California · Nonprofit
THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER
THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,589,890 to it, the largest being The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc ($1,800,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $331k
What The Empowerment Center does
Mission
Our mission is to build resilience in youth and families by bridging the gap between wellness and well-being through workforce development housing and mental health supports.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
This year we added one new program to our list of direct service we provide -"TECs Resilient Workforce Career Readiness Program." A six month intensive training and mentorship initiative preparing 200 opportunity youth for California Registered Apprenticeship programs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The Empowerment Centers Workforce Development Program is grant-funded to train and deploy mental health focused Community Health Workers to build a resilient workforce for youth and families across the state of CA.
$395,208 spentof which $37,691 as grants42% of program spendingThe Empowerment Centers Shared Housing Program offers transitional housing for youth young adults and single mothers ages 18-25. The program includes life skills training mental health supports and workforce readiness in sober-living homes.
$316,731 spent$31,440 earned by the program34% of program spendingThe Empowerment Center TECs Resilient Workforce Career Readiness Program is an intensive training and wraparound supportive services workforce readiness program that assists opportunity youth in succeeding in California Registered Apprenticeship programs.
$181,116 spent19% of program spendingFamily Dynamics is a training program provided to youth and families within our communities that equips them to have mental spiritual physical and relational health. This program utilizes evidence-based training to develop practical life and relationship building skills that builds generational resilience.
$34,558 spentof which $22,218 as grants$9,500 earned by the program4% of program spendingThe Empowerment Centers Social and Emotional Learning Institute provides training and skill building opportunities for mental wellness online focused Day School Clinical Small Groups and Individual Trauma-Focused Therapy to youth ages 10-21.
$6,000 spent$13,034 earned by the program1% of program spendingOur Youth Leadership Academy YLA is a comprehensive program aimed at fostering resilience in youth. YLA focuses on developing life skills and promoting positive lifestyle habits through six key areas: Financial Literacy Character Development Arts & Wellness Housing Strengths Discovery and Youth in Government.
$99 spent0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $933,712.
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 2022 to 2023, from $164k to $713k (+336%).
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 0% · 2021 8% · 2022 0% · 2023 54% · 2024 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Teresse Lewis
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $24k → $228k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER’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
THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
28% 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 THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 50% · 2020 97% · 2021 62% · 2022 57% · 2023 92% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $340k 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
THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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 THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER: 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 THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER?
- THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,589,890 to it, the largest being The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc ($1,800,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $2,589,890 in grants to THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER?
- The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EMPOWERMENT CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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