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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,415,776
Total expenses
$1,884,809
Contributions and grants received
$1,415,776
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,186,436
Total liabilities, end of year
$242,599
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$943,837
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,463,804
Management and general expenses
$127,587
Fundraising expenses
$293,418
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,463,804

Program services were 77.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,415,776

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $187,995 · program services $148,272 · management and general $10,584 · fundraising $29,139

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $667,594 · program services $526,531 · management and general $37,586 · fundraising $103,477

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $19,101 · program services $15,064 · management and general $1,076 · fundraising $2,961

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $69,440 · program services $54,768 · management and general $3,909 · fundraising $10,763

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $65,195 · program services $51,419 · management and general $3,671 · fundraising $10,105

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,396 · management and general $19,396

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $358,422 · program services $279,570 · management and general $21,505 · fundraising $57,347

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $150,895 · program services $117,698 · management and general $9,054 · fundraising $24,143

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90,852 · program services $70,865 · management and general $5,450 · fundraising $14,537

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,653 · program services $34,050 · management and general $2,619 · fundraising $6,984

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $64,154 · program services $50,041 · management and general $3,849 · fundraising $10,264

  • 17 · Travel

    total $61,912 · program services $48,291 · management and general $3,715 · fundraising $9,906

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $84,717 · program services $66,078 · management and general $5,084 · fundraising $13,555

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,483 · program services $1,157 · management and general $89 · fundraising $237

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,650,434 · end of year $1,186,436

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $237,564 · end of year $242,599

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,412,870 · end of year $943,837

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE WANT TO CREATE A MISSISSIPPI WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLOURISH, SO WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE BARRIERS PEOPLE FACE.

  • WE DO PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH/ANALYSIS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BARRIERS THAT PEOPLE FACE.

    Expenses $977,809

  • EMBARK NEW SCHOOLS FOR MISSISSIPPI IS A NEW SCHOOLS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH SCHOOL FOUNDERS TO HELP THEM MOVE FROM IDEA TO DOORS OPEN. THE PROGRAM GUIDES SCHOOL FOUNDERS THROUGH EARLY PLANNING AND PREPARING TO LAUNCH SO THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY OPEN NEW SCHOOLS TO SERVE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

    Expenses $485,995

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Grant Callen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $198,536
    From this org
    $175,750
    From related orgs
    $9,895
    Other
    $12,891
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,750 + $9,895 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,246 + $645 related
    Filer's total
    $187,996 + $10,540 related

  • Abb Payne

    BOARD CHAIRM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Gerard Gibert

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Sunny Desai

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Betsy Dowell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • George Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Lex Lindsey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Marie Sanderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI

    501C4 · EDUCATION · MS

    Directly controlled by NA

  • EMPOWER PAC

    527 · POLITICAL · MS

    Directly controlled by EMPOWER MS

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • EMBARK NEW SCHOOLS FOR MS LLC

    EDUCATION · MS

    Directly controlled by EMP MS FDN EMPOWER MS FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533159349304948

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