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GIRLS EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES INC

EIN 13-4150972 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2023
$2,238,292
Expenses 2023
$3,152,152

Program services were 71.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F50
Classification
1000
Street
298B WEST 149TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GIRLS EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES' (GEMS) MISSION IS TO EMPOWER GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN, AGES 12-29, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING TO EXIT THE COMMERCIAL SEX INDUSTRY AND DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. GEMS IS COMMITTED TO ENDING COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING BY CHANGING INDIVIDUAL LIVES, TRANSFORMING PUBLIC PERCEPTION, AND REVOLUTIONIZING THE SYSTEMS AND POLICIES THAT IMPACT COMMERCIALLY SEXUALLY EXPLOITED YOUTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN, AGES 12-29, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING TO EXIT THE COMMERCIAL SEX INDUSTRY AND DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

  • GEMS' MISSION IS TO EMPOWER GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN, AGES 12-29, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING TO EXIT THE COMMERCIAL SEX INDUSTRY AND DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. GEMS IS COMMITTED TO ENDING COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING BY CHANGING INDIVIDUAL LIVES, TRANSFORMING PUBLIC PERCEPTION, AND REVOLUTIONIZING THE SYSTEMS AND POLICIES THAT IMPACT COMMERCIALLY SEXUALLY EXPLOITED YOUTH. FOR 27 YEARS, GEMS HAS SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED THOUSANDS OF GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN, WITH COMPREHENSIVE, HOLISTIC SERVICES, IN GAINING INDEPENDENCE, SAFETY, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN. GEMS HAS ALSO LED THE WAY IN RAISING NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUE, HELPED TO CREATE SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SHIFTED THE FIELD AWAY FROM CRIMINALIZATION OF VICTIMS THROUGH ADVOCACY AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGE, AND CREATED THE SURVIVOR LEADERSHIP MOVEMENT THAT FOCUSES ON THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCY OF SURVIVORS.GEMS WAS FOUNDED TO SERVE ONE OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED AND DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS; LOW-INCOME, GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING. THE VAST MAJORITY OF GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN GEMS SERVES EXPERIENCE SEVERE VICTIMIZATION EARLY IN LIFE THROUGH HIGH RATES OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PARTICULARLY SEXUAL ABUSE PRIOR TO THEIR RECRUITMENT INTO THE COMMERCIAL SEX INDUSTRY. NINETY-THREE PERCENT (93%) OF GEMS MEMBERS HAVE EXPERIENCED AT LEAST ONE FORM OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE, WHILE MANY EXPERIENCED ABUSE AND TRAUMA AS A CONSISTENT THREAD THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY THE TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE THEY EXPERIENCE OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR EXPLOITATION. IN OUR MOST RECENT ANALYSIS, 96% OF OUR MEMBERS WERE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR, 79% OF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CONTROL OF AN EXPLOITER AND 44% HAVE IDENTIFIED AS LGBTQ. GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN THEREFORE COME TO GEMS WITH MYRIAD, COMPLEX AND OFTEN IMMEDIATE, URGENT NEEDS AND ALSO REQUIRE A WIDE ARRAY OF ONGOING AND LONG TERM SERVICES.GEMS PROVIDES AN ARRAY OF SERVICES THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COMPLEXITIES AND OBSTACLES IN OUR YOUNG WOMEN'S LIVES. SERVICES INCLUDE CRISIS CARE; CRISIS AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING; HOLISTIC CASE MANAGEMENT; COLLEGE PREP; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING; THERAPEUTIC, PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND CREATIVE GROUPS; EMPLOYMENT READINESS; EMPLOYMENT RETENTION SUPPORT; DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE; SUPPORT WITH PRACTICAL NEEDS LIKE FOOD AND CLOTHING; PEER COUNSELING; ADVOCACY AND SURVIVOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES. GEMS ALSO HAS MANY SUBPROGRAMS UNDER ITS MAJOR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.GEMS SERVES OVER 150 GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMAN A YEAR AND HAS 20 RESIDENTIAL BEDS.GEMS RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMMING CURRENTLY OPERATES 2 SPECIFIC HOUSING PROGRAMS; TRANSITIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING (TIL) - A 9 BED HOUSE FOR 16-20 YEAR OLDS FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS, AND IMANI PROGRAM, 3 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING APARTMENTS FOR 18-29 YEAR OLDS WHICH SERVE 11 YOUNG WOMEN IN TOTAL AND UP TO 4 CHILDREN.GEMS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM COMPRISES OF OUR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE (EL) AND PATHWAYS PROGRAMS WHICH WORK TOGETHER AS MEMBERS DEVELOP PROTECTIVE FACTORS (EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND LIVING WAGE EMPLOYMENT) WHICH REDUCE FURTHER POTENTIAL FOR VICTIMIZATION. TYING TOGETHER THESE TWO CORE PROGRAM IS OUR TRAUMA INFORMED, SURVIVOR LED FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO SUPPORT YOUNG WOMEN IN BUILDING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND FREEDOM.THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE (EL), OUR MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR HSE (HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY) DIPLOMA WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS IN SUPPORTING SURVIVORS WHO TEND TO ALSO BE LOW INCOME, FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS SUSTAIN AND SUCCEED IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.EL PROVIDES AN ARRAY OF TAILORED EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING TUTORING, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, SUPPORT GROUPS, AND SPECIFIC INITIATIVES LIKE COLLEGE PREP AND THE SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAM GEMS-U THAT ARE CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS AND COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT.PATHWAYS PROGRAM SUPPORTS MEMBERS IN BUILDING MARKETABLE SKILLS AND OBTAINING AND RETAINING EMPLOYMENT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH EL, THIS PROGRAM WORKS TO MOVE MEMBERS FROM MINIMUM WAGE TO LIVING WAGE EMPLOYMENT AND BEYOND.

    Expenses $2,247,476 · Grants $137,713 · Revenue $150,530

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • TRACY HAMPTON FRASER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID SCHISGALL

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANA TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH WHITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL LLOYD

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $180,472
    From this org
    $161,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,522
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,950
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,522
    Filer's total
    $180,472

  • YVETTE VELEZ

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $94,263
    From this org
    $94,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    23

  • VICTORIA EDMUND

    RESIDENTIAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,570
    From this org
    $114,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,000
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,238,292
    Expenses
    $3,152,152
    Contributions
    $2,078,573
    Grants paid
    $137,713
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,382,932
    Expenses
    $3,509,267
    Contributions
    $3,313,932
    Grants paid
    $213,247

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,173,243
    Expenses
    $3,533,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,720,073

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,714,503
    Expenses
    $3,751,128
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,405,342

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,431,910
    Expenses
    $3,236,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,387,282

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,046,441
    Expenses
    $3,165,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,705,417

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,599,757
    Expenses
    $3,787,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,831,347

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,006,084
    Expenses
    $3,749,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,937,832

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,713,689
    Expenses
    $3,900,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,687,976

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,189,353
    Expenses
    $4,168,861
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,959,157

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,888,994
    Expenses
    $3,585,977
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,820,460

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,398,593
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,504,928

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.