Public Charity

HOME EMPOWER

Based in Portland, OR, HOME EMPOWER operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $621K in revenue, $696K in expenses, $281K in total assets for fiscal year 2025.

EIN: 471791195 Portland, OR Home Improvement & Repairs NTEE: L81 Latest filing: 2025

Total Revenue$621K

Total Expenses$696K

Total Assets$281K

Grants Given1

Filing Years2021–2025

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.

Where $100 goes at Home Empower

How Home Empower divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$89 Programs the work itself

$11 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 $89 for programs

$41

Inspector Training

46% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 16 students; 530 hours of education

$39

Safety and Maintenance Inspections

44% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 695 families

Environmental Training

10% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 695 homes

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

Secretary Adam Reid

President and CEO Charles E Lewis

Vice President Elizabeth Brumm

Board Member Jim Kelley

Board Member Judy Dean

Board Member Nathan Merrill

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$621K	$696K	$281K
2024	$682K	$788K	$353K
2023	$750K	$962K	$463K
2022	$1.1M	$1.2M	$678K
2021	$1.5M	$1.2M	$764K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.5M to $621K (-59%), with total assets most recently reported at $281K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in OR.

Full geographic grant map with state-by-state breakdown available with membership.

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