcester area in Massachusetts were attending these classes. An on-going program for immigrant children via online and in-person sessions were initiated including a summer (July and August) program for children with about 5 to 10 children attending in the greater Worcester area. 0 0 A special one-time grant was given to El-Shadai Moldova to support their on-going efforts to service the Ukrainian refugees living in Moldova. About 25 to 30 children needed help in receiving remote educational supports. Funds were raised via online platforms. 4500 X 0 0 Alex Chung President & Treasurer 3 0 0 0 Stephen Leung Director 1 0 0 0 Ashlin Mathews Director 1 0 0 0 Alan Kick Director 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Alex Chung 300 Main Street Apt 9 Woburn MA 01801 7815357177 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 66766 80260 40418 29477 24681 241602 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66766 80260 40418 29477 24681 241602 3000 6000 1000 3000 0 13000 1690 35320 7060 3530 300 47900 4690 41320 8060 6530 300 60900 180702 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66766 80260 40418 29477 24681 241602 0.74793 0.74394 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Completed the grant to El Shadai Moldova (83-1858034) in 2023 with the wired amount of $4500. Again, this helped funding the on-going educational support of the Ukrainian children living in Moldova. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Bank Fees for international funds transfer;45|Business Insurance;525|Fundraising online fees;617^Total;1187^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^prepaid rent;1700^Total;1700^ Due to extended illness associated with COVID-19 and lack of complete bank information to provide accurate filing information, I was unable to complete this year's 990-EZ until now.