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← EMPOWER 225

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EMPOWER 225.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,377,570
Total expenses
$2,470,429
Contributions and grants received
$2,061,434
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$89,402
Investment income
$2,265
Other revenue
$224,469
Total assets, end of year
$1,052,009
Total liabilities, end of year
$325,254
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$726,755
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,944,335
Management and general expenses
$476,437
Fundraising expenses
$49,657
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,944,335

Program services were 78.7% 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)

    $1,458,370

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $603,064

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $380,035

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TLP

    total $89,402 · related or exempt $89,402

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,265 · related or exempt $2,265

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $184,622

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $184,622

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $23,732 · related or exempt $23,732

  • 11b · Other revenue: INSURANCE DIVIDEND

    total $16,115 · related or exempt $16,115

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $39,847

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,418,975 · program services $1,154,523 · management and general $264,452

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $176,996 · program services $111,820 · management and general $65,176

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $129,633 · program services $58,029 · management and general $21,947 · fundraising $49,657

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $343,691 · program services $273,466 · management and general $70,225

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $45,747 · program services $30,402 · management and general $15,345

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,437 · program services $6,069 · management and general $3,368

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,412 · program services $31,785 · management and general $1,627

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $60,978 · program services $54,687 · management and general $6,291

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLIENT SUPPORT & RELATED

    total $245,942 · program services $223,481 · management and general $22,461

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,987 · management and general $4,987

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER DIRECT PROGRAM COST

    total $631 · program services $73 · management and general $558

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $395,514 · end of year $361,213

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $112,719 · end of year $85,319

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,625

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,366 · end of year $17,202

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

    $751,570

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

    $186,415

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $601,821 · end of year $565,155

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $31,231 · end of year $23,120

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,438 · end of year $23,949

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,822 · end of year $19,121

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $214,698 · end of year $192,591

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $107,704 · end of year $89,593

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $771,268 · end of year $659,453

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,346 · end of year $67,302

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF EMPOWER 225 IS TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE AND PERSONALLY IMPACT AT-RISK YOUTH BY DEVELOPING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND SAFE HOUSING.

  • ADVOCACY - MY COMMUNITY CARES IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A HOLISTIC APPROACH WITH ADVOCACY AND SERVICES TO YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES TO HELP KEEP THEM OUT OF STATE CUSTODY. THIS INITIATIVE ALSO HELPS TO PROVIDE AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY FOR YOUTH IN CARE AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR CAREGIVERS AND BIRTH PARENTS. THE AMPP PROGRAM WORKS WITH YOUTH AGES 12-17 WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND/OR PART OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM WITH THE INTENT OF PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO VIOLENCE AND PROVIDE WRAP AROUND SERVICES FOR THE FAMILY.

    Expenses $535,123

  • EDUCATION - THE ADULT EDUCATION/WORK READY U PROGRAM PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR HISET AND WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS. THE PREVENTING TRAFFICKING OF GIRLS (PTG) PROGRAM PROVIDES OR ENHANCE PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND MENTORSHIP TO GIRLS AGES 12-18 WHO ARE AT RISK AND WHOM HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

    Expenses $432,212

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING - THE EMPOWER 225 LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HELPS YOUTH AGES 13 - 24 BECOME INDEPENDENT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT. DREAMVILLE (DVILLE), AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THE L.I.T. (LEADERS IN TRAINING) SUMMER CAMP PROVIDES A SAFE POSITIVE PLACE AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AT RISK YOUTH AGES 13-18 AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING THE SUMMER. CILP PROGRAM PROVIDES LIFE SKILLS TRAINING FOR YOUTH AGES 14-21 IN FOSTER CARE OR AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE. THE STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM PROVIDES STREET-BASED INTERVENTION AND WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HOMELESS AND AT-RISK YOUTH AGES 16-21 TO HELP MOVE THEM TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL, SELF-SUFFICIENT ADULTHOOD.

    Expenses $533,553

  • HOUSING - ANCHOR HOUSE PROVIDES STABLE HOUSING AND SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS OR AT RISK MALE YOUTH AGES 16-21. IT IS A FAMILY-STYLE TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM USED TO CREATE A SUPPORTIVE HOME ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $443,447

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SUSAN ROGERS

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • GREYSON AUGUSTUS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ARIANNE BELLIZAIRE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARK BERGER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DARREN BURYCHKA

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOSH CAUSEY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JR CRAIN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHEAL SCOTT ENOS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHNNY GREEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHRISTOPHER H KING

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GUY OLIVER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RHETT SPANO

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JACQUISE TERRY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NODGELA THOMPSON

    MEMBER

    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
5 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202512179349300916

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