Oregon · Nonprofit
HOME EMPOWER
HOME EMPOWER (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $491 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($491). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $621k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $491
- Net assets
- $267k
What Home Empower does
Mission
Home Empower's (dba Nonprofit Home Inspections) mission is to broaden access to and improve the quality of information readily available to homeowners by training home inspectors to deliver a higher level and variety of inspection services, making sure quality home inspection services are available to every home owner, regardless of their ability to pay, and disseminating free information. We believe everyone is entitled to a healthy, safe, environmentally sound, and energy efficient place to live.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Safety and Maintenance Inspections: Professional evaluations of homes on a sliding scale for 695 families. Each client educated on significant structural and safety problems for the home, including environmental issues (such as exposure to asbestos, lead and radon), and critical maintenance needs. Continued free radon testing program by partnering with Oregon Health Authority to offer free radon testing for low and moderate income families in Oregon. Continued partnership with state licensed engineers to conduct foundation certifications for mobile/manufactured homes in Oregon and Washington. Renewed certification as an EPA Lead Safe Certified Firm. Continued compiling and distributing data for research related to environmental and safety hazards in the home. A market analysis of similar services provided by similarly rated multi-inspector firms in the region indicated that Home Empower (dba Nonprofit Home Inspections) provided home inspections for approximately 34% less than similar for profit companies. This significantly reduced pricing helped to ensure training opportunities for our educational programs while providing the public with significantly reduced pricing compared to…
$285,796 spentof which $18,470 as grants$262,195 earned by the program44% of program spendingInspector Training: Continued educational training program and state licensed trade school designed to empower others to help identify significant hazards in housing. Opportunities included formal job training and an industry leading apprentice program. State licensed home inspector school taught 16 students through intensive instruction and field training. Continued as an educational provider for the International Association of Machinists (IAM) Union and The Boeing Company. As part of their employment, Home Empower dba Nonprofit Home Inspections employees/apprentices completed 530 credit hours of education at an accredited postsecondary school as additional inspector training and to increase instructional capabilities. Reduced Rate Home Inspector Training: A market analysis of similarly qualified home inspection schools in Washington and Oregon highlighted that Home Empower (dba Nonprofit Home Inspections) training programs were provided for government entities and individuals for up to 77% less than similar for profit schools with similar government approvals and training agreements. This reduction in pricing for comparable training had the potential to save government entities…
$298,731 spentof which $1,000 as grants$268,496 earned by the program46% of program spendingEnvironmental Training: Analyzed energy defects and gave recommendations for potential improvements for more than 695 homes. Continued certification as an Energy Trust Trade Ally for energy efficiency projects. Continued developing training program for underground fuel oil tank sweeps and sewer scopes. Completed Lead Safe Renovation, Repair and Paint Training for DEQ Licensing. Completed EPA 608 type II certificaltion.
$64,982 spent$58,512 earned by the program10% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $649,509.
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 2020 to 2021, from $533k to $764k (+43%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 15% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of HOME EMPOWER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Charles E Lewis
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $125 → $71.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 HOME EMPOWER’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.
Where its funders are
100% of HOME EMPOWER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $491 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
HOME EMPOWER is better cushioned than half of the 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding HOME EMPOWER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8k on record.
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$8k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HOME EMPOWER
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOME EMPOWER: 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 HOME EMPOWER?
- HOME EMPOWER (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $491 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($491). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOME EMPOWER have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $491 in grants to HOME EMPOWER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOME EMPOWER?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $491 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOME EMPOWER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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