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← ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,315,945
Total expenses
$1,132,017
Contributions and grants received
$3,934,687
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$252,835
Investment income
$128,423
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,974,734
Total liabilities, end of year
$321,029
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,653,705
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,031,044
Management and general expenses
$90,876
Fundraising expenses
$10,097
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,031,044

Program services were 91.1% 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

    $3,934,687

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,200,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Interest on Loans made to program participants

    total $252,835 · related or exempt $252,835

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $128,423 · related or exempt $128,423

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $122,280 · program services $122,280

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $180,525 · program services $120,318 · management and general $54,186 · fundraising $6,021

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $421,545 · program services $421,545

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,370 · program services $21,596 · management and general $13,297 · fundraising $1,477

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $111,368 · program services $111,368

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,058 · program services $41,452 · management and general $4,145 · fundraising $461

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,715 · program services $33,944 · management and general $3,394 · fundraising $377

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $439 · program services $395 · management and general $40 · fundraising $4

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,627 · program services $12,265 · management and general $1,226 · fundraising $136

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $83,424 · program services $75,082 · management and general $7,508 · fundraising $834

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $56,578 · program services $50,920 · management and general $5,092 · fundraising $566

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,979 · program services $7,181 · management and general $718 · fundraising $80

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $4,221 · program services $3,799 · management and general $380 · fundraising $42

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $9,888 · program services $8,899 · management and general $890 · fundraising $99

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,775,150 · end of year $5,044,910

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,804,256 · end of year $3,929,824

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $7,314

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $109,629 · end of year $313,715

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,027,287 · end of year $7,485,368

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $442,490 · end of year $1,168,337

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission is to give people a path to financial stability and improved financial health by offering financial education and low-cost loans with favorable terms to residents and small businesses in Omaha, who otherwise would have difficulty accessing loans from traditional lenders.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To give people a path to financial stability and improved financial health by financial education and low-cost loans to residents small businesses in Omaha who wouldnt be able to obtain loans from traditional lenders.

  • Give people a path to financial stability and improved financial health by offering low-cost loans with longer repayment terms to residents and small businesses in Omaha, who have difficulty in accessing loans from traditional lenders. This is accomplished by providing financial coaching and helping people transition away from payday and other predatory lenders with the ultimate goal being to help people achieve long-term financial health.

    Expenses $1,031,044 · Grants $122,280 · Revenue $4,315,945

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Padilla

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $149,319
    From this org
    $144,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,349
    Hours/week
    50
  • Rhonda Byers

    Finance Director

    Total calculated
    $68,037
    From this org
    $66,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,982
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Podany

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • OJ Spooner

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Bourne

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Hagan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Johnny Nesbit

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robia Qasimyar

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aisha Conner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill McClure

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reyna Gonzalez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel Pedroza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Walters

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523149349306147

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