Indiana · Nonprofit
EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC
EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,626,383 to it, the largest being THE MIND TRUST INC ($1,226,383). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $200k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $0
What Empowered Families Inc does
Mission
Empowered families' mission is to build power through relationships and equip families with the tools and resources to fight for high quality, equitable education.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Empowered families creates frequent opportunities for listening and learning from partners, families, students, educators, and community members through community meetings, focus groups, house meetings, and general outreach.
$177,238 spent33% of program spendingEmpowered families creates opportunities for educating parents and families on the local education system and on resources available to meet their families' educational needs through social media, public forums, research, and reports.
$177,238 spent33% of program spending"empowered families builds a base of members and supporters to identify and advocate for strategies priorities and develops strategic partnerships with local organizations and coalitions to advocate for parent-focused issues."
$177,237 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $531,713.
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.
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 $657k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Leslie Shannon Shegog
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $265k → $200k.
From the IRS filings of EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC’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
EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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
75% 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 EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 61% · 2022 76% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
75% of EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC: 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 EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC?
- EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,626,383 to it, the largest being THE MIND TRUST INC ($1,226,383). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,626,383 in grants to EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC?
- THE MIND TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,226,383 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPOWERED FAMILIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 2 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