Vietgroup Empowers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933382792
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lansdale, PA, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,367
Expenses
$57,311
Assets
$178,265
Liabilities
$5,041

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Theresa Tran (Executive Director)
  • Teka Le (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Theresa Tran (Executive Director)
  • Teka Le (Vice President)
  • Linh Ngo (Treasurer)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Vietgroup Empowers is a non-profit organization for underserved immigrants in Philadelphia. Through uplifting initiatives we promote equity and justice. Our mission centers on empowerment through education advocacy and community building. We strive to increase opportunities for underserved immigrants to reach their full potential.

What it reported doing in 2025

Operated an online community platform for 18,000 Vietnamese Americans yearly via social media. Offered crucial information and peer support for employment housing healthcare education business and legal needs. Enabled direct connections between members and verified service providers for job placements housing and business startups. Ensured accurate information sharing and prevented scams through active moderation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.2%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 65.6%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.11; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 62.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 82.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 107.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.