Empowering Lives International

Analysis

Empowering Lives International is a registered charity in United States, based in Upland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Empowering Lives International reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.3m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $2.0m (+10.0%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Empowering Lives International sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ministerio Buen Samaritano Marc Marcos a Rivera Cordova Inc ($2.0m), Onward Campus Ministries ($2.0m) and Queen City PRC Inc ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $256k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $416k. It paid $1,358 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 14 employees.