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EMPOWER HOPE USA

EMPOWER HOPE USA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $563,678 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($380,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$239k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$564k
Net assets
$103k
3/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Empower Hope USA does

Mission

The vision of empower hope is to give a face to the invisible; those living in slums and impoverished communities. The tembea nami generational mentorship model equips young adults to empower the next generation through equality, education, and entrepreneurship. The ultimate aim is to transform lives and revitalize communities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Tembea nami jua kusoma- an after school reading program where teachers help children struggling with their reading catch up to their peers. Mentoring- mentors give life skills training and ongoing leadership developement. Program highlights: 1. Huho adventure camp- for children 2. Vuka rite passage camp- teen girls provided with a high school education 3. Young adults received leadership and mentorship training 4. Students received post graduate education 5. Jua kusoma after school reading program at cheleta primary school 6. Various community outreach programs

    $118,466 spentof which $55,512 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $118,466.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($189k) Expenses 100 ($397k) Net assets -265 ($-265751)2020 Revenue 246 ($465k) Expenses 116 ($462k) Net assets -331 ($-332184)2021 Revenue 294 ($554k) Expenses 150 ($597k) Net assets -36 ($-36346)2022 Revenue 254 ($480k) Expenses 237 ($942k) Net assets -496 ($-498281)2023 Revenue 395 ($745k) Expenses 59 ($234k) Net assets 100 ($100k)2024 Revenue 127 ($239k) Expenses 57 ($226k) Net assets 102 ($103k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (127)Expenses (57)Net assets (102)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $79k to $189k (+139%).

$8k
$93k
$55k
$79k
$189k
$209k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of EMPOWER HOPE USA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$208k
’19
$3k
’20
−$43k
’21
−$462k
’22
$511k
’23
$13k
’24
1.4
months of
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed34333
Joined·+1+0+0+0
No longer listed·0100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $60k → $166k.

7 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 HOPE USA’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 HOPE USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 HOPE USA.

67%
largest funder
92%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 49% · 2022 53% · 2023 85% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of EMPOWER HOPE USA'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $564k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

EMPOWER HOPE USA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve1.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

52% of spending goes to programs.

Program 52%Management 35%Fundraising 13%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EMPOWER HOPE USA: 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 HOPE USA?
EMPOWER HOPE USA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $563,678 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($380,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does EMPOWER HOPE USA have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $563,678 in grants to EMPOWER HOPE USA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EMPOWER HOPE USA?
NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $380,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EMPOWER HOPE USA find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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