Michigan · Nonprofit
THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN
THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN (Michigan) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,487,385 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,231,569). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 107
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What The Empowerment Plan does
Mission
To employ and empower unhoused individuals to break the generational cycle of homelessness by producing a sleeping bag coat for those in need.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization designs, produces, and distributes coats that will protect homeless individuals from the harsh elements. Through partnerships with outreach organizations around the globe, the organization is able to spread the warmth to those in need. 10,272 coats were produced by the production team and 8,104 coats were distributed.
$1,347,312 spent48% of program spendingThe organization provides training and employment to individuals experiencing or at high risk of homelessness for participation in the coat manufacturing process. The organization's workforce development program saw deepening success, as the innovative supportive employment mmodel pairs employment with a wide range of wraparound services, addressing everything from housing and childcare to transportation, education, and more. With the organization's community partners, the organization has created an ecosystem of support that helps people achieve financial stability and independence for their whole family. During a typical workweek, approximately 60 percent of the paid time is dedicated to coat production, and the remaining 40 percent is dedicated to onsite programming and direct aid.
$1,446,918 spentof which $23,654 as grants$20,511 earned by the program52% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,794,230.
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 $3.3M to $4.6M (+39%).
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% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 8% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Steve Hamp
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $685k → $1.9M.
18 of 107 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 PLAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 107 funders by total. 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 PLAN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
32% 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 PLAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 61% · 2019 16% · 2020 19% · 2021 13% · 2022 15% · 2023 25% — 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
34% of THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
68% of THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 PLAN has grown faster than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN
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 Michigan
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
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 PLAN: 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 PLAN?
- THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN (Michigan) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,487,385 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,231,569). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN have?
- IRS filings report 107 organizations giving $12,487,385 in grants to THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN, 63 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,231,569 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 107 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