Destiny Empowerment Enterprises Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752791633
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2021
Location
Arlington, TX, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,922
Expenses
$77,087
Assets
$451,100

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • Renee Fowler Hornbuckle (Founder)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Destiny Empowerment Enterprises DEE Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to uplifting economically disadvantaged children and families in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. Through education social services community development and the arts we aim to enhance the quality of life for youth in the Greater Arlington and DFW Area. Our programs focus on fostering spiritual well-being leadership skills and personal growth to empower the next generation. DEE Inc. is committed to providing a range of impactful and culturally relevant initiatives to support the holistic development of our communitys children and youth. Since 1999 DEE Inc. has worked to enhance the lives of children and families by serving as a preliminary community outreach center offering a series of targeted academic and social programs designed to meet the needs of all citizens regardless of ethnic or economic background. In 2001 DEE Inc. opened its doors to Rachels House a transitional living facility.

What it reported doing in 2025

Finally Home at Rachels House is a Supervised Independent Living SIL program tailored for former foster youth aged 18-24. This initiative offers personalized support to help them navigate challenges complete post-secondary training and work towards self-sufficiency. Through comprehensive services we aim to empower these young adults to build a stable and independent future beyond the foster care system.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.85; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -56.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.