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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EMPOWHER INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,914,996
Total expenses
$1,858,467
Contributions and grants received
$1,873,017
Grants paid
$29,200
Program service revenue
$37,600
Investment income
$4,379
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$732,849
Total liabilities, end of year
$260,365
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$472,484
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,427,049
Management and general expenses
$176,992
Fundraising expenses
$254,426
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,427,049

Program services were 76.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $29,137

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $344,887

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,498,993

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE

    total $37,600 · related or exempt $37,600

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,379 · excluded $4,379

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $73,503

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $29,137

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $73,503

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $29,200 · program services $29,200

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $162,964 · program services $81,484 · management and general $40,740 · fundraising $40,740

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $661,455 · program services $594,011 · management and general $34,787 · fundraising $32,657

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $89,523 · program services $72,103 · management and general $6,780 · fundraising $10,640

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,668 · program services $55,234 · management and general $5,711 · fundraising $5,723

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $300,303 · program services $192,024 · management and general $30,769 · fundraising $77,510

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,081 · program services $629 · management and general $33 · fundraising $1,419

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,356 · program services $18,875 · management and general $5,274 · fundraising $6,207

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,472 · program services $2,300 · management and general $15,172

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,499 · program services $34,199 · management and general $4,493 · fundraising $1,807

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,348 · program services $10,826 · management and general $2,261 · fundraising $261

  • 24a · Other expenses: FIELD TRIPS AND PROGRAM

    total $329,471 · program services $262,042 · management and general $34 · fundraising $67,395

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $27,990 · program services $27,686 · management and general $163 · fundraising $141

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $26,666 · program services $14,805 · management and general $8,678 · fundraising $3,183

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $26,562 · program services $5,442 · management and general $19,163 · fundraising $1,957

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33,909 · program services $26,189 · management and general $2,934 · fundraising $4,786

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $273,430 · end of year $250,545

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $260,927 · end of year $260,927

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,933 · end of year $215,425

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

    $21,612

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

    $21,612

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,756 · end of year $5,952

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,481 · end of year $164,453

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $99,610 · end of year $95,912

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $320,455 · end of year $376,984

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $95,500 · end of year $95,500

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EMPOWER MARGINALIZED TEEN GIRLS BY HELPING THEM GAIN THE SKILLS NECESSARY THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP TO SEEK FULFILLING AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWHER INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER GIRLS FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP AND BECOME CONFIDENT, COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

  • EMPOWHER GIRLS ACADEMY OFFERS MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS A MENTORSHIP, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND SKILLS BASED LEARNING COURSE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY THAT HELPS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AS WELL AS PREPARE FOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS A SOCIAL JUSTICE STEAM INITIATIVE THAT INCLUDES A RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL JUSTICE STEAM CAMP DURING THE SUMMER.

    Expenses $855,256 · Grants $2,500 · Revenue $37,600

  • EMPOWHER LEADERS ACADEMY OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS MENTORSHIP, GUIDANCE WITH COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING, WORKSHOPS THAT HELP BUILD CONFIDENCE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE THAT INCLUDES PAID INTERNSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $477,413 · Grants $26,700

  • THE EMPOWHER WOMEN'S ACADEMY PROVIDES PROFESSIONALS IDENTIFYING AS WOMEN WITH THE MENTORSHIP, NETWORKING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO NAVIGATE CHALLENGES IN THE WORKPLACE AND HEAL FROM WORKPLACE TRAUMA.

    Expenses $94,380

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cecilia Owens

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claudia Alleyne MD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deidra Porsche

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joslyn Osborn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ruth Simeon

    BOARD CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tony Baylis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gloria Dominquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angel James Horacek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn L Brown

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $162,964
    From this org
    $148,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,214
    Hours/week
    65

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,214
    Filer's total
    $162,964

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SETS COMPENSATION FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349316445

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