2022-10-31T16:48:38-07:00 2021-12-31 990EZ 2021-01-01 462010305 GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT SERVICES INC GLOB 7815357177 300 Main Street Apt 9 Woburn MA 01801 Alex Chung Treasurer 7815357177 2022-06-15 1 11 1 AAL2 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X X www.findinggems.org X X 40418 X 40418 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40418 16031 0 0 1290 9876 0 150 27347 13071 47034 0 60105 47034 60105 0 0 0 0 47034 60105 0 0 47034 60105 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 COVID-19 Disaster Relief Grant - Cash supports to families and toys and gifts to children living in the Jamaica community in Queens, NY. Due to a change in our organization, the remaining portion of the COVID-19 Disaster Relief Grant from FY 2020 was distributed in 2021. 4031 0 Due to a change in our organization, we have discontinued our operation in New York City after the COVID-19 Disaster Relief Grant was completely distributed. We have no operating activities in New York City since June 2021. 0 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 0 X Alex Chung President & Treasurer 3.0 0 0 0 Stephen Leung Director 3.00 0 0 0 Ashlin Mathews Director 3.00 0 0 0 Alan Kick Director 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA NY 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 37562 38745 66766 80260 40418 263751 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37562 38745 66766 80260 40418 263751 3700 4625 3000 6000 1000 18325 2795 240 1690 35320 7060 47105 6495 4865 4690 41320 8060 65430 198321 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 37562 38745 66766 80260 40418 263751 0.75193 0.75284 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 1) Fees of $45 for International Wire Transfer of Funds to Goods News Service Society in India, 2) Filing Fees of $105 for MA Registration (previous years late filings). Form 990-EZ, Part IV In 2021, James Fredere has resigned from his role as the Secretary of the organization due to conflict of interest. During our last board meeting, the remaining directors and officers have voted for Alan Kick unanimously to become a new director on the board. He is overseeing the operations in Worcester, MA. We were unable to obtain the proper bank records of various expenses on time for the May 15th filing deadline to verify 2021 expenditures. Therefore, we have requested to postpone the 2021 990-ez filing.