Texas · Nonprofit
EMPOWER HOUSE SA
EMPOWER HOUSE SA (Texas) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,367,164 to it, the largest being Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc ($2,807,449). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $546k
What Empower House Sa does
Mission
Empower house provides community health services, youth development programs, and advocacy opportunities that empower women and girls of color.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Empower youth provides opportunities for youth to explore their world, the tools to achieve their dreams, and the platform to inspire their peers. In-school and out-of-school time programs support young people's growth rooted in restorative justice, developmental relationships, and social emotional learning.
$1,754,435 spentof which $138,277 as grants100% of program spendingCommunity health programs strengthen women and their communities by working to reduce health disparities and barriers to care. We increase access to essential health care services, wellness tools, skills and support for transformative community-wide change.- empower women - quarterly learning/growth opportunities for women to learn knew skills, build community, invest in their own wellbeing- empower parents - parenting education program that supports positive conneciton between parents and children using triple p curriculum- community health workers - provide one-on-one support for community members using holistic supports including direct assistance, health/human service navigation, mobility mentoring- empower connects - supports digital literacy and access through workshops, on-site computer lab, device distributions, one-on-one navigation- empower choice - reproductive health education through workshops and healthy pregnancy classes for birthing people.- mental health - supportive counceling and clinical mental health services- circles - peer-led groups that build community and create safe spaces for healing and growth
Radio - the empower house 101.5 kxep, lp-fm - community radio station creates space for marginalized voices to contribute toward community based conversations- radio workshops for youth and adults- partnerships with local content creators- production support
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,754,435.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $522k to $753k (+44%).
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 56% · 2021 9% · 2024 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of EMPOWER HOUSE SA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer A Castro
Executive director
Board chair
Cassandra Vara
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $87k → $2.6M.
6 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 HOUSE SA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. 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 HOUSE SA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 HOUSE SA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 46% · 2019 46% · 2020 32% · 2021 48% · 2022 35% · 2023 69% — growing more concentrated.
“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
52% of EMPOWER HOUSE SA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
92% of EMPOWER HOUSE SA's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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.
Against its field
EMPOWER HOUSE SA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EMPOWER HOUSE SA
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EMPOWER HOUSE SA: 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 HOUSE SA?
- EMPOWER HOUSE SA (Texas) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,367,164 to it, the largest being Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc ($2,807,449). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPOWER HOUSE SA have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $7,367,164 in grants to EMPOWER HOUSE SA, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPOWER HOUSE SA?
- Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,807,449 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPOWER HOUSE SA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 33 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