ZOE EMPOWERS: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: ZOE EMPOWERS (EIN 45-4671349)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-09-20
IRS object ID: 202422649349300832
Schema version: 2023v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-09-20T11:55:14-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	275360847	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CROSSLIN PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3803 BEDFORD AVE STE 103	AddressLine1Txt
City	NASHVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	37215	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	454671349	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Zoe Empowers	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ZOEE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9197797272	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O Box 28839	AddressLine1Txt
City	Raleigh	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27611	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Beth Hull	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2024-09-20	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Rodney C Brower	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00168898	PTIN
Phone	6153205500	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-08-08 14:25:15Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Gaston Warner	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O Box 28839	AddressLine1Txt
City	Raleigh	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27611	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$7,355,624	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.zoeempowers.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2011	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	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.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	10	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	750	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,311,602	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$7,255,296	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$12,218	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$100,328	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,323,820	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$7,355,624	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$4,774,214	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$5,429,660	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$570,774	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$649,103	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$433,251	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$315,988	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$616,266	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,660,976	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,695,029	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$662,844	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$660,595	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$8,187,340	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$8,985,527	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$20,037	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$44,023	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$8,167,303	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$8,941,504	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	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.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$5,978,134	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$5,429,660	GrantAmt
Desc	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.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$5,978,134	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	5	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	10	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Toni Cole	PersonNm
Phone	9197797272	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 28839	AddressLine1Txt
City	Raleigh	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27611	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Gaston Warner
CEO	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$105,600	$0	$10,800
Wendy Lee
Chief Dev Off	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$62,667	$0	$0
John Boswell
COO	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$8,054	$0	$17,557
Lynn Dugle
Chairperson	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stan Bradshaw
Treasurer	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Linda Folger
Secretary	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard Cunningham
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Josh Harnagel
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert Ondrasek
Board Developme	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Betty Petty
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Smith
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Randy Wiersma
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Erin Geter
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ken Muriithi
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Beth Hull
CFO	20.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Tim Thoman
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jini Thornton
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$176,321	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$28,357	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$7,255,296	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$7,255,296	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$100,328	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$100,328	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,355,624	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$100,328	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,429,660	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,429,660	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$183,985	TotalAmt
Program Services	$69,598	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$68,789	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$45,598	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$379,321	TotalAmt
Program Services	$105,465	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$108,243	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$165,613	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,133	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,362	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,005	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,766	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,178	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,831	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,429	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,918	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,486	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,407	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,517	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,562	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$209,544	TotalAmt
Management And General	$55,922	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$153,622	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,725	TotalAmt
Management And General	$18,409	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,316	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$346,811	TotalAmt
Program Services	$346,811	ProgramServicesAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Communications	$30,913	$888	$30,025
Meetings	$4,262	$557	$3,705
Postage and Shipping	$4,011	$885	$3,126

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,695,029	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,978,134	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$283,644	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$433,251	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,248,337	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,948,640	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,290,498	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,274,775	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$648,505	BOYAmt
EOY	$762,112	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,187,340	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,985,527	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,037	BOYAmt
EOY	$44,023	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,037	BOYAmt
EOY	$44,023	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,036,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,224,780	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,130,489	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,716,724	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,167,303	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,941,504	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,187,340	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,985,527	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$660,595	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$113,606	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,830,897	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,393,997	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,006,434	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,311,602	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,255,296	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,798,226	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,830,897	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,393,997	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,006,434	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,311,602	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,255,296	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,798,226	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$30,798,226	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$30,451	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$26,436	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,780	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$12,218	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$100,328	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$176,213	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$102,690	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Total	$102,690	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$31,077,129	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$8,290	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99100	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.91350	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$762,112	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,469,230	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$113,606	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$113,606	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$7,355,624	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$7,355,624	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,695,029	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$6,695,029	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$6,695,029	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	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	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (9 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Rwanda	15	See Part V	Rwanda Empowerment	$1,220,566
Kenya	18	See Part V	Kenya Empowerment	$1,242,115
Malawi	10	See Part V	Malawi Empowerment	$578,510
Zimbabwe	10	See Part V	Zimbabwe Empowerment	$638,427
Liberia	8	See Part V	Liberia Empowerment	$457,631
India	10	See Part V	India Empowerment	$802,595
Tanzania	6	See Part V	Tanzania Empowerment	$357,502
Mozambique	3	See Part V	Mozambique Empowerment	$108,428
South Sedan	0	See Part V	South Sedan Empowerment	$23,886

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees	80	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee	80	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$5,429,660	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$5,429,660	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (7 entries)

Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc
Wire	FMV
Wire	FMV
Wire	FMV
Wire	FMV
Wire	FMV
Wire	FMV
Wire	FMV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	6	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	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.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
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.