Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,910,780

Total expenses

$1,909,006

Contributions and grants received

$1,302,296

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$605,611

Investment income

$2,873

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$830,705

Total liabilities, end of year

$705,853

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$124,852

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,651,339

Management and general expenses

$103,035

Fundraising expenses

$154,632

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,651,339

Program services were 86.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM OUR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM HELPS RURAL ARTISAN ENTREPRENEURS BREAK THE CYCLE OF LOCAL POVERTY THROUGH MARKET ACCESS, BUSINESS EDUCATION, AND ASSET DEVELOPMENT.THROUGH OUR MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM, WE HELP OVER 1,000 RURAL ARTISAN ENTREPRENEURS BUILD THEIR OWN COMMUNITY ARTISAN BUSINESSES AND ACCESS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. THE RURAL ARTISANS WE PARTNER WITH ARE INCREDIBLY TALENTED WEAVERS WHOSE MAIN OBSTACLE TO OVERCOME POVERTY IS LACK OF ACCESS TO A MARKET. NOW, THROUGH THEIR WORK WITH MERCADO GLOBAL, THESE ARTISANS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET AND EARN A FAIR WAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES. WITH OUR PARTNER ARTISANS, WE DESIGN COLLECTIONS FOR MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FASHION BRANDS AND RETAILERS THAT ARE HANDMADE IN THEIRCOMMUNITIES.THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS TRAINING IN LOCAL LANGUAGES THAT COMPLEMENT MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES. BUILDING BUSINESS SKILLS AND MARKET-READY TECHNICAL WEAVING AND SEWING SKILLS,WHEN PAIRED WITH INCOME-EARNING OPPORTUNITIES, ENABLES RURAL ARTISANS TO BECOME CONFIDENT LEADERS WHO LOOK AFTER THEIR FAMILIES' HEALTH, FINANCES, AND EDUCATION.THROUGH OUR ASSET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WE HELP RURAL ARTISANS SECURE THEIR OWN FLOOR LOOMS, SEWING MACHINES AND OTHER PRODUCTIVE ASSETS NEEDED TO ENSURE FUTURE INCOME GENERATION. WE ALSO HELP BUILD THE PRACTICE OF SAVING SO THAT RURAL ARTISANS HAVE A BUFFER AGAINST A RETURN TO POVERTY AND CAN INVEST IN THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $969,615 · Revenue $605,611

• RURAL ENTREPRENEURS LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMIN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM, OUR COMMUNITY-BASED RURAL ENTREPRENEURSLEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM HELPS RURAL ARTISANS GAIN THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BUILD SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES AND LIFT THEIR FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY. OUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING CLASSES ARE CONDUCTED IN OUR PARTNER COMMUNITIES AND COVER TOPICS RANGING FROM FINANCIAL LITERACY TO LEADERSHIP SKILLS, GOAL-SETTING, SELF-ESTEEM AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR RURAL ARTISAN ENTREPRENEURS. OUR IN-HOUSE BUSINESS TRAINING TEAM PROVIDES COURSES IN EACH OF OUR PARTNER COMMUNITIES FOR RURAL ARTISANS, MOST OF WHOM CANNOT READ AND WRITE, AND WHO ARE LEARNING TO NAVIGATE BUSINESS-OWNERSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME.

  Expenses $355,843

• COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAMWE SEEK TO BUILD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND FACILITATE CULTURAL EXHCANGE BETWEEN ARTISAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE AMERICAS AND OUR SUPPORTER COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THROUGH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMM, INDIVIDUALS FROM THE U.S. VISIT COMMUNITIES IN GUATEMALA TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THEIR SUPPORT. LIKEWISE, OUR CURRENT AND PAST STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS ACT AS FAIR TRADE AMBASSADORS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. THROUGH SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OTHER AWARENESS-RAISING FUNCTIONS.

  Expenses $189,795

• DESIGN A DIFFERENCE PROGRAMAS PIONEERS IN THE ETHICAL-SOURCING MOVEMENT WITHIN THE FASHION INDUSTRY, WE EDUCATE LEADING U.S.-BASED DESIGNERS ABOUT RESPONSIBLE SOURCING THROUGH OUR DESIGN A DIFFERENCE PROGRAM. DESIGNERSFROM MAJOR U.S. FASHION HOUSES COME TO OUR OFFICES TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUR ARTISANS AND LEARNABOUT THE IMPACT THAT SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION HAS IN THESE COMMUNITIES. IN TURN, THE DESIGNERSEXTEND THEIR EXPERTISE IN PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY TO OUR ARTISANS. UPON RETURNINGTO THE U.S., THESE DESIGNERS ARE THEN ABLE TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPT SUSTAINABLEPRACTICES WITHIN THEIR COMPANIES. IN THIS WAY WE ARE REACHING THE PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS ON THECUTTING EDGE OF INDUSTRY WITH FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH RESPONSIBLESOURCING.

  Expenses $136,086

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2024

Filed

15 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

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