Empower Missouri

Analysis

Empower Missouri is a registered charity in United States, based in Jefferson Cty, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1948, 78 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 2024, Empower Missouri reported income of $1.0m and spending of $994k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $345k to $1.0m (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Empower Missouri sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women and Technology-A Partnership ($1.0m), Integrated Community ($1.0m) and 4 Christ Mission ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 8.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $553k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $71k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 17 employees.