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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EMPOWER DC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,580,951
Total expenses
$1,292,124
Contributions and grants received
$2,559,329
Grants paid
$45,000
Program service revenue
$16,612
Investment income
$3,210
Other revenue
$1,800
Total assets, end of year
$3,373,209
Total liabilities, end of year
$52,968
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,320,241
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$835,083
Management and general expenses
$389,801
Fundraising expenses
$67,240
Program service expenses (Part III)
$835,083

Program services were 64.6% 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)

    $163,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,396,329

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $30,523

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $16,612 · related or exempt $16,612

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,210 · excluded $3,210

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,800

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,800

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,800 · excluded $1,800

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $45,000 · program services $45,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $137,490 · program services $90,785 · management and general $45,445 · fundraising $1,260

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $410,367 · program services $270,966 · management and general $135,640 · fundraising $3,761

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,750 · program services $1,816 · management and general $909 · fundraising $25

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $70,460 · program services $46,525 · management and general $23,290 · fundraising $645

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $49,898 · program services $32,948 · management and general $16,493 · fundraising $457

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,000 · management and general $4,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,380 · program services $500 · management and general $38,880

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $46,893 · fundraising $46,893

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $244,866 · program services $207,259 · management and general $37,007 · fundraising $600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $108,361 · program services $69,820 · management and general $36,212 · fundraising $2,329

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,477 · program services $11,540 · management and general $5,777 · fundraising $160

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,862 · program services $29,622 · management and general $14,828 · fundraising $412

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,950 · program services $3,457 · management and general $5,447 · fundraising $46

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,010 · program services $14,048 · management and general $6,614 · fundraising $1,348

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,235 · program services $6,098 · management and general $3,052 · fundraising $85

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $30,125 · program services $4,699 · management and general $16,207 · fundraising $9,219

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,432,531 · end of year $5,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,175,389

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $617,428 · end of year $1,190,070

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,750 · end of year $2,750

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,295 · end of year $52,968

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,388,589 · end of year $1,525,644

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $642,825 · end of year $1,794,597

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF EMPOWER DC IS TO BUILD THE POWER OF DC RESIDENTS THROUGH RESIDENT-LED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TO ADVANCE RACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

  • 1. OPERATED IVY CITY CLUBHOUSE OFFERING COMPUTER ACCESS, FOOD PANTRY AND SUMMER JOBS FOR YOUTH 2. EVICTION PREVENTION OUTREACH AND TENANTS' RIGHTS TRAINING 3. PUBLIC HOUSING ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY TO ADDRESS MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND HOUSING POLICIES 4. CONVENING THE DC ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COALITION 5. AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ADVOCACY TO REDUCE POLLUTION AND IMPROVE AIR IN IVY CITY AND BRENTWOOD 6. ADVOCACY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND HOUSING POLICIES 7. ENGAGEMENT OF RESIDENTS IN IVY CITY SMALL AREA PLAN AND CRUMMELL SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER DESIGN 8. CONVENING OF EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP AND INVOLVEMENT IN ADVOCACY FOR RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS WITHIN ZONING 9. EVENTS TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR BARRY FARM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 10. PRODUCTION OF WEEKLY TAKING ACTION RADIO PROGRAM.

    Expenses $835,083 · Grants $45,000 · Revenue $16,612

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Sabiyha Prince

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leslie Fields

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Louis Perwien

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Fuchs

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Levere

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Wanda Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Julianne Robertson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Poms

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pedro Cruz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Parisa Norouzi

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,490
    From this org
    $126,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,641
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423179349307292

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