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EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA

EIN 85-2038676 BESSEMER, AL

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Revenue 2024
$7,104,524
Expenses 2024
$7,459,646

Program services were 88.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
1200
Street
751 ACADEMY DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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 KINDEGARTEN 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 $6,564,487 · Revenue $128,360

  • N/A

  • N/A

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Anthony Oliver

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,940
    From this org
    $131,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,929
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,011
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,296
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,633
    Filer's total
    $150,940

  • Latonja Cummings-Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Justin Murdock

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Theo Roshell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Herman Barham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Demarcus Rodgers

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Derric Jones

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $117,534
    From this org
    $95,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,919
    Hours/week
    40

  • Meredith Davis

    PRINCIPAL/EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $143,451
    From this org
    $120,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,426
    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,104,524
    Expenses
    $7,459,646
    Contributions
    $6,967,263
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,134,083
    Expenses
    $6,233,676
    Contributions
    $7,052,962
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,365,138
    Expenses
    $4,137,782
    Contributions
    $3,282,262
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,732,586
    Expenses
    $957,764
    Contributions
    $1,730,227
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $335,617
    Expenses
    $85,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • EMPOWER COMMUNITY HOLDINGS LLC

    OBTAIN FINANCING FOR THE ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES · AL · income $82 · assets $1,214,482

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.