Nonprofit · EIN 33-0610787
EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL
Tax-exempt · UPLAND, CA 91785
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,282,382 | $2,243,054 | $39,328 | $1,608,506 | $77,291 | $1,531,215 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,277,700 | $2,254,746 | $22,954 | $1,575,576 | $83,689 | $1,491,887 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,961,373 | $2,261,178 | -$299,805 | $1,544,253 | $75,320 | $1,468,933 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,247,398
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $34,984
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,297,399
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $225,413
- Other salaries and wages
- $472,966
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $761,518
- Professional fundraising fees
- $5,111
- Accounting fees
- $15,168
- Occupancy
- $6,098
- Travel
- $7,526
- Program services (functional)
- $1,995,429
- Management and general (functional)
- $149,189
- Fundraising (functional)
- $98,436
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,575,576
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,608,506
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $77,291
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,531,215
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $23,107
- Publicly traded securities
- $304,952
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $294,550
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,236,665
- Gross receipts
- $2,282,382
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 49
- Year formed
- 1994
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Caya | CEO Officer | 50 | $132,146 |
| Donald Rogers | Chief Visionary Officer & Founder Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $95,734 |
| Mike Chong Perkinson | Co-Chair of the Board Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Cameron Demetre | Co-Chair of the Board Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Liz Stafford | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Marijo Bos | Treasurer Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Alan Tan | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Christy Tong | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Caya | CEO Officer | 50 | $129,677 |
| Donald Rogers | Chief Visionary Officer & Founder Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $70,220 |
| Ken Hendren | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Marijo Bos | Treasurer Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ron Higgins | Chairman of Board Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Christy Tonge | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Liz Stafford | Secretary Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mike Perkinson | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Cameron Demetre | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Caya | CEO Officer | 50 | $129,240 | $5,878 |
| Donald Rogers | Chief Visionary Officer & Founder Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $70,485 | $52,637 |
| Cheryl Rouse | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Stevick | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Ron Higgins | Chairman of the Board Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Liz Stafford | Board member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Marijo Bos | Board member Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Perkinson | Board member Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 333 E ARROW HWY UNIT 67, UPLAND, CA 91785-7002
- In care of
- % KEN SLUDER
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Jim Caya, PO Box 67, Upland, CA 91785
- Signed the 990
- Jim Caya, Chief Executive Officer
- Phone
- (909) 931-1311
- Website
- www.empoweringlives.org
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 33-0610787 or by the name EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Empowering Lives International (ELI) ignites world changers. We equip families and orphans to crush poverty, embrace Christ, and share their transformation with others through their God-honoring income, their deepening relationship with Jesus, and their skills to empower others.
Program accomplishments
- Kenya - ELI works strategically alongside gifted national leaders emphasizing collaboration, decentralization, and multiplication to break the cycle of poverty and "Ignite World Changers." Real change takes place in countless villages around East Africa through trained World Changers who have been equipped with life, communication, and leadership skills, as well as deepening relationships with God. Because life-skills, income-generating ideas, and agribusiness are dynamically integrated with trauma healing and the Gospel, former alcoholics, former brewers, widows, orphans, elders, chiefs, police officers, and many others are living transformed lives, impacting families, neighborhoods, communities, and villages! Additionally, ELI operates two orphanages which serve as homes for over 330 orphans, as well as a school that offers primary education to over 200 children from the orphanage and local community. Empowering orphans (the ultimate victims of poverty) and other vulnerable children to become World Changers is critical to ensure that future generations are trained and equipped to continue the real change taking place through Godly, life-giving influence on communities. In South Sudan, war has been a way of life for over 20 years. With the establishment of the new country of South Sudan, ELI has been able to provide life-changing skills through extension training. In 2005, ELI helped establish a Christian school 20 miles from Bor, near the upper Nile River. The elementary school, averaging around 200 children from kindergarten through 8th grade, is now managed by the local leadership and community. All programs for South Sudan are now financed through programs in Kenya. South Sudanese community leaders are trained, equipped, empowered, and commissioned through ELI's International Extension Program based out of Kenya.Expenses $1,009,013 · grants $1,009,013
- USA/General Fund - The US-based staff are much more than administrators. They are active participants in ELIs mission and ministry. Through advising, consulting, and overseeing work in Africa, as well as communicating with sponsors, partners, and donors in the USA, ELIs US staff fuels the dynamic ministry and relationship building happening domestically. Though some staff hours are spent processing donations and engaging in necessary administrative functions, the majority of US human resource time is spent directly investing in, participating in, and advancing the mission in Africa and in the hearts and lives of ELIs wonderful partners who help to finance this special and unique ministry.Expenses $698,030
- Tanzania - For the majority of people in Tanzania the daily struggle for water impacts every other area of life. Where there is water, it is often contaminated with bacteria and parasites, leading to debilitating sicknesses and draining peoples energy and lives. To address this widespread problem, ELI is drilling and establishing clean water wells in communities and schools around the Lake Region. With a training base in Ramadi, ELI staff build relationships with suffering communities and work with the Mighty Men Drilling team to research and provide the best locations for safe water sources. The ELI Extension Training Program complements the water drilling program with short workshops in business, agriculture, and spiritual growth to help suffering families gain poverty-breaking knowledge and skills to better utilize the clean water sources for holistic transformation.Expenses $134,854 · grants $134,854
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 33-0610787
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1995
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Religion-related (X20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,608,506
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,282,382
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,282,382 | $2,243,054 | $1,608,506 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $2,277,700 | $2,254,746 | $1,575,576 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,961,373 | $2,261,178 | $1,544,253 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $2,538,174 | $1,992,557 | $1,824,175 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 33-0610787).
Questions about EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL
- What is the EIN of EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL is 33-0610787.
- Is EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1995.
- Are donations to EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Jim Caya.
- Who are the officers and directors of EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 8 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $132,146 (Jim Caya, CEO).
- How much revenue does EMPOWERING LIVES INTERNATIONAL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,282,382, expenses of $2,243,054 and total assets of $1,608,506 at year end.
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