Together Empowered Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 813136016
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Duluth, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4049009583
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $268,542
- Expenses
- $250,802
- Assets
- $65,551
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Highest reported compensation
- Bertrina West (Clinical Director): $11,310 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Empower Women and Girls of Color
What it reported doing in 2024
Our mental healthcare program has been dedicated to providing comprehensive support to individuals and families struggling with various mental health challenges. Through a combination of counseling, therapy, education, and community outreach, we have made significant strides in improving the well-being and resilience of those we serve. Below are the key accomplishments of our program in assisting 300 individuals and families over the past year. Individual Counseling and Therapy: - Provided over 2500 individual counseling sessions tailored to address specific mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance abuse. - Implemented evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based approaches to promote emotional regulation and coping skills. - Conducted regular assessments to monitor progress and modify treatment plans accordingly, ensuring personalized and effective interventions for each client. Family Therapy and Support: - Facilitated over 50 family therapy sessions aimed at enhancing communication, understanding, and support within family systems. - Addressed familial conflicts, dynamics, and stressors contributing to mental health issues, fostering healthier relationships and family functioning. Community Outreach and Education: - Empowered individuals and families with knowledge and resources to navigate the complexities of mental illness, improve self-awareness, and advocate for their needs effectively. - Conducted 6 community outreach events and mental health awareness campaigns to destigmatize mental illness and promote help-seeking behaviors. - Provided training sessions for educators, healthcare professionals, and community leaders on recognizing signs of mental distress, offering support, and facilitating referrals. - Established partnerships with faith-based organizations and social service agencies to expand access to mental health services and resources in underserved communities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 21
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.4%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -40.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $251K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.