Minnesota · Nonprofit
Empowering Kids Perham
Empowering Kids Perham (Minnesota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $351,986 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($205,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $352k
- Net assets
- $685k
What Empowering Kids Perham does
Mission
To empower children, families, and the community by providing support and resources to those with autism or social challenges.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization closed the Montessori Preschool in August 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
EIDBI ServicesThe Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) benefit is a Minnesota Health Care Program designed to provide comprehensive support for individuals under the age of 21 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or related conditions. This benefit is available to those enrolled in Medical Assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare, Minnesota Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA), or other qualifying health care programs.The primary goal of the EIDBI program is to deliver medically necessary, early, and intensive interventions that address the unique Continued on Schedule O...developmental and behavioral needs of individuals with ASD or related conditions. These interventions aim to:1. Improve the individual's independence and ability to participate meaningfully in family, school, and community life.2. Provide education and support to parents and families, empowering them to better understand and address their loved one's needs.3. Enhance overall outcomes and quality of life for individuals receiving services.In FY 2025, the EIDBI program had a significant impact within the community. A dedicated team of 17 therapists delivered over 9,300 hours…
$1,040,054 spent$830,605 earned by the program93% of program spendingAfter-School Groups and Summer Skills GroupsEmpowering Kids offers essential after-school and summer programming for individuals with autism, ADHD, and other related social challenges. Participants, ranging from ages 10 to 19, come together to learn, grow, and connect in a supportive environment.During the past year:-After-School Groups welcomed 12 participants, each attending for two hours weekly.-Summer Social Groups served 18 participants, with sessions running four hours each week.Continued on Schedule O... To keep these opportunities accessible, Empowering Kids offers affordable and reduced rates for families facing financial hardship.Programming combines small-group instruction with structured activities that focus on:-Social-emotional skills - conversation, play, and greetings.-Self-regulation and emotional management - strategies to manage emotions across settings.-Healthy relationships and friendships - understanding boundaries, fostering connections, and developing social awareness.-Life skills - navigating community spaces, problem-solving, and building independence.-Understanding individual disabilities - developing self-awareness and empowerment through education…
$20,641 spentof which $1,225 as grants$16,305 earned by the program2% of program spendingOccupational TherapyEmpowering Kids provides individualized Occupational Therapy (OT) services that support children and young adults with autism, ADHD, sensory processing differences, and other developmental needs. The OT program is designed to help participants build the foundational skills they need for success at home, in school, and in the community.Through one-on-one sessions, participants work with a licensed occupational therapist on:-Fine and gross motor skills - improving strength, coordination, and dexterity for everyday tasks.Continued on Schedule O...-Sensory processing and regulation - developing strategies to respond appropriately to sensory input and maintain focus.-Daily living skills - from dressing and eating to personal hygiene and organization, building independence in self-care.-Executive functioning - strengthening planning, sequencing, attention, and problem-solving abilities.Therapy sessions are play-based and engaging, meeting each child where they are and helping them progress in meaningful, motivating ways. Our therapist also collaborates closely with caregivers, providing education, resources, and strategies that can be carried into daily routines at…
$57,269 spent$58,772 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,117,964.
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 $150k to $1.5M (+910%).
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: 2021 3% · 2022 6% · 2023 7% · 2024 11% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of Empowering Kids Perham’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Jennifer Hendrickson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $41k → $65k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 Empowering Kids Perham’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
Empowering Kids Perham leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
41% 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 Empowering Kids Perham.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 85% · 2020 82% · 2021 100% · 2022 68% · 2023 77% — 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
50% of Empowering Kids Perham's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% 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
100% of Empowering Kids Perham's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Empowering Kids Perham has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Empowering Kids Perham
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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 Empowering Kids Perham: 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 Empowering Kids Perham?
- Empowering Kids Perham (Minnesota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $351,986 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($205,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Empowering Kids Perham have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $351,986 in grants to Empowering Kids Perham, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Empowering Kids Perham?
- OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Empowering Kids Perham find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 10 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