Empower Motivation Fitness Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861697821
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Annapolis, MD, USA
Phone
4104015354
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Reported finances

Revenue
$157,984
Expenses
$150,479
Assets
$152,903
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David Fletcher (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • David Fletcher (CEO): $52,368 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

1. To empower those with disabilities and movement disorders to DO their best to BE their best.2. To improve the quality of life of those with movement disorders through physical and mental exercises and activities.3. To build an ongoing, supportive community with cost effective and caring services. 4. To provide that community with programs supporting caregivers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Empower Motivation Fitnesss progress against its stated goals has been a journey of frustrating delays concurrent with remarkable achievements in the fulfillment of a vision--all experienced by, and accomplished by, a single spare-time Chief Executive Officer working with a volunteer board of six.Since January 2022 we have, as planned (though not necessarily as scheduled): established goals for web site development, performance management, and fundraising training; completed our starting point website developed an orientation presentation outreached to market base through community health fair, associated arts groups, and healthcare facilities and physicians searched for, found, and moved to expanded space in new location developed, distributed, and collected our first participant satisfaction survey and Added 10 active participants to rolls despite Covid restrictions.We have also, by seizing opportunities in line with our vision: developed and added, starting February 2023 Rockin Steady n Rollin Easy music therapy to Rock Steady Boxing program offerings; developed and readied for announcement of first class Give n Take It Easy and Caregiver Support and Compassionate Listening programs; expanded Board of Directors and opened possibility of retirement community branches or special offerings in central location."

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.8%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 44.6%; rating input score 45
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.8% of revenue deployed · 44.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $52K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.