Texas · Nonprofit
EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC
EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC (Texas) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,452,889 to it, the largest being JULIA AND ALBERT SMITH FOUNDATION ($430,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $524k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $115k
What Empowering Women Out of Prison Inc does
Mission
The mission of empowering women out of prison (ewop) is to transform and empower incarcerated women to realize a life of freedom, through an entrepreneurial spirit, noble character and purpose, revealing their god-given potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Empowering women out of prison (ewop) engages top leaders and business owners to constructively redirect the ambitions of incarcerated women by equipping them with 5 driving values-based leadership and entrepreneurship training, preparing them for successful reentry into society. Each year, 100 women are competitively selected from more than 1,000 applicants state-wide to participate in ewop's programming, reflecting both the demand for and the rigor of the program. Ewop delivers a 3-month, in-prison character and leadership development program, followed by a 6-month business plan and entrepreneurship curriculum.now in year 6, ewop participants have launched 18 women-owned businesses, and graduates secure employment within the first 90 days post-release. Most notably, ewop maintains a zero percent recidivism rate, demonstrating the life-changing impact of its values-based curriculum and comprehensive post-release support services, which include transitional housing connections, employment assistance, mentoring, social services, and topic-driven workshops.
$453,041 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $453,041.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $111k to $338k (+204%).
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.
123% of EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Pamela Thomure
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $96k → $391k.
9 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 WOMEN OUT OF PRISON 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
EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 42% · 2021 42% · 2022 63% · 2023 38% — 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
67% of EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
99% of EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $428k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC?
- EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC (Texas) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,452,889 to it, the largest being JULIA AND ALBERT SMITH FOUNDATION ($430,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,452,889 in grants to EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC?
- JULIA AND ALBERT SMITH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $430,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 18 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