Npower is a national nonprofit that unlocks economic mobility by preparing young adults and military-connected individuals - especially those facing barriers to opportunity - for high-demand careers in the technology sector through tuition-free training, professional mentoring, and job placement support.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1,850 volunteers and 319 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.6M a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.6M
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.3 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $42K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.9M
15% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 15% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 25 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 25 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$34.8M
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$35.3M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$16.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$34.8M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$25.0M
FY2021$22.7M
FY2022$41.4M
FY2023$24.4M
FY2024$29.8M
FY2025$34.8M
Expenses
$35.3M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$18.1M
FY2021$21.5M
FY2022$24.9M
FY2023$34.5M
FY2024$34.1M
FY2025$35.3M
Net assets
$16.6M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$14.3M
FY2021$15.5M
FY2022$32.0M
FY2023$21.5M
FY2024$17.1M
FY2025$16.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2001.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $29.1M Management & general 9% · $3.2M Fundraising 9% · $3.0M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

38 people listed on the 990; $2.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$310,025Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Administrative Officer
$273,591Pt VII · Sec A
Chief External Relations Officer (thru Aug 2025)
$252,218Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Innovation Officer
$214,316Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Development & Principal Gifts
$204,548Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Marketing Officer
$201,787Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Finance and Business Operations
$194,503Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Organizational Growth & Strategy
$194,187Pt VII · Sec A

Bertina Ceccarelli’s $310K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 572 $10–100M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Bertina Ceccarelli$310,025$343,316$363,069$361,719$385,588$352,872
Stefanie Boles$273,591$290,704$290,704$278,442——
Steve Ragan$252,218$246,474————
Robert Vaughn$214,316$225,773$216,478$198,076$179,059$164,233
Felecia Webb———$223,805$195,320$197,308
Binta Vann$201,787$212,688$206,618$193,623$179,292$165,054
Thomas Sussman—$205,197$207,753$197,839$179,534$180,517
Kim Mitchell$194,187$205,313—$195,743$187,931$189,972

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Launches digital careers for military veterans and young adults from underserved communities through free IT training, professional certifications, and paid internship opportunities.

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1 program · $29.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Npower's Services Are Delivered Through the Following Programs

Tech fundamentals is up to a 20-WEEK virtual classroom and internship training program for young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 and military veterans and their spouses that results in career enhancing opportunities including jobs, technical certification and qualification for higher education.

$29.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Ppl FoundationFY2025$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$42K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$34.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$35.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$29.1M
Managementcol C$3.2M
Fundraisingcol D$3.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$16.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$19.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
38
listed · VII A
PaidVII A12
Voting boardVI 1a25
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.4M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$2.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Total revenueLn 12$34.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.0M
SavingsLn 2$7K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$421K
Other assetsLn 15$3.6M
Total assetsLn 16$19.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M
Net assetsLn 32$16.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5319
VolunteersI 61,850
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.6M$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$935K$421K
Total assetsLn 16$20.5M$19.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.4M$2.9M
Net assetsLn 32$17.1M$16.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.8M$1.6M$95K$174K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$18.6M$15.9M$929K$1.8M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$99K$84K$7K$9K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.6M$2.2M$178K$230K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2.2M$1.8M$147K$190K
Accounting feesLn 11c$173K$173K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.4M$2.7M$501K$208K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$122K$114K$7K$857
Office expensesLn 13$105K$92K$9K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$1.6M$928K$555K$105K
OccupancyLn 16$982K$766K$121K$94K
TravelLn 17$227K$191K$18K$19K
InterestLn 20$41K$41K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$591K$88K$369K$134K
InsuranceLn 23$80K$68K$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.0M$2.0M$19K$20K
All other expensesLn 24e$579K$491K$56K$31K
Total functional expensesLn 25$35.3M$29.1M$3.2M$3.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $34.8M$35.3M−$568K$16.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $29.8M$34.1M−$4.3M$17.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $24.4M$34.5M−$10.1M$21.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $41.4M$24.9M$16.5M$32.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $22.7M$21.5M$1.2M$15.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $25.0M$18.1M$6.9M$14.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $34,773,898 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $28,980,819$34,503,692
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,952,796$1,599,789
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $41,282$6,283
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$1,194,567−$1,335,866
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $29,780,330$34,773,898
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $24,844,311$25,412,466
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,271,630$9,929,527
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $34,115,941$35,341,993
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$4,335,611−$568,095
Part VI · Governance 24 of 25 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body25
VI-1b Independent voting members24
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $34,773,898 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$265,639
VIII-1c Fundraising events$2,001,531
VIII-1d Related organizations$25,000
VIII-1e Government grants$4,425,969
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$27,785,553
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,418,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$34,503,692
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,599,789$1,599,789
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,283$6,283
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$377,044−$377,044
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax −$958,822−$958,822
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,599,789 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$1,329,583$34,773,898
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $35,341,993 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,569,451 · Management $95,122 · Fundraising $174,280$1,838,853
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $15,932,316 · Management $928,808 · Fundraising $1,785,361$18,646,485
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $84,116 · Management $6,681 · Fundraising $8,646$99,443
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,235,238 · Management $177,537 · Fundraising $229,762$2,642,537
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,848,348 · Management $146,807 · Fundraising $189,993$2,185,148
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $172,710$172,710
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,738,111 · Management $500,856 · Fundraising $207,763$3,446,730
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $114,291 · Management $6,529 · Fundraising $857$121,677
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $92,278 · Management $8,726 · Fundraising $4,172$105,176
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $927,904 · Management $554,956 · Fundraising $105,241$1,588,101
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $766,451 · Management $120,960 · Fundraising $94,362$981,773
IX-17 TravelPrograms $190,575 · Management $18,273 · Fundraising $18,573$227,421
IX-20 InterestManagement $41,225$41,225
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $87,840 · Management $368,744 · Fundraising $133,970$590,554
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $68,350 · Management $5,658 · Fundraising $6,128$80,136
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,957,262 · Management $18,539 · Fundraising $19,704$1,995,505
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $491,245 · Management $55,882 · Fundraising $31,392$578,519
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $29,103,776 · Management $3,228,013 · Fundraising $3,010,204$35,341,993
Part X · Balance sheet $19,459,203 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,164,415$1,010,579
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,412,403$6,554
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $8,364,645$13,435,521
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $690,384$830,494
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $205,340$150,929
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $935,089$420,993
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,729,469$3,604,133
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $20,501,745$19,459,203
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,590,786$711,147
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $372,736$377,565
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,407,046$1,807,409
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,370,568$2,896,121
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,907,479$2,163,552
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,223,698$14,399,530
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $17,131,177$16,563,082
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $20,501,745$19,459,203
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $16,563,082 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$34,773,898
XI-2 Total expenses$35,341,993
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$568,095
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$17,131,177
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$16,563,082

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