Learning Empowered

Legal name: Learning Empowered Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591623437
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Phone
(727) 442-6881
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,649,853
Expenses
$3,641,692
Assets
$5,232,315
Liabilities
$1,807,307

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Johnson (President)
  • Laura Gaffney (Vice President)
  • Lisa Huff (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Lisa Huff (Executive Director): $124,498 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To empower families and build resiliency through educational programs and services across the lifespan. Learning Empowered is growing and making strides towards expanded facilities and services to the community. With planning and implementing innovative new services and spaces to provide supports for families, Learning Empowered is poised to meet more community needs than ever before. Our work and efforts in our community continue to be transformative to the children and families that we are dedicated to serving. Our Learning Empowered Campus at 6801 38th Ave N. now holds services that support families across the lifespan, including the integration of early learning, infant and early childhood mental health, family resource and referral supports, supplemental nutrition programs, family stabili.

What it reported doing in 2024

Learning Empowered's Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Programs include 2 programs; the Empowering Babies and Families(EBF)program and the Triangles: Partnering for Early Childhood Success program. EBF offers infant/early childhood mental health consultation (IECMHC) services for children birth through 3 years old at childcare centers, family child care homes, and in-home through referrals from the community and agency partners. Training, coaching, and IECMHC is available to support families and early learning providers in addressing social-emotional and behavioral challenges in the classroom or family childcare home environment. The Triangles program offers consultation and therapeutic services to families of children 2-5 years experiencing persistent and pervasive difficulties in a childcare setting due to social-emotional and behavioral challenges. These programs prioritize the enhancement of social-emotional development in young children, nurturing the caregiver-child relationship and promoting overall child and family well-being. As community-driven initiatives, these programs endeavor to create a safe and supportive space that caters to the individualized needs of every child and family. The programs provide child, family and classroom consultation and training, equipping both families and teachers with the tools necessary to support each child's development. Furthermore, it connects families with additional resources to foster holistic family support, strengthening the community's commitment to nurturing its youngest members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 91% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $42.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.44; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.