Capability
Participants can perform the technical work of bookkeeping, accounting support, and tax workflow.
Rhonda’s Stop Bullying Foundation for Girls
From isolation to a desk, a client list, and a name on the door.
Empower Her is twelve weeks—no tuition—where women who are not already in a professional seat learn bookkeeping and tax workflow, meet real clients from Week 2, and walk the IRS pathway (PTIN, CAF, EFIN, ERO) so the title is earned, not borrowed.
12 weeksCohort, not a slogan
No tuitionWe fund the mission. We do not sell seats.
Week 2Members start their own client list
IRS pathPTIN · CAF · EFIN · ERO labs
Training is not enough. A client, a credential, clothes that fit the room, and a reason to finish turn skill into a livelihood.
If you are new here
Four doors. Pick the one that is yours.
Women apply. Firms and stores stand with the cohort. Donors put tools in the room. Nobody buys a seat.
I want in
Apply
For women who are not already in a professional job. Tell us your goal. We read every application.
What we teachThe 12-week program
Books, tax workflow, persona practice, and a live client list—not a certificate on a shelf.
I can helpPartners
Software, mentors, vehicles, new work clothes from retailers, accounting firms who consult—not vendors who sell a course.
I can giveGive
A car, a computer, a desk, or retailer gift cards so she walks into the meeting in clothes that fit the work.
The need we refuse to leave unaddressed
Bullying isolates. Poverty isolates. Both tell a girl she does not belong in rooms where money, clients, and decisions are made. Empower Her answers with a public, measurable pathway into professional work—not a slogan, a cohort.
Identity
They can present and conduct themselves as professionals—on time, prepared, confidential, client-ready.
Opportunity
They can pursue employment, clients, contracts, or business ownership with a 90-day plan.
Persistence
Visible, earned milestones make completion tangible. Progress is practiced, then recognized.
Theory of change
When the professional life can be seen and practiced, the future becomes real.
Empower Her tests a clear hypothesis: if participants can see, practice, and earn access to the professional life they are working toward, attendance, milestone completion, and graduation will improve compared with baseline cohorts.
Inputs include instructors, mentors, QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, TaxSlayer ProWeb and Desktop (Healthcare Collection Inc. and Bateman licenses, allowed for trainees and members), BainconIT licenses, professional settings, and program vehicles.
Program at a glance
Twelve weeks. One professional identity.
Hybrid cohort. Signature method: professional personas plus real-world experiential learning. Completion strategy: Earn the Experience.
Discover · Weeks 1–2
Orientation, identity, goals, digital tools, bookkeeping foundation.
Build · Weeks 3–5
Workflows, statements, client files, confidentiality, quality control.
Launch · Weeks 8–12
Firm setup, pricing, clients, Accountant Persona Day, graduation.
“The message is not that luxury equals success. The message is that professional opportunities are earned through preparation, reliability, skill, and follow-through.”
Practitioners already on TaxSlayer ProWeb with their own firm access: see the success stories. Program partners include Maverick, TCF, Healthcare Collection Inc., Villafana Wealth Builders, ERC Inc., and Bateman & Associates—none of them own the Foundation or sell the training.