Public Charity

Columbia Empowerment Zone Inc

Based in Columbia, SC, Columbia Empowerment Zone Inc operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $5.4M in revenue, $1.0M in expenses, $17.8M in total assets for fiscal year 2025.

EIN: 300479115 Columbia, SC Economic Development NTEE: S30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.4M
Total Expenses$1.0M
Total Assets$17.8M
Grant Records0
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Columbia Empowerment Zone Inc. implements activities designed to enhance the lives or residents in targeted areas. Activities such as the training of unemployed and underemployed individuals and the offering of low interest loans and assisting with tax credits to qualifying businesses is undertaken to achieve job creation, career paths, business growth, and training.

Where $100 goes at Columbia Empowerment Zone Inc

How Columbia Empowerment Zone Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$84 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $84 for programs

$84
Columbia Empowerment Zone, Inc acquires and manages property with the overall goal of creating jobs and creating sustainable businesses through partnerships with private companies
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Treasurer Azad Khan
Board Member Benjamin Johnson
Board Member Carl Stent
Executive Director Felicia Maloney
Secretary Gretchen Lambert
Board Member Jameka Young

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Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.4M $1.0M $17.8M
2024 $1.8M $1.0M $12.9M
2023 $5.7M $799K $13.2M
2022 $645K $695K $8.2M
2021 $598K $583K $6.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $598K to $5.4M (+800%), with total assets most recently reported at $17.8M.

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