Nonprofit · EIN 93-2224496
EMPATH FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · CINCINNATI, OH 45245
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $280,960 | $170,433 | $110,527 | $131,936 | $3,354 | $128,582 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $304,146 | $358,570 | -$54,424 | $18,055 | $0 | $18,055 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $71,563 | $4,089 | $67,474 | $72,479 | $0 | $72,479 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $211,966
- Program service revenue
- $67,983
- Investment income
- $1,011
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $58,496
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $10,523
- Accounting fees
- $5,400
- Travel
- $145
- Program services (functional)
- $129,207
- Management and general (functional)
- $41,226
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $18,055
- Total assets, end of year
- $131,936
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,354
- Net assets, end of year
- $128,582
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $128,582
- Gross receipts
- $280,960
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
- Year formed
- 2023
- State of legal domicile
- OH
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE WILLIAMS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| DAVID LYNN OAKS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| CHARLIE WATSON | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE WILLIAMS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| DAVID LYNN OAKS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| CHARLIE WATSON | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE WILLIAMS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| DAVID LYNN OAKS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| CHARLIE WATSON | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 600 OHIO PIKE, CINCINNATI, OH 45245-2118
- In care of
- % LESLIE OAKS WILLIAMS
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- CHARLIE WATSON, 600 OHIO PIKE, CINCINNATI, OH 45245
- Signed the 990
- CHARLIE WATSON, SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Phone
- (513) 918-0711
- Website
- WWW.EMPATHFORAUTISM.COM
- Return prepared by
- CLARK SCHAEFER HACKETT & CO
Mission
EMPATH FOR AUTISM IS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT, HOPE, AND SUCCESS ON THEIR UNIQUE JOURNEYS.
Program accomplishments
- THE EMPATH FAMILY BELIEVES IN GIVING BACK AND CREATING A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH A FOCUS IN ASD. ONE OF THE WAYS THE ORGANIZATION ACCOMPLISHES THIS IS BY HOSTING EVENTS TO BRING AWARENESS AND SUPPORT. THIS YEAR, EMPATH FOR AUTISM BEGAN HOSTING "MOM CHAT" EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BE U BEAR, BRINGING TOGETHER 25 MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM FOR A SUPPORTIVE, COMMUNITY-BUILDING EXPERIENCE. THE EVENT PROVIDED A SAFE SPACE FOR PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE THEIR JOURNEYS, ACCESS RESOURCES, AND FIND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AMONG PEERS. WHILE MOTHERS ENGAGED IN OPEN DISCUSSION AND A SHARED MEAL, RESPITE CARE IS PROVIDED FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THIS GATHERING PROMOTES CONNECTION, REDUCED ISOLATION, AND REINFORCES EMPATH'S MISSION TO UPLIFT FAMILIES NAVIGATING AN AUTISM DIAGNOSIS.CIRCUS BIZIRCUS LUNAR, HELD AT THE MADISON THEATER, WAS DEVELOPED AND EXECUTED AS A CORE PROGRAM SERVICES EVENT, DELIVERING A HIGHLY IMMERSIVE, MISSION-CENTERED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE EVENT WAS INTENTIONALLY PROGRAMMED TO ADVANCE THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF FOSTERING AUTISM AWARENESS, EDUCATION, EMPATHY, AND SUPPORT THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. THE CORE THEME OF THE EVENT, A JOURNEY TO ANOTHER WORLD, WAS DEVELOPED TO ILLUSTRATE HOW INDIVIDUALS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM OFTEN EXPERIENCE LIFE THROUGH SENSORY PERCEPTIONS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM NEUROTYPICAL INDIVIDUALS. GUESTS WERE GUIDED THROUGH A STRUCTURED EXPERIENCE MAP THAT REQUIRED THEM TO ENGAGE WITH MULTI-SENSORY INSTALLATIONS, NAVIGATING STATIONS THAT SIMULATED THE CHALLENGE OF ADHERING TO A "NEUROTYPICAL" PATH WHILE MANAGING OVERWHELMING ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI. THIS EXERCISE SERVED TO MIRROR THE COGNITIVE AND SENSORY DEMANDS OFTEN PLACED ON INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AS THEY ATTEMPT TO CONFORM TO SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS.TO DEEPEN THIS EXPERIENTIAL EMPATHY, WE INCLUDED A SILENT DISCO ACTIVATION. WHILE ON THE SURFACE A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, ITS TRUE INTENT WAS SYMBOLIC: IN THE SAME ROOM, SURROUNDED BY THE SAME PEOPLE, EACH PARTICIPANT DANCED TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AUDITORY EXPERIENCE. THIS DEMONSTRATED THE REALITY THAT WHILE INDIVIDUALS MAY SHARE PHYSICAL SPACE, THEIR SENSORY EXPERIENCESESPECIALLY THOSE WITH AUTISMCAN BE VASTLY DIFFERENT.FURTHER, THE EVENT INCLUDED AN INTENTIONALLY OVERSTIMULATING THEATRICAL ENVIRONMENT FEATURING INTENSE LIGHTING, LAYERED SOUNDS, AND ABSTRACT PERFORMANCESALL DESIGNED TO SIMULATE HOW SOMEONE ON THE SPECTRUM MAY EXPERIENCE EVERYDAY SETTINGS. UNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OVERWHELM, WE ALSO CREATED A "SENSORY SPEAKEASY," A SOFT-LIT, SOUND-ISOLATED SPACE WHERE GUESTS COULD DECOMPRESS. THIS QUIET ROOM SERVED AS A TANGIBLE METAPHOR FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF SENSORY REGULATION AND THE NEED FOR RETREAT THAT MANY IN THE AUTISM COMMUNITY FACE DAILY.A DEEPLY IMPACTFUL MOMENT OCCURRED WHEN 8-YEAR-OLD JAGGER WILLIAMS, WHO IS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, WAS GIVEN THE STAGE FOR UNSCRIPTED EXPRESSION. WHAT UNFOLDED WAS AUTHENTIC, RAW, AND BEAUTIFULJAGGER SANG, SMILED, SCREAMED, AND SIMPLY WAS HIMSELF. THIS UNSCRIPTED MOMENT WAS A REAL-LIFE APPLICATION OF OUR MISSION: TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED WITHOUT CONDITIONS.Expenses $70,711 · revenue $67,983
- JAGTAG PROGRAM - EMPATH FOR AUTISM DEVELOPS AND DISTRIBUTES WEARABLE IDENTIFICATION BANDS FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND OTHER DISABILITIES. JAGTAG BANDS ARE DESIGNED TO HOLD COMPATIBLE BLUETOOTH TRACKING DEVICES AND PROVIDE CAREGIVER-AUTHORIZED IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION THROUGH A SCANNABLE QR CODE, HELPING FAMILIES ENHANCE SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION WHEN A CHILD BECOMES SEPARATED FROM A CAREGIVER.JAGBAG PROGRAM - PROVIDES SPECIALLY CURATED WELCOME BAGS FOR FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. CREATED BY EMPATH FOR AUTISM BOARD PRESIDENT LESLIE WILLIAMS, AND INSPIRED BY HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THE INITIATIVE AIMS TO OFFER COMFORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT DURING A TIME OF OVERWHELMING EMOTIONS. EACH JAGBAG INCLUDES SENSORY TOOLS, SAFETY ITEMS, AND COMFORTING GIFTS, ALL REVIEWED BY CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, TO PROMOTE SECURITY, SENSORY REGULATION, AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. THIS INITIATIVE EXEMPLIFIES OUR MISSION TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AT THE ONSET OF THEIR AUTISM JOURNEY WITH EMPATHY, UNDERSTANDING, AND TANGIBLE RESOURCES.Expenses $52,876 · grants $52,876
- EMPATH FOR AUTISM DONATES TO KELLY O'LEARY CENTER AT CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND TO OTHER CHARITIES WITH SIMILAR MISSION. ADDITIONALLY, EMPATH FOR AUTISM ALSO GRANTS DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP.Expenses $5,620 · grants $5,620
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 93-2224496
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2023
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines (G84)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $131,936
- Income (IRS master file)
- $280,960
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $280,960 | $170,433 | $131,936 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $304,146 | $358,570 | $18,055 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $71,563 | $4,089 | $72,479 | XML |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 93-2224496).
Questions about EMPATH FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of EMPATH FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of EMPATH FOUNDATION is 93-2224496.
- Is EMPATH FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2023.
- Are donations to EMPATH FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does EMPATH FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of EMPATH FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did EMPATH FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of EMPATH FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names CHARLIE WATSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of EMPATH FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 3 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does EMPATH FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $280,960, expenses of $170,433 and total assets of $131,936 at year end.
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