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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EMPOWER MISSOURI.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,998,923
Total expenses
$1,449,787
Contributions and grants received
$1,838,882
Grants paid
$123,013
Program service revenue
$106,797
Investment income
$48,558
Other revenue
$4,686
Total assets, end of year
$2,605,096
Total liabilities, end of year
$65,590
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,539,506
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,178,002
Management and general expenses
$136,689
Fundraising expenses
$135,096
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,178,002

Program services were 81.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $201,383

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,637,499

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Fee-for-Service

    total $74,283 · related or exempt $74,283 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Fundraising

    total $32,514 · related or exempt $32,514 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48,558 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $48,558

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $4,686 · related or exempt $4,686 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,686

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $123,013 · program services $123,013

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $804,171 · program services $664,624 · management and general $38,860 · fundraising $100,687

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,646 · program services $7,146 · management and general $418 · fundraising $1,082

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,364 · program services $64,765 · management and general $3,787 · fundraising $9,812

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $63,910 · program services $52,820 · management and general $3,088 · fundraising $8,002

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,849 · program services $0 · management and general $1,849 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,225 · program services $0 · management and general $15,225 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $66,000 · program services $66,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $41,987 · program services $16,431 · management and general $23,305 · fundraising $2,251

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,885 · program services $16,625 · management and general $60 · fundraising $2,200

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,701 · program services $13,281 · management and general $9,129 · fundraising $1,291

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,231 · program services $5,577 · management and general $6,809 · fundraising $845

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,569 · program services $5,664 · management and general $10,772 · fundraising $1,133

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,288 · program services $37,787 · management and general $1,107 · fundraising $1,394

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,535 · program services $19,535 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,673 · program services $0 · management and general $4,673 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other expenses

    total $47,859 · program services $35,770 · management and general $11,726 · fundraising $363

  • 24b · Other expenses: Human resources

    total $38,154 · program services $33,668 · management and general $1,632 · fundraising $2,854

  • 24c · Other expenses: Communications

    total $14,779 · program services $11,531 · management and general $2,199 · fundraising $1,049

  • 24d · Other expenses: Donations/sponsorship

    total $3,764 · program services $3,764 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,184 · program services $1 · management and general $2,050 · fundraising $2,133

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $148,724 · end of year $156,039

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $352,029 · end of year $898,821

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,019 · end of year $1,099

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,272 · end of year $5,288

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,446,715 · end of year $1,532,478

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $409 · end of year $11,371

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $57,263 · end of year $54,219

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,333

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $409 · end of year $11,371

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$25,059 · end of year -$86,541

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,909,222 · end of year $2,626,047

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To secure basic human needs and equal justice for every person in our state through coalition-building and advocacy.

  • Food Security Coalition (FSC): The FSC led a campaign to raise awareness of the issue of senior hunger and the need to make it easier for seniors to apply for SNAP. The coalition also built a base of support for a campaign to increase the number of school children receiving access to free meals at school. Finally, the coalition led statewide opposition to new federal restrictions on the SNAP program.

    Expenses $352,508 · Grants $83,013

  • Affordable Housing Coalition (AHC): The AHC continued to advance a tenant organizing program in Southwest Missouri. The tenant union in Springfield, MO now has nearly 100 card-carrying members, and there is a leadership group of tenants in Columbia preparing to launch a new tenant union in their city.

    Expenses $302,280

  • Criminal Justice Coalition (CJC): The CJC's largest accomplishment for the year was a public education campaign about Clean Slate, or automated records expungement. We built a coalition of over 50 organizations advocating for the issue, educated dozens of legislators about the collateral consequences of criminal records, and mobilized over 100 individuals to submit testimony in support of the bill.

    Expenses $280,670 · Grants $40,000

  • Training and advocacy

    Expenses $242,544 · Revenue $74,283

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mallory Rusch

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $100,649
    From this org
    $100,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    43

  • Dr Tiffany Patton

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Raquel Cooper

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Cooper

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randy Wollenberg

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anatolji Gelimson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Shotwell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Izzy Litwack

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deitra Colquitt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katherine Staeger-Wilson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pamela Neal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Blansit

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pierre Yancy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Stoff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rachel Tripp

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Englert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kimberly Henderson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2024
Filed
26 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202600339349301100

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