Empowerment Academy Charter School Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$42.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$34.4m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$29.8m
$2.2m liabilities
Net assets
$27.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
6.4 years on average
Staff
310
15 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
6
named in Part VII
Empowerment Academy Charter School Inc's network
5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dami Kabiawu | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Lonnie Sobel | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Monica Quiroga Zaslower (also filed as Monica Zaslower) | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Thomas Gallagher | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Thomas Ogorzelek | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Thomas | Director of Education | 2025 |
| Carly Gigl | Key Employee | since 2021 |
| Craig Messmer | Principal | 2025 |
| Lisa Powell | Principal | 2025 |
| Molly Frawley | Dean of Curriculum and Instructions | 2025 |
| Richard Raschdorf | School Business Administrator | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Raschdorf | School Business Administrator | 40 | $169k | $8k | |
| Lisa Powell | Principal | 40 | $161k | $7k | |
| Craig Messmer | Principal | 40 | $158k | $9k | |
| Angela Thomas | Director of Education | 40 | $146k | $3k | |
| Molly Frawley | Dean of Curriculum and Instructions | 40 | $115k | ||
| Monica Zaslower | President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Lonnie Sobel | Vice President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Gallagher | Treasurer | 5 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Ogorzelek | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Dami Kabiawu | Board Member | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Empowerment Academy Charter School Inc
- EIN
- 472329333
- Address
- 240 Ege Ave, Jersey City, NJ, 07304-1413
- State
- New Jersey
- Mission
- Empowerment academy charter school is committed to children having brighter prospects. It is committed to developing the kind of values, skills, knowledge, confidence and character in the students that will prospel them to success. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B20 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2015
- Principal officer
- Menachem Bazin (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 2015
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsLonnie Sobel
≥8years on the filingsMonica Quiroga Zaslower
≥8years on the filingsThomas Gallagher
≥5years on the filingsDami Kabiawu
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $29.8m
- Total liabilities
- $2.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $27.6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $41.8m
- Program service revenue
- $52k
- Employees
- 310
- Volunteers
- 15