Empower Her Network DBA Empowered Network (EHN) launched its survivor-centered, trauma-informed program in 2017 to address a national gap in services identified by immediate aftercare providers: most trafficking survivors exhaust resources with systemic barriers standing in the way of a realistic economic alternative, putting them at high risk of further exploitation, experiencing homelessness, and/or remaining in the service cycle their entire lives. Empower Her Network collaborates with trafficking survivors over 12 to 18 months to achieve their economic freedom by removing housing barriers, providing advocacy, financing education, and uncovering career paths. Every survivor who achieves fiscal independence is in a much better position to protect their children, ending generational cycles of poverty and exploitation.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 23 volunteers and 15 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $59K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$563K
to officers and key staff · 28% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 28% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
0.8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.1M
+24% vs prior year
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
93%
Net assets
$588K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.1M
FY2025▲ +24%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$540K
FY2021$732K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$2.1M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$573K
FY2021$631K
FY2022$667K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.0M
Net assets
$588K
FY2025▲ +21%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$199K
FY2021$300K
FY2022$650K
FY2023$714K
FY2024$487K
FY2025$588K

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2017.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $1.9M Management & general 7% · $136K

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

24 people listed on the 990; $563K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$153,967Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$153,967Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Strategic P
$127,476Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Strategic P
$127,476Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristy Norbert’s $154K as Executive Director is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kristy Norbert$153,967$150,000$122,105$95,000$85,000$80,000
Abagail Wittnebert$127,476$150,000————

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Funds and supports survivors of human trafficking.

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2 programs · $3.7M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Empower Her Network,Inc. DBA Empowered Network, ended 2025 with 55 partners, 148 survivors on an ACTIVE empowerment plan, and 107 who completed the 12 month program. In 2025, the average annual wage increase went from $25,024 to $37,308. That's a $12,284 increase in salary in 12 months!

$1.9Mprogram expense
02

Empower Her Network,Inc. DBA Empowered Network, ended 2025 with 55 partners, 148 survivors on an ACTIVE empowerment plan, and 107 who completed the 12 month program. In 2025, the average annual wage increase went from $25,024 to $37,308. That's a $12,284 increase in salary in 12 months!

$1.9Mprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Visionary WomenFY2025$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K
Grants paid · 7 grants · $2.9M · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$594,423
Unitemized GrantFY2025$594,423
Unitemized GrantFY2024$491,335
Unitemized GrantFY2023$393,855
Unitemized GrantFY2022$216,181
Unitemized GrantFY2021$284,181
Unitemized GrantFY2020$297,168

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$363
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.9M
Managementcol C$136K
Owns and owesPt X
$588K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$320K
Total assetsLn 16$593K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$638K
Investment incomeLn 3$363
Total revenueLn 12$2.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$320K
Total assetsLn 16$593K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$588K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 623
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.1M$2.0M$101K$588K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.7M$1.9M−$227K$487K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.2M$65K$714K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.0M$667K$350K$650K 990 PDF
FY2021 $732K$631K$101K$300K 990 PDF
FY2020 $540K$573K−$33K$199K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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