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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-3384718

Empowerment Foundation

A private foundation in Simpsonville, KY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $57,970 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $57,970

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,190,135

  • Tax year 2024

    $73,954

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,824,047

  • Tax year 2023

    $64,016

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,339,565

  • Tax year 2022

    $265,557

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,001,447

  • Tax year 2021

    $23,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,175,090

  • Tax year 2020

    $544,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $3,465,544

  • Tax year 2019

    $170,147

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,897,797

  • Tax year 2018

    $172,406

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,005,390

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Indiana UniversityBloomington, IN

    Scholarship

    $51,970
  2. Divine Will FoundationEncinitas, CA

    General Fund

    $5,000
  3. Kentucky Humane SocietyLouisville, KY

    General Fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid1 grant $5,00083% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $1,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana1 grant $51,970
  2. California1 grant $5,000
  3. Kentucky1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Bhagwan P ThackerPresidentDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Gary J MillerTreasurer Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kavita ThackerDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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