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Private foundation (trust)EIN 383384718Est. 1998-11

Empowerment Foundation

Louisville, KY 40222

Total Assets

$5.7M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$64K

FY 2023

Grants Made

6

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$11K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$2K–$47K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$403K

Total Expenses

$65K

Qualifying Distributions

$64K

Distributable Amount

$260K

Min. Investment Return

$265K

Payout rate 25%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.25%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

6 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $4K to maximum $47K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $545K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

60 grants

Darsa
$210K
1 grant
Gleaners' Community Food Bank
$100K
1 grant
Focus Hope
$100K
2 grants
Room to Read
$96K
2 grants
Say Detroit
$85K
1 grant
Indiana University
$74K
2 grants
Forgotten Harvest
$65K
1 grant
Pratham USA
$45K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

60 grants

<$10K
42
grants
$10–50K
12
grants
$50–250K
6
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

Michigan
$557K
52% of total
Texas
$255K
24% of total
California
$96K
9% of total
Indiana
$76K
7% of total
South Carolina
$38K
4% of total
Kentucky
$18K
2% of total
Wisconsin
$11K
1% of total
Georgia
$10K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$5K
0% of total
Illinois
$3K
0% of total

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