Empowerment Group is a nonprofit organization committed to building a better Philadelphia by spurring economic growth. Since 1999, Empowerment Group has been working to accelerate economic growth, cultivate local entrepreneurship, and help community business leaders realize their dreams. Their mission is to accelerate economic growth in distressed urban areas by cultivating local entrepreneurship. Their bottom line is to create positive, lasting change for their clients, their families and their communities.

Empowerment Group offers a variety of services designed to empower people and equips them to change their lives, like their workshops that provide a supplemental education for small business owners.