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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 9 August 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$3,365,138 changed to $1,732,586
Total expenses
$4,137,782 changed to $957,764
Contributions and grants received
$3,282,262 changed to $1,730,227
Program service revenue
$6,541 changed to $913
Other revenue
$76,335 changed to $1,446
Total assets, end of year
$5,131,786 changed to $2,285,755
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,879,549 changed to $1,260,874
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$252,237 changed to $1,024,881
Program services expenses
$3,641,247 changed to $842,834
Management and general expenses
$496,535 changed to $114,930
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,641,247 changed to $842,834

Totals

Total revenue
$3,365,138
Total expenses
$4,137,782
Contributions and grants received
$3,282,262
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,541
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$76,335
Total assets, end of year
$5,131,786
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,879,549
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$252,237
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,641,247
Management and general expenses
$496,535
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,641,247

Program services were 88.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,469,826

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $812,436

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $6,541 · related or exempt $6,541

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $76,335 · related or exempt $76,335

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $76,335

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $170,341 · program services $149,900 · management and general $20,441

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,454,814 · program services $1,280,235 · management and general $174,579

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $641,632 · program services $564,636 · management and general $76,996

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,183 · program services $44,161 · management and general $6,022

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $183,149 · program services $161,171 · management and general $21,978

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $150,813 · program services $132,715 · management and general $18,098

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $81,142 · program services $71,405 · management and general $9,737

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $96,000 · program services $84,480 · management and general $11,520

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $134,267 · program services $118,155 · management and general $16,112

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,659 · program services $30,500 · management and general $4,159

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,758 · program services $46,427 · management and general $6,331

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $119,036 · program services $104,752 · management and general $14,284

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $166,079 · program services $146,150 · management and general $19,929

  • 17 · Travel

    total $68,155 · program services $59,976 · management and general $8,179

  • 20 · Interest

    total $62,473 · program services $54,976 · management and general $7,497

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,542 · program services $3,997 · management and general $545

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $42,639 · program services $37,522 · management and general $5,117

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $234,808 · program services $206,631 · management and general $28,177

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $97,435 · program services $85,743 · management and general $11,692

  • 24c · Other expenses: FURNITURE

    total $93,872 · program services $82,607 · management and general $11,265

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICES

    total $78,403 · program services $68,995 · management and general $9,408

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $120,582 · program services $106,113 · management and general $14,469

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $666,960 · end of year $34,677

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $255,383 · end of year $417,583

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $506,380

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $4,867

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,417 · end of year $501,513

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,353,995 · end of year $4,178,013

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $178,508 · end of year $93,212

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $101,266 · end of year $275,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $981,100 · end of year $4,511,337

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,024,881 · end of year $106,473

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $145,764

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO BRING CHANGE TO THE COMMUNITY BY FORGING COLLABORATION BETWEEN A DIVERSE GROUP OF SCHOLARS, EDUCATORS, FAMILITES, AND PARTNERS TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ADVOCATES

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA IS TO BRING CHANGE TO THE COMMUNITY BY FORGING COLLABORATION BETWEEN A DIVERSE GROUP OF SCHOLARS, EDUCATORS, FAMILITES, AND PARTNERS TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ADVOCATES. EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA WAS ESTABLISHED TO SERVE STUDENTS FROM KINDEGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

  • EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION AS A TUITION-FREE, NONSECTARIAN PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS. EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA SERVES STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

    Expenses $3,641,247 · Revenue $82,876

  • N/A

  • N/A

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Herman Barham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Latonja Cummings-Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Justin Murdock

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Demarcus Rodgers

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Theo Roshell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dr Anthony Oliver

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,405
    From this org
    $41,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,322
    Hours/week
    40

  • Meredith Davis

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $42,172
    From this org
    $35,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,089
    Hours/week
    40

  • Derric Jones

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $38,048
    From this org
    $31,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,965
    Hours/week
    40

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.

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.

  • EMPOWER COMMUNITY HOLDINGS LLC

    OBTAIN FINANCING FOR THE ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES · AL · income $0 · assets $1,386,610

    Directly controlled by EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202442259349300809

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