Rhode Island · Nonprofit
EMPOWERMENT FACTORY
EMPOWERMENT FACTORY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,338 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($91,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $410k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $480k
- Net assets
- $224k
What Empowerment Factory does
Mission
Tef is dedicated to giving children the skills they need to lead happier, healthier, more empowered lives. Our vision is for every child to know that they matter and can make a difference in the world around them.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Art in the park - program that combines literacy, mindfulness, social emotional learning, and creativity. The programs are free for children and their families from underserved communities in pawtucket, central falls, and providence. Working with the local cities and schools, these enrichment programs bring the community together and provide opportunities for families to connect.
$65,425 spent32% of program spendingCreative squad out of school programs- summer and after school programs focus on literacy, environmental education, creativity, and social emotional learning. In partnership with the ri department of education, local school departments, and community organizations, the 8 week programs are offered in title 1, underserved urban core communities.
$54,842 spent$22,049 earned by the program27% of program spendingVirtual learning-nature drawing - through grants from the ri department of education, tef continue the popular nature drawing classes. In partnership with the ri department of environmental management, children are taught about endangered animals as they learn how to draw them. The 6-week classes bring students from throughout the state into a virtual classroom where they make new friends, learn to draw, and learn ways they can help protect vulnerable eco systems
$24,312 spent$750 earned by the program12% of program spendingReading adventures and trash2treasures are 6-week, in school programs that meet steam curriculum criteria and collaborate with classroom teachers, librarians, and art and music teachers to bring an sel focused program to the children, one grade at a time. The other programs center around community outreach and art in order to strengthen the ties between generations and provide a space for the public to get involved in community building projects. Stakeholders include k-12 students, the elderly, volunteers, corporations, and the pawtucket, providence, and central falls communities.
$58,709 spent$3,250 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $203,288.
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 $66k to $124k (+86%).
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 16% · 2021 37% · 2022 36% · 2023 51% · 2024 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of EMPOWERMENT FACTORY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Gail Ahlers
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $6k → $58k.
4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 EMPOWERMENT FACTORY’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
EMPOWERMENT FACTORY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
50% 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 EMPOWERMENT FACTORY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 92% · 2019 40% · 2020 36% · 2021 42% · 2022 31% · 2023 35% — 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
33% of EMPOWERMENT FACTORY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
EMPOWERMENT FACTORY draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $130k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
EMPOWERMENT FACTORY runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 EMPOWERMENT FACTORY
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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 EMPOWERMENT FACTORY: 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 EMPOWERMENT FACTORY?
- EMPOWERMENT FACTORY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,338 to it, the largest being THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($91,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPOWERMENT FACTORY have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $480,338 in grants to EMPOWERMENT FACTORY, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPOWERMENT FACTORY?
- THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $91,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPOWERMENT FACTORY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 22 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