Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 2013.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
10 people listed on the 990.
Jason Miles’s $3K as President is at the 2nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
See Sew Powerful executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Supports Zambian schools, children, and families through Christian ministry.
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Purse Fund
Activities to support the menstrual hygiene program including seamstress, costs for material and notions to produce the reusable hygiene supplies, underwear and soap to be included in the purse kits. The goal is keep girls in school all month long.
Farm Fund
All costs related to three esther's farm, which is focused on providing food to be used by the school to feed children lunch or send home for family meals. The goal is to provide a nutritious lunch each day for 1,500 students.
General Fund
Providing sewing education and training to support sew powerful's mission.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $67K | $70K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $372K | $512K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $372K | $512K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $547K | $547K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $2K | $2K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $21K | $625 | $16K | $4K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $576K | $548K | $19K | $9K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 5, 2025 | $1.7M | $1.8M | −$36K | $928K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 | $1.4M | $943K | $501K | $964K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 13, 2023 | $954K | $1.0M | −$49K | $463K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 13, 2022 | $716K | $576K | $140K | $512K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 28, 2021 | $768K | $447K | $321K | $372K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990
Part I · Summary $715,908 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $715,908 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $575,648 across 4 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $512,454 assets, 8 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $512,454 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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