Public Charity

Empowerment Works Inc

Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Empowerment Works Inc operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.0M in revenue, $2.0M in expenses, $128K in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 110 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $3.7M.

EIN: 311796801 Santa Barbara, CA International Economic Development NTEE: Q32 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.0M
Total Expenses$2.0M
Total Assets$128K
Grant Records110
Funding Total$3.7M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

To improve the quality-of-life in the worlds most impoverished communities through the economic promotion and cultural empowerment of indigenous people. And to facilitate the exchange of critical information and introduce appropriate technology in the fields of healthcare,

Where $100 goes at Empowerment Works Inc

How Empowerment Works Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$98 Programs the work itself
$2 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 $98 for programs

$98
Co-fiscal ventures
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
Central American Historical Ancestral Society of CA
$20,000
2025
MAESTRO VICENTE QUISPE SONCCOS AND FELICITAS SAMATAS HERITAGE SCHOOLS BOOK PROJECT AND WEAVING PROJECT.
$12,248
2024
DON STATEWIDE CHI & HEALTHY AGING FUND P332 P333, COMMUNITY HEALTH GRANTMAKING, UNRESTRICTED
$200,000
2024
General operating support and project support
$160,000

Showing up to 5 of 110 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Board Member Anu Keshavan
Board Member Linlin Willis
Executive Director Melanie St James
Board Member Olesia Chikunova
Board Member Steven Siegal

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,216,584 67 grants
International Aid & Development
$550,120 8 grants
Health & Medicine
$215,000 2 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$192,750 5 grants
Economic Development
$130,750 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $2.0M $2.0M $128K
2023 $44K $177K $90K
2022 $1.4M $1.4M $223K
2020 $640K $596K $91K
2019 $140K $140K $47K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $140K to $2.0M (+1360%), with total assets most recently reported at $128K.

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