Empowermt creates a more just and inclusive society by developing youth and adult leaders who work

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$66K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $27K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$66K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $194K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$91K
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$542K
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$389K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$432K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$542K
FY2022▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$340K
FY2021$464K
FY2022$542K
FY2023$398K
FY2024$510K
FY2025$578K
Expenses
$389K
FY2022▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$331K
FY2021$310K
FY2022$389K
FY2023$577K
FY2024$575K
FY2025$487K
Net assets
$432K
FY2022▲ +54%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$126K
FY2021$281K
FY2022$432K
FY2023$252K
FY2024$170K
FY2025$258K

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2016.

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Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $288K Management & general 12% · $48K Fundraising 14% · $53K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $66K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$66,380Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Heidi Wallace’s $102K as Executive Director is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Heidi Wallace$101,715$91,000$85,538$66,380$66,377$59,336

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

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

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3 programs · $288K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Youth development; coordination of after school programs, peer violence prevention programs and prejudice reduction workshops in 30 schools. Providing training for educators and youth

$184Kprogram expense
02

Community Training

Providing workshops on prejudice, conflict and violence prevention for community members

$55Kprogram expense
03

Organizational consulting providing facilitation, consultation and workshops a variety of organizations including law enforcement, health care, governmental and social services reaching over 700 individuals

$49Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$542K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$481K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$60K
Investment incomeLn 3$158
Money outPt IX
$389K
Ln 25
Programscol B$288K
Managementcol C$48K
Fundraisingcol D$53K
Owns and owesPt X
$432K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$442K
Total assetsLn 16$523K
LiabilitiesLn 26$91K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$481K
Government grantsLn 1e$7K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$7K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$60K
Investment incomeLn 3$158
Total revenueLn 12$542K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$340K
SavingsLn 2$102K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$442K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1K
Total assetsLn 16$523K
LiabilitiesLn 26$91K
Net assetsLn 32$432K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 680
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$246K$442K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$327K$523K
LiabilitiesLn 26$46K$91K
Net assetsLn 32$281K$432K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$76K$61K$8K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$167K$120K$24K$23K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$25K$19K$3K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$12K$2K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$29K$15K$8K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$261$261
Office expensesLn 13$11K$10K$557$1K
Information technologyLn 14$1K$904$83$511
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$20K$15K$3K$2K
TravelLn 17$8K$8K$122
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$16K$16K$30$486
InterestLn 20$1K$1K$179$166
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K$183$169
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$15K$9K$339$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$389K$288K$48K$53K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $578K$487K$90K$258K 990 PDF
FY2024 $510K$575K−$65K$170K 990 PDF
FY2023 $398K$577K−$179K$252K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $542K$389K$153K$432K 990 PDF
FY2021 $464K$310K$154K$281K 990 PDF
FY2020 $340K$331K$9K$126K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $541,768 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $398,675$481,391
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $64,086$60,219
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,573$158
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $464,334$541,768
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 $226,749$284,073
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $83,361$105,035
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $310,110$389,108
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $154,224$152,660
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $541,768 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $60,219 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$6,967
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$7,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$467,424
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$481,391
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $158$158
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $60,219 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $158$541,768
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $389,108 across 23 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $61,101 · Management $7,638 · Fundraising $7,637$76,376
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $119,770 · Management $23,519 · Fundraising $23,360$166,649
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $18,554 · Management $3,110 · Fundraising $2,904$24,568
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,343 · Management $1,994 · Fundraising $2,143$16,480
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $15,045 · Management $7,578 · Fundraising $5,915$28,538
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $261$261
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,541 · Management $557 · Fundraising $1,237$11,335
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $904 · Management $83 · Fundraising $511$1,498
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $15,129 · Management $2,621 · Fundraising $2,421$20,171
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,021 · Fundraising $122$8,143
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $15,902 · Management $30 · Fundraising $486$16,418
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,035 · Management $179 · Fundraising $166$1,380
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,068 · Management $183 · Fundraising $169$2,420
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $8,736 · Management $339 · Fundraising $5,796$14,871
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $288,410 · Management $47,831 · Fundraising $52,867$389,108
Part X · Balance sheet $523,168 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $793; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $244,150$339,879
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,322$102,391
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $52,506$69,704
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $22,931$7,025
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,154$1,988
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,540$1,388
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $326,951$523,168
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $15,884$65,889
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $30,000$25,493
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $45,884$91,382
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $281,067$431,786
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $281,067$431,786
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $326,951$523,168
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $431,786 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$541,768
XI-2 Total expenses$389,108
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$152,660
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$281,067
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$302
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$1,639
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$431,786

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