ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER OF IOWA INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P20

Classification

1000

Street

4801 FRANKLIN AVE SUITE 101

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 · 2024

• EARLY CHILDHOOD PARENT NAVIGATOR (ECPN) TO EMPOWER FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER FIVE, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PARENT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM PROVIDES REFUGEE PARENTS WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTING NORMS EDUCATION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORTING SERVICE ACCESS IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE - EMPOWERING PARENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN SUCCEED. THE PROGRAM ALSO WORKS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT WITH SCHOOLS - ESPECIALLY AS RELATED TO HEAD START, PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN - AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHILE ALSO HELPING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF BETTER UNDERSTAND REFUGEE PARENTS.THIS PROGRAM SERVES ANY FAMILY WITH KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.

  Expenses $271,733

• CRISIS AND ADVOCACYTHE CRISIS AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM PROVIDES ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS INTERVENTION METHODS TO BURMESE REFUGEES ACROSS IOWA. NOT ONLY DOES IT ASSIST SURVIVORS OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE BY GIVING THEM ACCESS TO LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE RESOURCES BUT ALSO PROVIDES ESSENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESOURCES.THIS PROGRAM SERVES ANY SURVIVOR OF VIOLENCE OR CRIME.

  Expenses $338,577

• THE ESSENTIAL NEEDS PROGRAM OFFERS THREE KEY SERVICES: THE ACCESS CENTER, THE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY, AND ACCESS EVENTS.MANY NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES FACE CHALLENGES IN ACCESSING RESOURCES AND COMPLETING DAILY TASKS SUCH AS READING MAIL OR MAKING PHONE CALLS. THE ACCESS CENTER PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES IN SEVERAL ETHNIC LANGUAGES FROM BURMA TO BOTH NEW AND EXISTING CLIENTS EACH WEEK, OPERATING ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.THE COMMUNITY CULTURAL FOOD PANTRY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER THAT FOCUSES ON ASIAN-SPECIFIC FOODS. IT IS OPEN ONCE A MONTH FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND AS NEEDED FOR CRISIS AND ADVOCACY CLIENTS.ACCESS EVENTS ARE HOSTED EACH YEAR AND DETERMINED BASED ON COMMUNITY NEEDS. EACH YEAR, EMBARC HOSTS AT LEAST TWO FLU CLINICS AND ONE LIHEAP CLINIC. THE FOOD PANTRY IS OPEN TO ALL (NOT RESTRICTED TO BURMA COMMUNITY).ACCESS CENTER TARGETS PROGRAM ELIGIBLE BUT PROVIDES MONTHLY EDUCATION SESSIONS WHERE CLIENTS CAN ATTEND TO RECEIVE A VOUCHER FOR A MONTH OF SUPPORT.ACCESS EVENTS ARE OPEN TO ANY CLIENT ELIGIBLE FOR THE SERVICE (FOR EXAMPLE LIHEAP HAS INCOME GUIDELINES THAT MAY APPLY).

  Expenses $45,896 · Revenue $92,489

• OTHER COSTS RELATED TO ORGANIZATION'S MISSION AND PURPOSE.

  Expenses $190,374

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $970,126

  Expenses

  $924,276

  Contributions

  $860,119

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $990,841

  Expenses

  $415,204

  Contributions

  $932,903

  Grants paid

  $0

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period

1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023

Principal officer

Jeanine Rutter

Mailing address

4801 Franklin Ave ste 101Des Moines IA 50310

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

• RIVA REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION

  $455,347

  2024 · SERVE REFUGEES & IMMIGRANTS THROUGHOUT IOWA.

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $75,000

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

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