2025-04-07T15:47:17-07:00 2024-12-31 060993320 Hope & Hernandez PC 2600 Main Street Bridgeport CT 06606 990 2024-01-01 822102421 EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC DBA EMPOWERED NETWORK EMPO 4104569905 8 NORTH RIDGE LANE NEW LONDON CT 06320 KRISTY NORBERT Executive Director 2025-04-07 true true Robert J Bailey CPA P00080579 2033665092 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z KRISTY NORBERT 1686482 false X WWW.EMPOWERHERNETWORK.ORG X 2017 CT TO PROVIDE FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 13 13 14 30 0 1257482 1686193 0 289 0 1257482 1686482 393855 491335 0 433799 1235782 0 0 365104 186253 1192758 1913370 64724 -226888 722954 517898 8712 30544 714242 487354 Empower Her Network DBA Empowered Network (EHN) launched its survivor-centered, trauma-informed program in 2017 to address a national gap in services identified by immediate aftercare providers: most trafficking survivors exhaust resources with systemic barriers standing in the way of a realistic economic alternative, putting them at high risk of further exploitation, experiencing homelessness, and/or remaining in the service cycle their entire lives. Empower Her Network collaborates with trafficking survivors over 12 to 18 months to achieve their economic freedom by removing housing barriers, providing advocacy, financing education, and uncovering career paths. Every survivor who achieves fiscal independence is in a much better position to protect their children, ending generational cycles of poverty and exploitation. false false 1758994 Empower Her Network,Inc. DBA Empowered Network (EHN) ended 2024 with 118 nominating partners, 139 survivors active on an Empowerment Plan, and 290 alumni who completed the 12-to-18-month program. To date, 95% of alumni graduate with stable housing and experience an annual average wage increase of $9,863 (from $19,179 to $29,042). Every survivor who achieves fiscal independence is in a much better position to protect their children, ending generational cycles of poverty and exploitation. 1758994 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 14 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 13 13 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false CT X KRISTY NORBERT 4104569905 8 NORTH RIDGE LANE NEW LONDON CT 06320 X KRISTY NORBERT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 150000 0 0 ABAGAIL WITTNEBERT DIR OF STRATEGIC P 40.00 0.00 150000 0 0 KAYLA BURTON Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BROOKE PERLMAN Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RACHEL THOMAS Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CRYSTAL WALKER Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MAUREEN O'TOOLE Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 FELICIA ROSARIO Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHETANA GOWDA Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KERRI MCKEEVER Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 NICOLE WILLIAMS CHAIRPERSON 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 LISA SPECHT Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SUMMER TAYLOR Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CORTNEY STAPLETON Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BROOKE ISTOOK Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 300000 2 false false false 0 161301 1524892 1686193 0 289 289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1686482 289 0 491335 491335 0 0 300000 225000 75000 0 733675 733675 0 121132 121132 80975 74917 6058 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41277 38358 2919 0 0 0 0 0 1007 1007 MARKETING 28200 28200 TELEPHONE & INTERNET 21771 10886 10885 PAYROLL PROCESSING 21329 19196 2133 OTHER ADVOCATE EXPENSE 18787 18787 53882 25708 28174 1913370 1758994 154376 0 697689 471690 0 22249 40500 0 0 0 0 0 3016 5708 0 0 0 0 0 0 722954 517898 8712 30544 8712 30544 X 568370 487354 145872 714242 487354 722954 517898 -226888 X false true X true false X 540062 732282 1016160 1257482 1686193 5232179 400 248 648 64 64 0 0 540462 732530 1016224 1257482 1686193 5232891 0 0 5232891 289 289 0 289 289 0 0 540462 732530 1016224 1257482 1686482 5233180 0.99990 1.00000 0.00010 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1716982 30500 30500 1686482 1686482 1943870 30500 30500 1913370 1913370 true 0 0 EDUCATION, HOUSING & TRAINING 139 491335 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A COPY OF THE 990 iS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c EVERY BOARD MEMBER SIGNS EMPOWER HER NETWORK'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. IF A BOARD MEMBER WOULD BENEFIT PERSONALLY FROM ANY EMPOWER HER NETWORK TRANSACTION, THEY IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSE THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND RECUSE THEMSELF FROM ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TOPIC. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Copies of the organization's documents are available upon request.