Family Empowerment Institute

Analysis

Family Empowerment Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Southfield, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Family Empowerment Institute reported income of $102k and spending of $79k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $338k to $102k (-70%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Family Empowerment Institute sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cowboy Crisis Fund ($102k), Hni Charities Inc ($102k) and We Care We Share Ministries ($102k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $64k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $64k.