Empowerment Collective

Analysis

Empowerment Collective is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Empowerment Collective reported income of $171k and spending of $164k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $247k to $171k (-31%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Empowerment Collective sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Its Not Ok Inc ($171k), Pakistan Literacy Fund ($171k) and Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety ($171k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $207k against liabilities of $869, net assets of $207k.