Empowerment Systems Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860664708
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Apache Junction, AZ, USA
Phone
4803676937
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$432,339
Expenses
$904,481
Assets
$1,666,856
Liabilities
$1,255,087

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACK BEVERIDGE (PRESIDENT, CHAIR OF THE BO)
  • ROMUALDO MUNOZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM BEVERIDGE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACK BEVERIDGE (PRESIDENT, CHAIR OF THE BO): $153,076 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM BEVERIDGE (CEO): $149,539 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We empower people to improve their lives through community health and wellness programs as well as health education and professional development programs. We value a multi-dimensional approach to wellness that addresses virtually every aspect of life: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, occupational, spiritual and environmental.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our Arizona living well institute (azlwi) encompasses many of our programs:1. Our empowerment learning collaborative partners with Arizona colleges and universities to offer an internship program. Our interns receive a unique community-based experience by combining expertise from interdisciplinary teams to benefit our underserved and at-risk communities.2. The center is a community based resource and open computer lab that offers complimentary computers, printers, faxes, telephones and scanners. We offer resource navigation and referrals.3. Homeless: our homeless program helps community members with id vouchers, shower vouchers, laundry vouchers, hygiene kits and pre-packaged snacks. We are a designated water hydration station, who offers complimentary water throughout the year.4. Medicaid & snap: we are certified assisters (english and spanish), where we enroll qualified individuals and families into medicaid and the supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap). They assist clients with the application process. They also attend community health and outreach events to promote snap and our programs in pinal county, se maricopa county and the greater phoenix area. We have virtual outreach and application assistance at community partner sites of maricopa wic, creighton school district family resource center and apache junction. We assist in the enrollment for healthcare benefits, food stamps and social services such as tanf, ahcccs and the marketplace, as well as provide information about cahra, des, Arizona@work, hope, and the at still dental clinic appointment process. 5. Leasing: our leasing program has made a conscientious effort to rent space in our building to other non-profits. We lease to caafa, standup aj & ability academy.6. Snapcan: helping snap recipients overcome barriers to employment through supportive services, case management and partnering with [email protected]. Food distribution: in partnership with united food bank we offer a monthly produce and other foods. This fiscal year we served 2,349 clients, 979 households with 1,240 boxes and distributed with a total gross weight of 59,715 pounds. We had a many a total of 139 volunteers participate for over a total of 417 hours.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 85
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $54.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -109.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.75; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $793K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $153K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.