Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research

FAIRFAX, VA EIN: 86-3439342 Website

We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization dedicated to enhancing independent oversight of government and corporate wrongdoing. EMPOWER works to help insiders document and report corruption to the proper authorities while also seeking to hold authorities-cont. Sched O

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$522K

+183.5% YoY

Annual Giving

-100.0% YoY

Grant Count

0

-100.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$409K$818K$1M$2M2021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$522,170$184,177$509,787
Revenue$1,486,954$718,045$1,055,492
Expenses$1,228,775$1,048,280$736,935
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$46K$92K$138K$184K0 grants20210 grants20221 grants20230 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 0 recipients in 2024

Grant Size Distribution

1 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

TRISTAN LEAVITTPresident$244KJASON FOSTERChair$196K

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
TRISTAN LEAVITTPresident40$244,250
JASON FOSTERChair40$195,700
DEAN ZERBEDirectorSecTreas0.5
ROBERT HEYERDirector0.5

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

1states

States

Cities

Alexandria

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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