Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Vietgroup Empowers
Vietgroup Empowers (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,250 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($36,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $166k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $173k
What Vietgroup Empowers does
Mission
Vietgroup Empowers is a non-profit organization for underserved immigrants in Philadelphia. Through uplifting initiatives we promote equity and justice. Our mission centers on empowerment through education advocacy and community building. We strive to increase opportunities for underserved immigrants to reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Vietgroup Empowers assisted families in applying for public benefits and filing taxes through application support translation and agency advocacy. The organization conducted the Strengthening Families Program SFP and opioid remediation workshops to reduce substance abuse within the Vietnamese community.
$50,011 spent87% of program spendingOrganized an annual community picnic serving 300 Vietnamese American families. The event strengthened cultural connections through traditional food music and activities. Provided vital resources such as health screenings immigration services and social service information. Created networking opportunities to foster community support and cultural preservation.
$5,000 spent9% of program spendingOperated an online community platform for 18,000 Vietnamese Americans yearly via social media. Offered crucial information and peer support for employment housing healthcare education business and legal needs. Enabled direct connections between members and verified service providers for job placements housing and business startups. Ensured accurate information sharing and prevented scams through active moderation.
$2,300 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $57,311.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $64k to $178k (+178%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
93% of Vietgroup Empowers’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Theresa Tran
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Vietgroup Empowers’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Vietgroup Empowers leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
82% of Vietgroup Empowers's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Vietgroup Empowers runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Vietgroup Empowers
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Vietgroup Empowers: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Vietgroup Empowers?
- Vietgroup Empowers (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,250 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($36,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Vietgroup Empowers have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $56,250 in grants to Vietgroup Empowers.
- Who is the largest funder of Vietgroup Empowers?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $36,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Vietgroup Empowers find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing