The Empowerment Center

Analysis

The Empowerment Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Temecula, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, The Empowerment Center reported income of $1.2m and spending of $960k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $293k to $1.2m (+309%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Empowerment Center sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Array of Hope Inc ($1.2m), Church Health Services Inc ($1.2m) and Union Baptist Association ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 7.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $193k. At year end it held assets of $713k against liabilities of $322k, net assets of $391k.