The Empowerment Program, Inc.
To holistically help individuals build healthier lives from the inside out by providing trauma‑informed, gender‑responsive, culturally competent public health services that remove barriers to health, housing, education and employment.
About The Empowerment Program, Inc.
The Empowerment Program, Inc. is a Denver‑based 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 74‑2377531) founded in the mid‑1980s that centers services for cis and transgender women and gender‑diverse people who have experienced homelessness, substance use, HIV, and/or involvement with the criminal legal system.
The organization operates integrated public‑health programs — including trauma‑informed mental health and substance‑use treatment, HIV/HCV/STI prevention and care, harm‑reduction services, re‑entry and employment supports — and reports supporting thousands of participants each year through direct services, outreach and housing supports.
Notable achievements
High participant reach and sustained service volume
In recent years the organization has reported supporting roughly 3,000 participants annually through health programming, providing housing assistance to several hundred people and delivering thousands of treatment, education and employment contacts each year, demonstrating substantial community reach.
Implementation and continuation of WAGEES re‑entry program
Successfully operates a Colorado Department of Corrections‑funded WAGEES program offering comprehensive re‑entry case management, transitional housing (Mariposa House), peer supports and employment/career training incentives to reduce recidivism.
Broad harm‑reduction and HIV care integration
Expanded integrated services that combine HIV/HCV/STI testing and linkage, PrEP navigation, Narcan distribution and sharps disposal with behavioral health and case management to meet participants’ overlapping health needs.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $5.0M
- Annual revenue
- $4.9M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 74-2377531
- Location
- Denver, CO
- Website
- www.empowermentprogram.org
- On Mahalo since
- November 2025
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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