2024-12-27T11:36:13-07:00 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 462010305 GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT SERVICES INC GLOB 7815357177 300 Main Street Apt 9 Woburn MA 01801 Alex Chung Treasurer 7815357177 2024-12-26 1 2022 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X www.findinggems.org X X 29477 X 29477 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29477 20000 0 0 0 10934 0 590 31524 -2047 60105 0 58058 X 60105 56358 0 0 0 1700 60105 58058 0 0 60105 58058 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. India is still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, only some of the programs got started up partially as a result. However, the grant funds were used to partially pay for the salaries of the teachers and other operating expenses. 12000 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. A new pilot program for immigrant children via online and in-person sessions were initiated including a summer (July and August) program for children with about 15 to 20 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. 8000 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 38745 66766 80260 40418 29477 255666 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38745 66766 80260 40418 29477 255666 4625 3000 6000 1000 3000 17625 240 1690 35320 7060 3530 47840 4865 4690 41320 8060 6530 65465 190201 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 38745 66766 80260 40418 29477 255666 0.74394 0.75193 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 The Board of Directors met to discuss a donation to El-Shadai Moldova (83-1858034) to support their on-going refugee services involving the remote educational support for Ukrainian children living in Moldova. An online fundraise was conducted and $8000 were raised in 2022. Funds were wired to El-Shadai Moldova's account in 2022. Another donation of $12000 was made to Good News Service Society in Bhopal, India to support on-going approved programs. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Business Insurance;500|International Wire Transfer Fees;90^Total;590^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Prepaid rent;1700^Total;1700^ The officer, Alex Chung, did not have the complete set of bank transaction information. In addition, he suffered from COVID-19 related illness in 2023 and parts of 2024.