EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH
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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $123K · expenses $113K · assets $26K
- Also known as
- OUTREACH
- EIN
- 84-2898698
- Address
- PO BOX 96545, HOUSTON, TX 77213-6545
- Website
- WWW.ECHOTEAM.ORG
- NTEE code
- P40
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
- Ruling date
- November 2022 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
- IRS status
- Exempt: reinstated May 15, 2022 after an automatic revocation on May 15, 2022 IRS data ↗
- Tax-deductible donations
- Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
- Foundation status
- Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
- Principal officer
- Adolfo Mateo Cepeda (its 2023 Form 990-N)
- Form 990-N e-postcards
- 1 filed, 2023 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN HOUSTON AND LATIN AMERICA THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolfo Mateo Cepeda | PRESIDENT | 2024-2025 | $15,200 | $28,915 | 1 |
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Guajardo | VICE PRESIDENT | 2024-2025 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Daniel Ibarria | BOARD MEMBER | 2024-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Robeam Soloman | BOARD MEMBER | 2024-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| James Peralta | HEAD OF ACCOUNTING | 2024-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Milton Antonio Guardado | BOARD MEMBER | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Jim Loo (former) | BOARD MEMBER | 2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Jennifer Hamm (former) | BOARD MEMBER | 2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $15K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADOLFO MATEO CEPEDA | PRESIDENT | 40 | $0 | - | $15,200 | $15,200 | 1 |
| ABRAHAM GUAJARDO | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| DANIEL IBARRIA | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MILTON ANTONIO GUARDADO | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| ROBEAM SOLOMAN | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| JAMES PERALTA | HEAD OF ACCOUNTING | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2024 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $14K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADOLFO MATEO CEPEDA | PRESIDENT | 40 | $0 | - | $13,715 | $13,715 | 1 |
| ABRAHAM GUAJARDO | VICE PRESIDENT | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| DANIEL IBARRIA | BOARD MEMBER | 19 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| JIM LOO | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| JENNIFER HAMM | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| ROBEAM SOLOMAN | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| JAMES PERALTA | HEAD OF ACCOUNTING | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $122,830 | $113,348 | $26,036 | $18,295 | $122,829 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $65,764 | $88,342 | $11,374 | $8,813 | $66,462 | - | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $98,500 in all, tax years 2021 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2021-2024 | 4 | $68,000 | 2024 | $20,000 | show |
| THRIVENT CHARITABLE IMPACT & INVESTING | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2025 | 1 | $30,500 | 2025 | $30,500 | show |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| EKBALLO MINISTRIES | TX | P40 | $85,861 | $49,626 | President/ Founder | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
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| PARENTING RESOURCE CENTER OF EAST TEXAS INC | TX | P40 | $89,394 | $93,045 | Executive Dir. | $40,392 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| COLEMAN CARES | TX | P40 | $108,395 | $25,675 | President | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| UPLIFT PAMOJA | TX | P40 | $125,000 | $125,000 | Director | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| GLORIES LEE HUBBARD COMPASSIONATE HANDS MINISTRY | TX | P40 | $97,271 | $120,761 | SECRETARY | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| PASSAGES ABILENE | TX | P40 | $185,969 | $161,750 | Board member | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| LAUNCH PAD THE CENTER | TX | P40 | $137,443 | $80,598 | CHAIR | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| HELPING HANDS INC | TX | P40 | $125,020 | $66,490 | President | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| FAMILY GUIDE INCORPORATED | TX | P40 | $166,033 | $156,963 | President | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| CHANGING CONVERSATIONS | TX | P40 | $143,928 | $140,790 | President, Pastoral Counselor | $123,956 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| WESTSIDE PROJECT HELPING HAND INC | TX | P40 | $104,757 | $4,757 | Director | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| LUBBOCK FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC | TX | P40 | $190,009 | $230,880 | PRESIDENT | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| HAWKINS HELPING HAND | TX | P40 | $74,727 | $76,827 | Executive Director | $16,800 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| OPPORTUNITIES KNOCKING AT THE DOOR | TX | P40 | $73,518 | $67,419 | President | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| HEART OF COURAGE | TX | P40 | $80,599 | $69,075 | Founder CEO | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| ALAMITO FOUNDATION | TX | P40 | $132,498 | $114,732 | PROGRAM DIRE | $28,000 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| PATHWAYS HOME EDUCATION CORP | TX | P40 | $128,512 | $128,045 | Co-Director | $4,804 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
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| CHRISTIAN OUTDOOR FELLOWSHIP | TX | P40 | $129,765 | $129,779 | Executive Director | $0 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
| FAMILY PROMISE OF IRVING | TX | P40 | $164,991 | $200,306 | Executive Director | $52,500 | Same NTEE code P40, revenue within 2x, same state |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2025 · Form 990EZ · $113,348 spent · pay $15,200 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $95,477 | 84.2% | |
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $15,200 | 13.4% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $1,807 | 1.6% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $864 | 0.8% | |
| Total | $113,348 | 100% |
2024 · Form 990EZ · $88,342 spent · pay $13,715 · grants $0 · events $700
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $74,350 | 84.2% | |
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $13,715 | 15.5% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $205 | 0.2% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $72 | 0.1% | |
| Fundraising events Event | direct expenses; gross income - | $700 | reported apart |
| Total | $88,342 | 100% |
State business registration
- EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH TX, CN, Active franchise taxpayer (SOS status A), formed 2019-08-24
The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.
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