EMPOWER GRIEVING CHILDREN INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
EMPOWER GRIEVING CHILDREN INC (EIN 46-3196791)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-06-18
IRS object ID
201811699349300401
Schema version
2017v2.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2018-06-18T07:33:12-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2017-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN820574075PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1DiPesa & Company CPA'sBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1500 Victory Road 3rd FloorAddressLine1Txt
CityNorth QuincyCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP02171ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2017-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN463196791EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1EMPOWER HER INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlEMPOBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone6176209826PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1137 WASHINGTON STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityNORWELLCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP02061ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonCARA BELVINPersonNm
Person TitlePRESIDENTPersonTitleTxt
Phone6176209826PhoneNum
Signature2018-06-14SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonDI PESA COMPANYPreparerPersonNm
PTINP01234408PTIN
Phone6177867775PhoneNum
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2017TaxYr
Build TS2022-09-23 18:48:47ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address ChangeYes (X)AddressChangeInd
Principal OfficerCARA BELVINPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1137 WASHINGTON STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityNORWELLCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP02061ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$230,489GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website AddressWWW.EMPOWERINGHER.ORGWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation2015FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateMALegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionPROVIDES SUPPORT TO YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EARLY LOSS OF THEIR MOTHERS.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers0TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI$0TotalGrossUBIAmt
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PY Contributions Grants$38,051PYContributionsGrantsAmt
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CY Program Service Revenue$0CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$0PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$0CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue$0PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue$123,579CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$38,051PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$199,554CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid$0PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid$0CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members$0PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$0PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$16,664CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense$12,307CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$0PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$97,048CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$0PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$113,712CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses$38,051PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$85,842CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Total Assets EOY$140,842TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
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MissionPROVIDES SUPPORT TO YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EARLY LOSS OF THEIR MOTHERS.MissionDesc
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Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
Expense$87,187ExpenseAmt
DescPROVIDES SUPPORT TO YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EARLY LOSS OF THEIR MOTHERS.Desc
Total Program Service Expenses$87,187TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3Yes (1)DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments0TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment0ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities0ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote0IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt0IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org0MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising ActivitiesYes (1)FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans0PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding0LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem0BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem0BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent0BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri0DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution0DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations0TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity0RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org0TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp0ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O RequiredYes (1)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document7IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld ComplianceYes (1)BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee0EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit0UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions0NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members11GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member10IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln0FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties0DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents0ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members0ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva0DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (1)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (1)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (1)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (1)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (1)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (1)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVentureInd
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Other WebsiteYes (X)OtherWebsiteInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1The OrganizationBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone6176209826PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1137 WASHINGTON STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityNORWELLCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP02061ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndOfficerOfficerIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
CARA BELVIN
PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR40.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$16,664$0$0
ERIN DEVINE
TREASURER & DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
SUSAN DAILEADER
CLERK & DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
DOLLY DI PESA
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ROBERT BURKE
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
JOAN QUEALY
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
PATRICIA DEMARCO
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
MICHAEL ROGERS
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
EMILY MILLER
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
SUSAN DI PESA
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
PAULA HARRIS
DIRECTOR0.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
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Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K0CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
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Total Contributions$75,975TotalContributionsAmt
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Fundraising Direct Expenses$30,935FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

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Total Revenue Column$123,579TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$123,579ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$199,554TotalRevenueColumnAmt
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Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$123,579ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$16,664TotalAmt
Program Services$10,832ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,666ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$4,166FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$33,693TotalAmt
Program Services$22,480ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$5,884ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$5,329FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,676TotalAmt
Management And General$1,676ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,454TotalAmt
Program Services$1,091ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,272ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$1,091FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$6,864TotalAmt
Program Services$4,118ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,373ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$1,373FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

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MISSION PROGRAM EXPENSE$20,722$20,722
MISSION EVENTS$14,443$14,443
MENTOR PROGRAM EXPENSES$10,361$10,361
TELEPHONE$1,737$1,042$347$348

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,098TotalAmt
Program Services$2,098ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$113,712TotalAmt
Program Services$87,187ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$14,218ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$12,307FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$55,000BOYAmt
EOY$140,842EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$55,000BOYAmt
EOY$140,842EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$55,000BOYAmt
EOY$140,842EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$55,000BOYAmt
EOY$140,842EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$55,000BOYAmt
EOY$140,842EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$85,842ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$44,207CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$25,603CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$38,051CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$75,975CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$183,836TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$44,207CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$25,603CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$38,051CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$75,975CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$183,836TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$183,836PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$44,207CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$25,603CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$38,051CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$75,975CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$183,836TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5091.00000PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5091.00000PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.00000InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1SOIREE GALAEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$154,514GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$154,514GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$30,935OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$154,514GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$154,514GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$30,935OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$30,935DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$123,579NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bTHE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER REVIEW FORM 990 BEFORE FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cMAINTAINS A WRITTEN ENFORCED POLICY ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST. EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR STAFF MEMBER IS INFORMED OF THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICY AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE POLICY.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18FORM IRS 990 IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AND IT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG OR THE WEBSITE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL, DIVISION OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, THROUGH ITS DOCUMENT SEARCH FUNCTION.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19A COPY OF THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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