California · Nonprofit
EMPOWER AND EXCEL
EMPOWER AND EXCEL (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $592,569 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($498,844). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $642k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $593k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Empower and Excel does
Mission
Transforming communities through the power of youth. To empower youth to give back to the community early in life by volunteering and teaching.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ashajyothi - year-round food sponsorship to homeless disabled children.
$93,654 spentof which $86,095 as grants49% of program spendingThe harvest of hope program is a community-based initiative of Empower and Excel dedicated to supporting underserved children and families by addressing their educational, basic living, and seasonal needs throughout the year. The program is designed to reduce barriers faced by low-income households while creating opportunities for children to succeed academically and thrive personally. Through the harvest of hope program, children receive access to enriching summer learning opportunities that help prevent learning loss. The program provides backpacks filled with school supplies at the beginning of each school year. These resources help alleviate financial burdens on families and ensure students have the tools they need to participate fully in the classroom. During the holiday season, harvest of hope brings joy and relief to families facing financial hardship by distributing gift cards, holiday assistance, and essential household items. This support enables families to celebrate special occasions with dignity while meeting their most pressing needs. Throughout the year, the program also provides household essentials, hygiene products, food assistance, and other critical resources…
$41,464 spent22% of program spendingEducational steam projects - supported communities in need with various educational projects. Conducted weekly steam activities with lunch.
$23,426 spent12% of program spendingOther programs : project homeless, project gardeing, etc.
$31,943 spentof which $701 as grants17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $190,487.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $182k to $756k (+316%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 6% · 2022 0% · 2024 3% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
104% of EMPOWER AND EXCEL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $250 → $76k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EMPOWER AND EXCEL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EMPOWER AND EXCEL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EMPOWER AND EXCEL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 100% · 2023 87% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of EMPOWER AND EXCEL's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of EMPOWER AND EXCEL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $26k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $567k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EMPOWER AND EXCEL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EMPOWER AND EXCEL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EMPOWER AND EXCEL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EMPOWER AND EXCEL?
- EMPOWER AND EXCEL (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $592,569 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($498,844). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EMPOWER AND EXCEL have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $592,569 in grants to EMPOWER AND EXCEL, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPOWER AND EXCEL?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $498,844 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPOWER AND EXCEL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing