Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , 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: $1,732,586
Total expenses: $957,764
Contributions and grants received: $1,730,227
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $913
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $1,446
Total assets, end of year: $2,285,755
Total liabilities, end of year: $1,260,874
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,024,881
Program services expenses (Part IX): $842,834
Management and general expenses: $114,930
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $842,834

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)

$1,150,107
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$580,120
2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

total $913 · related or exempt $913
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

total $1,446 · related or exempt $1,446
11e · Other revenue, total

$1,446

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $62,637 · program services $55,121 · management and general $7,516
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $286,795 · program services $252,380 · management and general $34,415
10 · Payroll taxes

total $25,369 · program services $22,325 · management and general $3,044
11a · Fees: management

total $77,967 · program services $68,611 · management and general $9,356
11b · Fees: legal

total $53,185 · program services $46,803 · management and general $6,382
11c · Fees: accounting

total $33,998 · program services $29,920 · management and general $4,078
11g · Fees: other

total $19,623 · program services $17,268 · management and general $2,355
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $7,744 · program services $6,815 · management and general $929
13 · Office expenses

total $16,017 · program services $14,095 · management and general $1,922
14 · Information technology

total $124,847 · program services $109,865 · management and general $14,982
16 · Occupancy

total $38,687 · program services $34,045 · management and general $4,642
17 · Travel

total $8,672 · program services $7,631 · management and general $1,041
20 · Interest

total $881 · program services $775 · management and general $106
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $325 · program services $286 · management and general $39
23 · Insurance

total $23,788 · program services $20,933 · management and general $2,855
24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

total $80,109 · program services $70,496 · management and general $9,613
24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

total $28,792 · program services $25,337 · management and general $3,455
24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

total $23,346 · program services $20,544 · management and general $2,802
24d · Other expenses: FURNITURE

total $15,600 · program services $13,728 · management and general $1,872
24e · All other expenses

total $29,382 · program services $25,856 · management and general $3,526

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $250,059 · end of year $666,960
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

end of year $255,383
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$9,742
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$325
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,417
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,353,995
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

end of year $178,508
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

end of year $101,266
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $981,100
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $250,059 · end of year $1,024,881

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 KINDERGARTEN 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 $842,834 · Revenue $2,359
N/A
N/A

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

Herman BarhamHERMAN BARHAM

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Latonja Cummings-HarrisLATONJA CUMMINGS-HARRIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Justin MurdockJUSTIN MURDOCK

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Demarcus RodgersDEMARCUS RODGERS

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Theo RoshellTHEO ROSHELL

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Dr Anthony OliverDR ANTHONY OLIVER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40
Meredith DavisMEREDITH DAVIS

PRINCIPAL

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40
Derric JonesDERRIC JONES

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Total calculated

$0

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 $1,289,033

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: 202442259349300904

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