Empower Network International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822546756
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8177157713
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $87,990
- Expenses
- $82,572
- Assets
- $24,665
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- FINNY MATHEWS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- FINNY MATHEWS (PRESIDENT)
- ED HEMBY (TREASURER)
- TIM RAWSON (SECRETARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Empower network international's ultimate mission is to inspire the development of the entire community, with the central focus on supporting and empowering children. This can be rightfully achieved only when the men, women, and children of the community are educated, healthy, and financially self-reliant.
What it reported doing in 2024
Empowering children through education by; (1) providing school tuition and books to underprivileged children, (2) consulting with schools and training teachers for excellence in education by improving processes and practices, facilitating creative approaches to teaching, and building professional networks of teachers and head teachers, and (3) helping schools with better infrastructure to enhance the education experience.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 91%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 21; 21st 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: 49% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.4% of revenue deployed · 91% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.