Empower Her Network Inc
Donations deductibleEmpower Her Network Inc's network
10 peoplei10 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
10 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.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 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chetana Gowda Chair | Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Brooke Istook | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Crystal Walker | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Felicia Rosario | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kayla Burton | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kerri McKeever | Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Lisa Specht | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Melanie Legrande | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Rachel Thomas | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Vanessa Ujagu | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abagail Wittenbert | Director | since 2018 |
| Christine Merser | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Kristy Norbert | Executive Director | since 2018 |
| Maureen O'Toole | Treasurer | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristy Norbert | Executive Director | 40 | $154k | ||
| Abagail Wittnebert | Dir of Strategic P | 40 | $127k | ||
| Kayla Burton | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Vanessa Ujagu | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Rachel Thomas | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Crystal Walker | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Melanie Legrande | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Felicia Rosario | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Chetana Gowda | Chair | 5 | $0 | ||
| Kerri McKeever | Treasurer | 5 | $0 | ||
| Lisa Specht | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Brooke Istook | Director | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Empower Her Network Inc
- EIN
- 822102421
- Address
- 8 N Ridge Ln, New London, CT, 06320-4118
- State
- Connecticut
- Mission
- 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... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P12 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2017
- Principal officer
- Kristy Norbert (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 2017
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsCrystal Walker
≥6years on the filingsKerri McKeever
≥6years on the filingsLisa Specht
≥6years on the filingsRachel Thomas
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $593k
- Total liabilities
- $5k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $588k
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.1m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $594k
- Employees
- 15
- Volunteers
- 23
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7m | $1.9m | Deficit $227k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Empower Her Network Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State, business registry and officers (data.ct.gov n7gp-d28j and ka36-64k6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Connecticut
- Entity type
- Non-Stock
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 11 July 2017
- Registered agent
- Kristy Norbert (city and state not held)
Officers (1)
- Kristy Norbert Director
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.