EmpowerED Student & Family Success
Your support helps EmpowerEd provide students and families with access to academic support, advocacy, educational resources, and community-based programs designed to help them thrive.
Together, we can empower students, equip families, and build pathways to success.
How to donate
The fastest, easiest way to send your tithes and offerings directly from your phone:
$agarner4Step 1: Open the Cash App on your mobile device.
Step 2: Enter your donation amount and send to $Agarner4.
Step 3: In the "For" / Memo line, please specify your giving category:
Examples: "Academic Support", "Family & IEP Advocacy", "Partnerships",Â
If you prefer to send your contribution through the mail, please make all checks payable to the full church name:
Make Checks Payable To:
EmpowerED Student Family Success
Mailing Address:
201 W Russ Ave. Mishawaka, IN, 46545
Every gift helps us remove barriers, strengthen families, and create more opportunities for students to receive the support they need regardless of their circumstances.
Students thrive when they have the right academic support, families feel equipped to advocate for their needs, and schools and communities work together.
We meet students and families where they are, identify what support is needed, and create practical pathways forward.
Personalized tutoring and small-group support that strengthens skills, builds confidence, and helps students make meaningful academic progress.
Learn about Academic Support
Targeted support using assessments, individualized learning plans, and progress monitoring to identify skill gaps and help students move forward.
Academic support is available through one-on-one and small-group instruction.
Support may include:
Academic support is available through one-on-one and small-group instruction.
Support may include:
Please complete the form below to get started
Sometimes the challenge is not simply understanding tonight’s homework. There may be foundational skills that need to be identified and strengthened first.
Our goal is to understand why a student is struggling and create a plan for what comes next.
Sometimes the challenge is not simply understanding tonight’s homework. There may be foundational skills that need to be identified and strengthened first.
Academic intervention may include:
Please complete the form below to get started
EmpowerEd partners with organizations that share a commitment to helping young people and families thrive.
Rather than bringing a predetermined program into every organization, we begin by listening.
EmpowerEd partners with organizations that share a commitment to helping young people and families thrive.
Rather than bringing a predetermined program into every organization, we begin by listening.
We learn what students, families, and staff are experiencing and explore where EmpowerEd can provide meaningful support.
Please complete the form below to get started
Understanding special education systems, IEPs, school communication, and case conferences can feel overwhelming.
EmpowerEd helps families become informed and prepared participants in their child’s educational team.
Understanding special education systems, IEPs, school communication, and case conferences can feel overwhelming.
EmpowerEd helps families become informed and prepared participants in their child’s educational team.
Support can include:
Our role is not to replace the family’s voice. It's to strengthen it.
Please complete the form below to get started
Bringing educational support into the community
EmpowerEd works with churches, nonprofits, and community organizations to create accessible educational opportunities for students and families.Â
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These initiatives provide localized academic support by bringing tutoring services directly into community settings where students are already gathering.

These initiatives help families prepare for the new academic year by providing essential information, resources, and support.

These sessions empower families by teaching them how to navigate special education systems and communicate effectively with school staff.

These flexible partnerships are tailored to address the unique educational needs and goals of specific community organizations and their members.
Some of the strongest support systems for families already exist within the neighborhoods where they live.
EmpowerEd works with churches, nonprofits, and community organizations to create accessible educational opportunities for students and families.
Partnerships may include:
Please complete the form below to submit a partnership request
Throughout the year, EmpowerEd hosts and participates in programs designed to connect families with information, resources, learning opportunities, and community.
Join EmpowerEd Student & Family Success, Inc. and Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church for the EmpowerEd Community Tailgate: Every Child Deserves a Winning Team!Â
Before Notre Dame takes on Michigan State, bring the whole family out for an afternoon of food, football games, family activities, educational resources, giveaways, music, and community connection. This free event celebrates the power of families, educators, churches, and community partners working together to help every child succeed—on and off the field!
You have a friend in EmpowerED. We are genuinely invested in the success of our Students, Families, and Teachers.

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Community Partner
Comprehensive support for the families and institutions shaping student success.
You do not have to navigate your child’s educational journey alone.
Whether your child needs additional academic support, is struggling in a particular subject, has an IEP, or simply needs help rebuilding confidence, EmpowerEd can help you determine the next step.
EmpowerEd partners with schools, learning programs, churches, and community organizations to expand academic and family support beyond what one organization can provide alone.
Partnerships can include tutoring, academic intervention, family engagement, workshops, student success programming, and customized educational support.
Partner With EmpowerEd
Support that starts with listening
We learn about your needs, concerns, strengths, and goals.
We identify barriers, opportunities, and areas where additional support may make a difference.
We develop an individualized plan or partnership designed around those needs.
We provide support, monitor progress, and adjust as students and families move forward.
EmpowerEd’s impact grows when families, educators, churches, businesses, and community members come together around students.
EmpowerEd’s impact grows when families, educators, churches, businesses, and community members come together around students.
There are several ways to become part of the work.
Bring programs, workshops, or educational support to the families you serve.
Share your time and skills to support EmpowerEd programs and community events.
Receive resources, program announcements, newsletters, and opportunities to connect.
Help make educational support and resources more accessible to students and families.
Please complete the form below to get started
EmpowerEd grew from Alexandria Davidson’s years of experience working alongside students, families, educators, and special education teams.
Alexandria holds a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Psychology with a minor in African American Studies from Purdue University, an educational foundation that has shaped her understanding of human development, behavior, culture, and the importance of supporting the whole child.
With nearly a decade of experience across youth development and special education including classroom teaching, family support, and special education support roles Alexandria has seen firsthand how much students can accomplish when the right people, resources, and support systems come together.
She has also seen how overwhelming education can become for families who know their child needs support but may not know where to begin.
EmpowerEd was created to help bridge that gap.
The organization brings together Alexandria’s experience in education, youth development, family support, and organizational leadership with a deeply held commitment to helping students and families move forward with confidence.
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