Empower International Inc

Analysis

Empower International Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2025. 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, Empower International Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $989k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $738k to $1.1m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Empower International Inc sits at the 92nd 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 80th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Truly Fed Ministries ($1.1m), Order of Malta Pilgrimage Foundation ($1.1m) and Embrace the Truth ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $122k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $185k. At year end it held assets of $854k against liabilities of -$1,495, net assets of $856k. It reported 2 employees.