Massachusetts · Public charity
Empower Schools Inc
Empower schools is a nonprofit organization that partners with communities to help them get the schools they want with the results they need. We do this through launching and supporting empowerment zones, designing rural collaboratives, and supporting the launch of early college and career pathways. We also advance and inform policy, and…
- $80k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,376
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Empower Schools Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $243k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trio New College Network Inc | $518,036 | 3 | 10% |
| Alpine Independent School District | $37,376 | 1 | n/a |
| The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Service Center Region I of Texas | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Region 8 Esc | $17,403 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc · Center for Technology and Civic Life · Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Empower Schools Inc
- How much does Empower Schools Inc give?
- Empower Schools Inc reported 3 grants totaling $79,780 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Empower Schools Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (93%), Community Improvement (7%).
- Who are Empower Schools Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Trio New College Network Inc ($518k), Alpine Independent School District ($37k), The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center ($25k).
- Does Empower Schools Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Empower Schools Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc, Center for Technology and Civic Life, Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc.
- Where is Empower Schools Inc based?
- Empower Schools Inc is based in MA.
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