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- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
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- No notice
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- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$2.0Mrevenue
FY2024 · +77% in 3 yrs8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin1.8%
Months of reserve0.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+15.3%
Middle half of peersMedianEmpowerment Works
Where the money goes FY2024 · $2.0M spent
Programs$2.0M100%Management and general$6k0%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 43% of revenue stopped after FY2022
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation gave $600k in FY2022, 43% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$19k in FY2022 and −$133k in FY2023. Cash covers 0.5 months, under the peer median of 4.1.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 15% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort91funders
$1.4Ma year, last 3 years
28%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Enlight FoundationSince FY2022$300k$848kNovo FoundationSince FY2020$250k$250k$200k$200kThe Andrew W Mellon FoundationOn and off$600kCommunity InitiativesOn and off$175kNew Schools FundOn and off$150kThe Ford FoundationOn and off$8k$8k$25k$30kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$10k$25k$69k$121k$230k$149k$523k40 other fundersUp to $60k a year each$28k$66k$36k$75k$97k$148k$213k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund