Philippine Empowerment for the Poor

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943162880
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9166069774
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,864
Expenses
$58,613
Assets
$267,285
Liabilities
$100,600

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erik Gomez (Executive Director)
  • Arnel Recidoro (President)

People named in this filing

  • Erik Gomez (Executive Director)
  • Arnel Recidoro (President)
  • David Goronja (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is dedicated to working with non profit organizations providing loans and funding green food programs (vegetable plantation) for the poor to help them stand on their own enabling them to provide for their families. we believe that by helping themselves, will lessen the number of people depending on Dole-Outs. We work hand in hand with selected agencies in the Philippines to carry out our programs and services. Our vision is to empower the poor to help provide for their own needs without dependence on government and others. We want the poor to have economic freedom. We want the poor to be counted as valuable members of the community and to generate employment for other people in order to build better lives and stronger communities. Our latest program and services also include partnership with NGO that works hand in hand with us in creating programs for school children like fieldtrips and other school needs to lessen the financial burden of parents.

What it reported doing in 2025

Partnership with Seed Association Inc for school children, parents and teachers. NGO that works hand in hand with this organization in creating programs and services for hundreds of underprivileged school children in different Towns and Barangay in the Province of Pampanga. Programs for children include school fieldtrips, sports development and competition. Also creating seminars for selected at least 10 parents in every school barangay with the help of teachers in introducing and teaching them about small business development and management to help on daily needs and budget.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -68.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.56; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.