2026-05-13T15:16:55-07:00 2025-12-31 Julie Murphy 8339 W Big Canyon Dr Sunland CA 91040 990 2025-01-01 208741625 Wuqu Kawoq SA WUQU 8022346285 PO Box 860943 Minneapolis MN 55486 David Sterman Treasurer 2026-05-13 true Julie Murphy P02531691 6267261725 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Sarah Kho PO Box 860943 Minneapolis MN 554860943 4844826 false X www.wuqukawoq.org X 2007 VT Wuqu' Kawoq is a non-governmental organization that unites language, culture, and science to transform the health of Maya people in the indigenous highlands of Guatemala. Programs include primary and complex medical care. 12 12 3 65 0 3382624 4072852 62061 758093 4328 13881 1494 0 3450507 4844826 0 0 1589684 2144950 5751 12053 213298 1876708 2176081 3472143 4333084 -21636 511742 2791566 3494658 15835 197197 2775731 3297461 X Wuqu' Kawoq is a non-governmental organization that unites language, culture, and science to transform the health of Maya people in the indigenous highlands of Guatemala. Programs include primary and complex medical care. false false 1599052 Research: In order to provide health interventions with the highest impact and that create long lasting behavior change towards better health, we empirically investigate chronic disease in Guatemala and the effects of our program interventions. The data serves as a guide for us to start new programs, scale up existing programs, or seek to find a new solution to an old program. The center for indigenous health research, founded by Wuqu Kawoq, is a leader in global health research. In 2025 we published 12 research papers in areas including prenatal care, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, covid vaccines, and cervical cancer. A complete listing of our publications since our founding is located on our website. Through the end of 2025 we have over 130 peer-reviewed publications covering a range of topics including chronic malnutrition, food security, non-communicable diseases, development and gender equity in health, early child development, family planning, midwifery, and emergency obstetrics and medical anthropology. 1353992 Women's Health: We define women's health in the broadest sense possible. In addition to high-quality cervical cancer screening and prenatal care, we also offer management of sexually transmitted infections, family planning services, and treatment of all cancers that commonly affect women. We know women have diverse medical needs, so our program also includes the provision of robust primary care. We have developed specific expertise in the screening, diagnosis, referral, and treatment of cervical cancer, which is the leading cause of death in Guatemala. Our obstetrics initiatives focus on reduction of maternal mortality through high-quality prenatal care, midwife education, and the use of technology to make childbirth safer. The foundation of our women's health program is providing classes in Mayan languages that, when integrated with our nutrition initiatives, help women have healthier pregnancies, children, and lives. At the end of 2025 we served 11,614 women. 688750 Other Program Services: Our other program services include primary care provided at the home and community level that are defined in our partnerships with indigenous communities to identify health needs that are important to them. These include early childhood disease with an emphasis on early childhood development and development of interventions using published standards from the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Chronic disease care integrating clinical care, health education, and linguistic and cultural sensitivity to address diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, kidney failure, epilepsy, and rheumatoid arthritis and care navigation using an innovative system to get each patient the health care they need and deserve to allow them to live with complex illnesses in rural Guatemala. 273848 General Nutrition: Our nutrition program provides universal and micro-nutrient supplementation to all children from 6 months to two years of age, and to all pregnant or lactating women in the communities that we serve. We focus on educating child caregivers about breastfeeding, complementary foods, common childhood illnesses, hygiene, and clean water through our community-based education programs and classes. 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This adjustment involves the exclusion of excess contributions from certain contributors whose cumulative support exceeded 2 individual donor limitation, as outlined under Treasury Regulation 1.170A-9f7i. While the correction results in a reduction to the prior year's public support percentage, both the original and corrected figures remain well above the 33 1/3 threshold required to qualify as a public supported organization. As such, this adjustment does not impact the organizations qualification as a public supported charity. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 6000 6000 24792 18625 6167 204340 129596 74744 251235 131021 120214 207125 4854814 9988 9988 4844826 4844826 4333084 4333084 4333084 Central America Guatemala 4 127 Program Services Comprehensive Medical 3915642 4 127 4 127 3915642 3915642 false false false false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Thomas Melvin and Claire Melvin have a familial relationship. Russell Rohloff and Peter Rohloff have a familial relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft of Form 990 is circulated electronically and reviewed by all board members and directors. Comments, additions, and corrections are transmitted via email and maintained in the permanent records of the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Conflict-of-Interest Policy is provided to all board members and directors when elected or appointed. The policy is reviewed annually, and members are required to disclose all real or perceived conflicts related to the organization. Signed documentation is maintained by the Secretary of the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The board utilizes an annual performance review of all paid personnel as well as a review of compensation surveys for salaries of similarly sized NGOs doing business overseas. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Financial and governance documents are made available upon reasonable requests made to the board. Transmittal of the requested information is maintained in the permanent board records. In addition, Form 990 is made available via our website and the GuideStar website. Form 990 Header Section, Box C - Name of Organization The organization is also known by the following doing business as DBA name: Maya Health Alliance Form 990 Part IX - Functional Expenses The organization operates in Guatemala where transactions are conducted in Quetzales, Guatemala's legal currency. During the reporting period, foreign currency rate fluctuations resulted in an adjustment to functional expenses. The adjustment, resulting from conversion of foreign denominated transactions to dollars, has been included in the applicable functional expense categories, including Program Services and Management and General Expenses. Part VIII Statement of Revenue, Line 1: Revenue from the Organization's operating agreement with Friendship Bridge, a nonprofit microfinance organization serving low-income women in Guatemala, was reclassified from contribution revenue to program service revenue to more accurately reflect the nature of the arrangement. The Organization receives compensation in exchange for the provision of healthcare services, program implementation, and required reporting and deliverables. In accordance with IRS Form 990 instructions and ASC 958-605 this represents an exchange transaction and is properly reclassified to Part VIII, Line 2 Program Service Revenue.