California · Nonprofit
Empower You Edutainment
Empower You Edutainment (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $281,500 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS ($180,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $282k
- Net assets
- $169k
What Empower You Edutainment does
Mission
Empower You Edutainment specializes on wellness. We serve Riverside County, both youth and adults. Our organization concentrates on the psychological well-being of our clients by using storytelling, acting
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Elephant in the Room:Healing the Wounds of Racism is a transformative program designed to empower the Black community&facilitate the healing of racial traumas.Through monthly meetings workshops,participants engage in deep,meaningful discussions&therapeutic activities within a supportive community.This program uiquely combines arts-encompasing theatre,storytelling,singing,&dancing-as powerful tools for expression and healing.Each session allows participants to explore their experiences,share their stories,&find solace in the collective journey toward healing&empowerment.
$33,196 spentof which $80,500 as grants41% of program spendingSocial Justice Plays:Empower You Edutainment is dedicated to harnessing the power of the arts to inspire social change through our Social Justice Plays.These plays are a core component of our mission to merge education with entertainment,creating narratives that address critical issues such as mental health,sex trafficking,and systemic racism.By presenting these complex topics through the engaging mediums of drama and performance,our Social Justice Plays provoke thought,encourage dialogue, and foster understanding among audiences.Each production aims to enlighten&educate while providing a platform for voices often unheard in mainstream media.
$26,442 spentof which $61,000 as grants32% of program spendingEmpower You Edutainments Acting for the Camera program is specifically designed to cultivate&lify the voices of our youth.It provides participants with a unique opportunity to develop their active skills in a safe setting.Those in the program gain valuable experience expressing themselves and conveying emotions effectively in front of a camera.Not only does it enhance their artistic abilities,but it also builds confidence&communication skills,equipping them for success,Acting for the Camera is more than a training program-its a platform for self-expression and personal growth, helping young performers discover their voice and make it be heard.
$22,123 spentof which $32,000 as grants27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $81,761.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $86k to $239k (+177%).
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.
100% of Empower You Edutainment’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. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Sharron Lewis
CEO/President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $145k.
1 of 3 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 You Edutainment’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 You Edutainment leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 You Edutainment.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 50% · 2023 76% — 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 You Edutainment's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 You Edutainment runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,838 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,838 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Empower You Edutainment
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.
Public support
100%
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 You Edutainment: 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 You Edutainment?
- Empower You Edutainment (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $281,500 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS ($180,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Empower You Edutainment have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $281,500 in grants to Empower You Edutainment, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Empower You Edutainment?
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Empower You Edutainment 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.
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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 2022–2024), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing