Empowerment Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting educational initiatives and community service. Its mission emphasizes youth development, as evidenced by its funding of scholarships for various educational institutions and grants to organizations focused on mentoring, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters. The foundation also engages in broader charitable efforts, including support for disaster relief and international aid. It primarily serves a diverse range of nonprofit organizations, reflecting a commitment to enhancing educational opportunities and community welfare.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established charities or university scholarship programs with prior relationships or referrals, especially organizations aligned with scholarship support or general operating funds.
Good Fit
- • Existing relationship or referral to the foundation or its trustees.
- • A scholarship program or higher-education fundraising office.
- • An established 501(c)(3) with a track record of receiving institutional grants.
- • Alignment with general fund or youth/mentoring scholarship purposes observed in past grants.
Geography
Observed grants span multiple states (four states in 2023 and seven across 2022), and the foundation’s giving is largely out-of-state rather than limited to its home state.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows six distinct recipients and the prior year showed eleven, including universities, national intermediaries and local charities; however grant dollars are highly concentrated in a very small number of large awards.
New Applicants
The public record and the foundation’s filings state grants are awarded to preselected organizations; although a few new recipients appeared in 2023, the declared preselection policy and high reuse of prior grantees make it unlikely an unfamiliar applicant could easily enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
