Organizations Filed Purposes:
WE BELIEVE EVERY CHILD IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A QUALITY EDUCATION. EMPOWER ILLINOIS EXPANDS QUALITY EDUCATION OPTIONS FOR LOW-INCOME AND WORKING FAMILIES OF ILLINOIS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON K-12 SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT-CENTERED PUBLIC POLICY.
TO EXPAND QUALITY EDUCATION OPTIONS FOR LOW-INCOME AND WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES OF ILLINOIS.
THE ORGANIZATION ADVOCATES FOR TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS, TAX CREDITS FOR TEACHERS' OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES ON SUPPLIES AND OTHER POLICY TO HELP STUDENTS ATTEND QUALIFIED NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO MIDDLE AND LOW-INCOME CLASS FAMILIES AND WORKS TO INCREASE FAMILIES' ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL OPTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY. DURING 2019, THE ORGANIZATION GRANTED SCHOLARSHIPS TO CHILDREN OF LOW INCOME AND WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES TO ATTEND GRADES K-12 IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Myles Mendoza | PRESIDENT | 38 | $300,291 |
| Anthony Holter | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 38 | $215,179 |
| Brian Brookover | OPERATIONS DIRECTOR | 39 | $211,194 |
| Juan Rangel | POLITICAL STRATEGY DIRECTOR | 39 | $157,692 |
| Alissa Mccurley-Vogel | OPERATIONS DIRECTOR | 38 | $147,566 |
| Kaitlin Donnelly | DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR | 39 | $138,651 |
| John Schreiber | DIRECTOR (THRU 01/2019) | 1 | $0 |
| Karin Norington-Reaves | DIRECTOR (AS OF 06/2019) | 1 | $0 |
| Pete Bensen | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ward Hamm | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Mcclain | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Daly | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Schoenig | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Sara Albrecht | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| James Perry | CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Avrum Weinfeld | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jack Buck | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Gard | DIRECTOR (THRU 06/2019) | 1 | $0 |
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