Empowerment Achievement Movement

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473056254
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2674080612
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$301,122
Expenses
$275,452
Assets
$57,281
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Taj Murdock (President)
  • Dr Courtland Lee (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Taj Murdock (President): $22,750 total reported compensation
  • Andrea Edwards (Treasurer): $5,700 total reported compensation
  • Leslie Crudup (Secretary): $3,600 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Empowered Achievement Movement Inc. is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young men ages 12 to 18 through structured mentoring leadership development academic support and character- building programs. Our mission is to prepare youth for a successful future by providing intentional guidance transformative teaching and positive exposure in a safe supportive environment. Through workshops life-skills training emotional intelligence development and community service we help young men build confidence accountability and resilience. Our work strengthens families and communities by cultivating responsible motivated and civically engaged young leaders.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mental Health and Trauma healing support through workshops and activities to strengthen team and family development. Mental Health Counseling Services Rite of Passage Program Emotional Intelligence Mentee Mentor Wellness Sessions Made possible by Focus for Health Grant

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 70.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 57.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $222K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $23K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.