EMPOWER WORK INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: EMPOWER WORK INC (EIN 82-2696116)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-11-11
IRS object ID: 202503159349305335
Schema version: 2024v5.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-11-11T14:01:10-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	680260103	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	REGALIA BERGER & BERGER CPAS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	103 TOWN COUNTRY DR STE K	AddressLine1Txt
City	DANVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94526	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	822696116	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Empower Work Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	EMPO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5106741414	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 170562	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94117	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jaime-Alexis Fowler	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5106741414	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-11-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Rachel Berger	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P03276517	PTIN
Phone	9253140390	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Jaime-Alexis Fowler	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 170562	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94117	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,180,489	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.empowerwork.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2017	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To create healthy, equitable workplaces where people are valued, supported, and empowered in ways that support their economic mobility, emotional well-being, and career success through (1) Direct Service, (2) Training and Community, and 3) Policy and Practice Change	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	8	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	350	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,140,057	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,156,407	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,604	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$8,314	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$22,478	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,250	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,149,621	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,180,489	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$801,535	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$642,683	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$31,500	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$85,685	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$660,719	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$636,668	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,493,754	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,279,351	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$344,133	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,901,138	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$177,646	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,184,445	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$14,507	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$51,693	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$163,139	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,132,752	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Empower Work is on a mission to create healthy, equitable workplaces where people are valued, supported, and empowered in ways that support their economic mobility, emotional well-being, and career success.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,113,979	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Offer supportive services across our text line and digital content that improves well-being for workers with the least power and fewest resources through coaching and support that increases confidence,clarity, agency, empowerment, and economic security - all rooted in equity. In 2024, reached a milestone of supporting more than 432,000 workers since 2018.See more: https://www.empowerwork.org/impact2024	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenue	$1,604	RevenueAmt
Desc	Training and Community - We improve workplace skills, practices, and education through our training platform for both volunteers and community partners.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Policy and Practice Change - We root approaches to systemic workplace change in workers experiences through data and stories.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,113,979	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	16	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	8	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd
Other	Yes (X)	OtherInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jaime-Alexis Fowler	PersonNm
Phone	5106741414	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 170562	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94117	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Jaime-Alexis Fowler
Executive Dir.	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$153,515	$0	$0
Jennifer Habig
Board Chair	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Bradley
Vice Chair	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jyot Bawa
Finance Chair	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Burdick
Secretary	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Emmicia Swartz
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert Gordon IV
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Suprita Makh
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nancy Heinen
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tina Wie
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$153,515	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$3,156,407	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$457,686	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,156,407	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Fees for Service	Desc
Business	611430	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,604	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,604	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,604	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$22,478	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$22,478	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,180,489	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,604	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$22,478	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$153,515	TotalAmt
Program Services	$61,406	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,704	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$61,405	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$404,671	TotalAmt
Program Services	$404,671	ProgramServicesAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,669	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,626	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,796	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,247	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,828	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,251	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,517	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,060	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,286	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,286	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$231,889	TotalAmt
Program Services	$194,894	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,022	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$17,973	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$301,494	TotalAmt
Program Services	$295,917	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,577	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,866	TotalAmt
Program Services	$64,231	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$635	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,495	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,495	ProgramServicesAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,942	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,942	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Fees, taxes, and licenses	Desc
Total	$6,696	TotalAmt
Program Services	$488	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,208	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,279,351	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,113,979	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$79,687	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$85,685	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,446	BOYAmt
EOY	$33,926	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$160,200	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,708,835	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$258,684	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$183,000	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$177,646	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,184,445	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,742	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,247	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$765	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,446	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,507	BOYAmt
EOY	$51,693	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$163,139	BOYAmt
EOY	$499,752	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,633,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$163,139	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,132,752	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$177,646	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,184,445	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,901,138	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$68,475	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$744,996	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,554,538	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,224,220	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,140,057	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,156,407	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,820,218	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$1,604	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,604	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$744,996	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,554,538	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,224,220	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,140,057	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,158,011	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,821,822	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$83,271	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$83,271	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$84,832	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$42,506	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$768,900	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$554,719	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,578,246	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,029,203	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$84,832	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$42,506	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$768,900	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$554,719	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,661,517	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,112,474	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$3,709,348	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$12,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$23,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,314	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$22,478	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$74,592	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$12,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$23,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,314	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$22,478	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$74,592	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,170	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$47,166	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,183	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$51,769	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$758,366	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,624,704	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,235,003	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,149,621	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,180,489	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,948,183	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.46670	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.98790	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00940	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Accrued payroll liabilities	Desc
Amt	$19,446	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$19,446	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,180,489	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,180,489	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,180,489	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,279,351	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,279,351	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,279,351	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Income Taxes Empower Work Inc is organized as California nonprofit corporation and has been recognized by the IRS as exempt from federal income taxes under IRC Section 501(a) as organizations described in IRC Section 501(c)(3), qualify for the charitable contribution deduction under IRC Sections 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) and (viii), and has been determined not to be private foundations under IRC Sections 509(a)(1) and (3), respectively. Empower Work Inc is annually required to file a Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990) with the IRS. Empower Work Inc is not required to file an Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return (Form 990-T) because it had no unrelated business taxable income for the year ended December 31, 2024. Empower Work Inc has received notification from the Internal Revenue Service and the State of California that it qualifies for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. The exemptions are subject to periodic review by the federal and state taxing authorities and management is confident that Empower Work Inc continues to satisfy all federal and state statutes in order to qualify for continued tax exemption status.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jaime-Alexis Fowler	PersonNm
Title	Executive Dir.	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$153,515	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$153,515	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (3 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Advertising	1	$357,750	FMV
Yes (X)	Advertising	1	$99,936	FMV
Yes (X)	Advertising	2	$457,686	FMV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	Form 990 is prepared by an outside tax professional. The form is then reviewed by the organization's management. After a full review, the final version of the tax return is provided to all members of the organization's voting body. A representative of management authorizes the final form 990 which is then e-filed with the internal revenue service.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	Members of the Board of Directors review all potential conflicts of interest periodically. Top management and all Board members are required to disclose potential conflicts and any related party affiliations. The organization seeks full transparency on all relationships. Any potential conflicts (in fact or appearance) are discussed openly and resolved in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a	THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING AND SETTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. FOR THIS SMALL NPO THE ISSUE IS ONE OF LOW COMPENSATION, NOT EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION. Efforts are made to secure compensation data from industry sources in order to determine competitiveness and appropriateness of salaries. Every effort is made to ensure that the process is thorough and transparent in accordance with IRS guidelines and the organization's policies and procedures.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b	The Executive Director receives compensation for services as a full-time employee of the Empower Work. All other officers and board members serve without compensation, although they may be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in performing their duties.The Executive Directors compensation is reviewed and approved annually by the Board of Directors using comparable salary data and documented in the board meeting minutes.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18	Tax returns are available for download from several websites and by request from the organization's office in San Francisco, California.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	All of the organization's governing documents, financial statements, and other legal filings are maintained in a secure environment and held available for inspection by tax authorities and the general public. Tax returns are posted annually to our website and to www.guidestar.org (where they are available for viewing as electronic copies) and are also available by request from the organization's office.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	Prior period adjustments = $68475
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c	Under the California Nonprofit Integrity Act, an exempt organization with annual revenue of $2 million or more is required to have an Audit Committee to select an audit Firm, review the audit, and approve the audit of its annual financial statements.