2025-11-14T07:36:51-06:00 2024-12-31 872525370 CITRIN COOPERMAN ADVISORS LLC 180 PARK AVENUE SUITE 200 FLORHAM PARK NJ 07932 990EZ 2024-01-01 464879465 GEMS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION GEMS 2023295482 205 YOAKUM PARKWAY 519 ALEXANDRIA VA 22304 SHARON EDWARDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2023295482 2025-11-13 1 1 PAULA VUKSIC P00360739 9732180500 2025-11-13 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X HTTPS://GEMSDEVELOPMENT.ORG X X 73958 X 73958 73958 13000 6344 71212 90556 -16598 38795 0 22197 X 35250 22197 3545 0 38795 22197 0 0 38795 22197 X EMPOWERING HOPE. CULTIVATING OPPORTUNITY: GEMS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON ONNECTING PEOPLE IN NEED WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WILL MAKE THE MOST MEASURABLE IMPACTS FOR USTAINABLE FINANCIAL SECURITY, FOODSECURITY, CLEAN WATER, AND MEDICAL CARE. GEMS PROGRAMS ELIVER LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO WORK TO SUPPORT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING. SUSTAINABLE FARMS, CLEAN WATER AND WELLS: HAVING A STABLE FOOD SUPPLY IS A CRITICAL STEP TOWARDS FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN THIS FRAGILE REGION. THE PROCESS OF GOING TO FETCH WATER IS A LONG AND ARDUOUS ONE AND USUALLY FALLS TO YOUNG GIRLS. THEY MUST TRAVEL HOURS IN EACH DIRECTION, FACING WILD ANIMALS, PRECARIOUS TERRAIN, AND EVEN PREDATORY ADULTS. EVEN IF THEIR JOURNEY IS A "SAFE" ONE, THEY MISS SCHOOL, PUTTING THEM BEHIND. PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS THE INSTALLATION OF WELLS FOR CLEAN, UNCOMTAMINATED WATER RIGHT IN THE VILLAGES OF SOUTH SUDAN WHERE THEY ARE SO DESPARATELY NEEDED. 0 55383 GOATS: GEMS PROVIDES GOATS AND OTHER LIVESTOCK TO PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO FOSTER BASIC NUTRITIONAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY, AND EDUCATES FARMERS ON SUSTAINABLE CARE AND HUSBANDRY PRACTICES. ONE GOAT OPENS A WORLD OF SURVIVAL AND ALLOWS A FAMILY TO HAVE THE SAFETY NET TO PURSUE EDUCATION AND MICRO-BUSINESS. EIGHBORS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO START SMALL LOCAL DAIRIES, CREATING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES AND BREAKING THE CYCLE OF HUNGER AND EXTREME POVERTY. THE ORGANIZATION HAS GIVEN OUT 4000 GOATS TO RETURNING SLAVES AND INDENTURED SERVANTS FROM THE NORTH, AS WELL AS TO HUNGRY FAMILIES AND TEACHERS WITHIN TWENTY-FIVE MILES OF THE BORDER OF THAT AREA. 0 9850 MEDICINE: GEMS PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND THE DELIVERY OF MUCH-NEEDED MEDICAL SERVICES AND SUPPLIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. 0 0 65233 DARRIN PETERSON PRESIDENT 25.00 0 0 0 CHOLENE ESPINOZA MD VP OF MEDICAL PROGRAMS 10.00 0 0 0 SHARON EDWARDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 13000 0 0 CODI PETERSON TRUSTEE 0.25 0 0 0 ELLEN RATNER EMERITA 1.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SHARON EDWARDS 205 YOAKUM PARKWAY 519 ALEXANDRIA VA 22304 2023295482 1 OD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 217042 187241 158388 105693 73958 742322 217042 187241 158388 105693 73958 742322 24000 14445 23000 61445 0 24000 14445 23000 61445 680877 217042 187241 158388 105693 73958 742322 0.91720 0.92550 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 55,393. DESCRIPTION: TELEPHONE & COMMUNICATIONS. AMOUNT: 361. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 621. DESCRIPTION: GOAT PROGRAM EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 9,850. DESCRIPTION: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. AMOUNT: 1,442. DESCRIPTION: BAD DEBTS. AMOUNT: 3,545. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 71,212. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS DESCRIPTION: OTHER RECEIVABLES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 3,545. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.