Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GREEN EMPOWERMENT.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,764,858
Total expenses: $2,678,515
Contributions and grants received: $2,492,260
Grants paid: $1,517,856
Program service revenue: $190,543
Investment income: $86,675
Other revenue: -$4,620
Total assets, end of year: $1,999,013
Total liabilities, end of year: $1,102,776
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $896,237
Program services expenses (Part IX): $2,400,558
Management and general expenses: $64,864
Fundraising expenses: $213,093
Program service expenses (Part III): $2,400,558

Program services were 89.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1c · Fundraising events

$64,600
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$2,427,660
2a · Program service revenue: TECHNICAL SERVICES

total $190,543 · related or exempt $190,543
3 · Investment income

total $86,675 · excluded $86,675
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$9,960
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$64,600
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$14,580
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$4,620

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $1,517,856 · program services $1,517,856
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $73,268 · program services $39,310 · management and general $7,890 · fundraising $26,068
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $380,502 · program services $204,147 · management and general $40,976 · fundraising $135,379
9 · Other employee benefits

total $83,595 · program services $44,851 · management and general $9,002 · fundraising $29,742
10 · Payroll taxes

total $41,212 · program services $22,111 · management and general $4,438 · fundraising $14,663
11g · Fees: other

total $25,229 · program services $22,637 · management and general $601 · fundraising $1,991
13 · Office expenses

total $12,700 · program services $10,924 · management and general $289 · fundraising $1,487
14 · Information technology

total $8,668 · program services $7,777 · management and general $207 · fundraising $684
16 · Occupancy

total $22,740 · program services $20,403 · management and general $542 · fundraising $1,795
17 · Travel

total $87,372 · program services $87,372
23 · Insurance

total $7,171 · program services $7,171
24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM CONTRACTORS

total $387,607 · program services $387,607
24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

total $15,440 · program services $13,853 · management and general $368 · fundraising $1,219
24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE

total $7,707 · program services $7,176 · management and general $531
24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION

total $6,272 · program services $6,272
24e · All other expenses

total $1,176 · program services $1,091 · management and general $20 · fundraising $65

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $34,897 · end of year $96,921
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $840,801 · end of year $112,117
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $70,219 · end of year $368,025
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $7,366 · end of year $5,951
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$4,040
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$4,040
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $873,927 · end of year $1,415,999
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $23,529 · end of year $15,970
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $1,004,172 · end of year $1,074,951
19 · Deferred revenue

end of year $11,855
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $586,785 · end of year $632,989
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $212,724 · end of year $263,248

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

GREEN EMPOWERMENT WORKS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES BY DELIVERING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SAFE WATER.

SINCE 1997, GREEN EMPOWERMENT (GE) HAS PARTNERED WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS 11 COUNTRIES TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE CLEAN WATER AND ENERGY PROJECTS. OUR WORK IMPROVES HEALTH OUTCOMES, BUILDS CLIMATE RESILIENCE, ADVANCES GENDER EQUITY, AND REDUCES POVERTY. IN 2025, WE COMPLETED PROJECTS IN 81 COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE, REACHING 72,193 BENEFICIARIES THROUGH ENERGY AND WATER AND SANITATION PROGRAMS, AND TRAINING 705 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZING, AND SYSTEM UPKEEP. PROGRAM EXPENSES IN SOME REGIONS ARE SUPPORTED BY UNRESTRICTED AND MULTI-REGIONAL GRANTS. LATIN AMERICA IN LATIN AMERICA, WE HELPED TO COMPLETE 74 PROJECTS, REACHING 20,661 BENEFICIARIES ACROSS PERU, BOLIVIA, ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, NICARAGUA, AND HONDURAS. IN PERU, PARTNER EA&S COMPLETED TEN SOLAR-POWERED AND GRAVITY-FED WATER SYSTEMS SERVING OVER 3,600 PEOPLE IN PUNO AND CAJAMARCA, AND SIGNED A LANDMARK AGREEMENT WITH SENCICO TO LAUNCH THE FIRST GOVERNMENT-ALIGNED WASH TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM IN SOLAR PUMPING SYSTEMS. IN ECUADOR, PARTNER ENGIM EXPANDED ITS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE UNICEF-FUNDED SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS SEVEN COMMUNITIES. GE ALSO COMPLETED THE ROLLOUT OF ITS GENDER EQUITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION (GESI) FIELD GUIDE, PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED CAPACITY SUPPORT TO SEVEN PARTNERS ACROSS FIVE COUNTRIES AND LAUNCHING A VIRTUAL GESI MINI-COURSE FOR BROADER REGIONAL ADOPTION. SOUTHEAST ASIA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, WE ADVANCED ENERGY ACCESS WORK IN MALAYSIA AND THE PHILIPPINES UNDER THE SABAH RE2 ROADMAP. THE SABAH RE2 CONSORTIUM SECURED OVER 1.8 MILLION IN GRANTS FROM MULTIPLE FUNDERS AND SUBMITTED A 5 MILLION PROPOSAL TO THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND, WHILE A STATE-LINKED ENTITY, YAYASAN SABAH, COMMITTED TO CO-OWN THE ROADMAP, MARKING A MAJOR MILESTONE TOWARD GOVERNMENT-LED IMPLEMENTATION AT SCALE. PILOT INSTALLATIONS IN TWO COMMUNITIES VALIDATED SYSTEM DESIGN AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODELS, AND SMART GRID MONITORING DEVICES WERE DEPLOYED ACROSS MULTIPLE SITES. GE ALSO FACILITATED A REGIONAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE IN SABAH BRINGING TOGETHER INDIGENOUS-LED ORGANIZATIONS FROM OVER 12 COUNTRIES. AFRICA IN AFRICA, WE DEEPENED OUR WASH WORK IN UGANDA, HELPING FORMALLY LAUNCH A CONSORTIUM WITH THE WATER TRUST, ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS EAST AFRICA, AND UGANDA WATER PROJECT, WITH A SHARED GOAL OF REACHING 50,000 RURAL RESIDENTS WITH SAFELY MANAGED PIPED WATER BY 2030. GE SUPPORTED THE DESIGN AND EXPANSION OF THE BIKONE GRAVITY-FLOW WATER SYSTEM IN KASESE DISTRICT, AND PARTNER THE WATER TRUST REPLICATED GE'S NYAKABALE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR A NEW SYSTEM SERVING APPROXIMATELY 2,500 PEOPLE IN KIRYANDONGO. GE ALSO COMPLETED SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION OF TWO HEALTH FACILITIES IN NORTHERN UGANDA SERVING OVER 38,400 PEOPLE ANNUALLY, AND CONTINUED REFINING ITS SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING TOOLS FOR HEALTH FACILITY ELECTRIFICATION. FUNDRAISING GE ALSO EXPANDED ITS FUNDRAISING CAPACITY THROUGH A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS, TARGETED DONOR CULTIVATION, AND INCREASED VISIBILITY. EVENTS GENERATED 432 NEW DONOR PROSPECTS, WHILE OUR NICARAGUA PROJECT TOUR DEEPENED RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOUNDATION PARTNERS AND INSPIRED RECORD INDIVIDUAL GIFTS. THE POWERHOUSE GIVERS CAMPAIGN BROUGHT PERSONALIZED OUTREACH TO LONG-DURATION MAJOR DONORS, AND PARTICIPATION IN THE SKOLL WORLD FORUM AND NEW YORK CLIMATE WEEK EXPANDED GE'S NETWORK OF PROSPECTIVE FUNDERS, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR STRONGER INDIVIDUAL GIVING IN 2026.

Expenses $2,400,558 · Grants $1,517,856 · Revenue $190,543

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

ANDREA JOHNSON

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$88,733

From this org

$73,268

From related orgs

$0

Other

$15,465

Hours/week

40
ADRIENNE PIERCE

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KRISTEN GRIFFEN

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SNEHA AYYAGARI

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
HARRISON PETTIT

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CAROL BOGEZI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROBERT HALEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KAY MATTSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CURT MIDDLETON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ERICK PETERSEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOSEPH RICHARDS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALEXANDRA SHANNON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID SIEGEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
WENDY STICKEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ELIZABETH WILLMOTT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2025
Filed: 24 August 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.0
Source object: 202612389349300141

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