# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000356476
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-196260
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-196260.hdr.sgml**: 20260430

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-196260

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260430

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260430

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260430

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000356476

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 840876044
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-75503
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26923166

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8515 E ORCHARD ROAD
- **CITY:** GREENWOOD VILLAGE
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80111
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 303-737-3000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8515 E ORCHARD ROAD
- **CITY:** GREENWOOD VILLAGE
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80111

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GREAT-WEST FUNDS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20121005

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MAXIM SERIES FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Empower Large Cap Growth Fund (Series ID: S000023735)

| Class ID   | Class Name          | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000069812 | Investor Class      | MXLGX           |
| C000155762 | Institutional Class | MXGSX           |

**<u>EMPOWER FUNDS, INC.</u>** <br>("Empower Funds")

**Empower Large Cap Growth Fund** <br>**Institutional Class Ticker: MXGSX** <br> **Investor Class Ticker: MXLGX** <br>(the "Fund")

**Summary Prospectus** <br> **April 30, 2026** 

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| Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its <br> risks. You can find the Fund's Prospectus and other information about the Fund, including the Statement of Additional <br> Information and most recent reports to shareholders, online at www.empower.com/investments/empower-funds/fund-<br> documents. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (866) 831-7129 or by sending an email request to <br> empowerfunds@empower.com. The current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated April 30, 2026, <br> are incorporated by reference as a matter of law into this Summary Prospectus, which means they are legally part of this <br> Summary Prospectus.<br>|
| Fund shares are sold to insurance company separate accounts for certain variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance <br> policies ("variable contracts"), to individual retirement account ("IRA") custodians or trustees, to plan sponsors of qualified <br> retirement plans ("retirement plans"), and to college savings programs (collectively, "Permitted Accounts"), and to asset <br> allocation funds that are series of Empower Funds. This Summary Prospectus is not intended for use by other investors. This <br> Summary Prospectus should be read together with the prospectus or disclosure document for the Permitted Account.<br>|

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**Investment Objective**

The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

**Fees and Expenses of the Fund**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. This table does not reflect the fees and expenses of any Permitted Account. If the fees and expenses of a Permitted Account were reflected, the fees and expenses shown below would be higher.

**Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

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|  | **Institutional** <br> **Class**<br>| **Investor Class** |
| Management Fees | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Total Other Expenses | 0.01% | 0.38% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shareholder Services Fees | 0.00% | 0.35% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Expenses | 0.01% | 0.03% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.61% | 0.98% |

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**Example**

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example does not reflect the fees and expenses of any Permitted Account. If the fees and expenses of any Permitted Account were reflected, the fees and expenses in the Example would be higher.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of each period. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that all dividends and capital gains are reinvested, and that the Fund's operating expenses are the amount shown in the fee table and remain the same for the years shown. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

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|  | **1 Year** | **3 Years** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| **Institutional Class** | $62 | $195 | $340 | $762 |
| **Investor Class** | $100 | $312 | $542 | $1201 |

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**Portfolio Turnover**

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate generally indicates higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's turnover rate was 51% of the average value of its portfolio.

**Principal Investment Strategies**

Below is a summary of the principal investment strategies of the Fund.

The Fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of large capitalization ("large cap") companies. For purposes of the 80% policy, the Fund considers large cap companies to be those with market capitalizations of $4 billion or more at the time of purchase. If the market capitalization of a company held by the Fund moves below this threshold, the Fund may, but is not required to, sell the securities.

The Fund emphasizes a "growth style" of investing, seeking companies whose potential to provide superior earnings growth appears to be greater than the market in general and whose revenue growth is expected to continue for an extended period of time.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, including investments in emerging markets. The Fund may focus its investments in certain sectors, such as the technology sector. The Fund may also invest in derivatives, including but not limited to futures contracts.

Empower Capital Management, LLC ("ECM") is the Fund's investment adviser and, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of Empower Funds (the "Board"), selects the Fund's sub-advisers and monitors their performance on an ongoing basis. The Fund's investment portfolio is managed by two sub-advisers: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. ("JPMorgan") and Victory Capital Management Inc. ("Victory Capital") (each, a "Sub-Adviser," and collectively, the "Sub-Advisers").

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•JPMorgan invests primarily in equity securities of large, well-established companies with a market capitalization equal to those within the universe of the Russell 1000<sup>®</sup> Growth Index at the time of purchase. JPMorgan employs a fundamental bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies with positive price momentum and attractive fundamental dynamics.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Victory Capital invests primarily in equity securities of large companies that are similar in size to issuers included in the Russell 1000<sup>®</sup> Growth Index. To select growth stocks, Victory Capital employs quantitative analysis, fundamental research, and an evaluation of the issuer based on its financial statements and operations, utilizing a bottom-up analytic approach.

ECM maintains a strategic allocation of the Fund's assets with each Sub-Adviser and reviews the asset allocations on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as deemed necessary. As of the date of this Prospectus, the target percentage is a 50% allocation of the Fund's assets to JPMorgan and a 50% allocation of the Fund's assets to Victory Capital. Actual allocations may vary from the target allocations and ECM may change the asset allocations at any time without shareholder notice or approval.

**Principal Investment Risks**

Below is a summary of the principal investment risks of investing in the Fund. These risks are presented in an order that reflects ECM's current assessment of relative importance, but this assessment could change over time as the Fund's portfolio changes or in light of changes in the market or the economic environment. The Fund is not required to and will not update this Prospectus solely because its assessment of the relative importance of the principal risks of investing in the Fund changes. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

***Equity Securities Risk*** - The value of equity securities held by the Fund may decline as a result of factors directly related to a company, a particular industry or industries, or general market conditions that are not specifically related to a company or an industry.

***Market Risk*** - The value of the Fund's investments may decrease, sometimes rapidly or unexpectedly, due to factors affecting (or perceived to affect) specific issuers held by the Fund, particular industries represented in the Fund's portfolio, or the overall securities markets. A variety of factors can increase the volatility of the Fund's holdings and markets generally, including political or regulatory developments, recessions, inflation, deflation, rapid interest rate changes, bank failures, war or acts of terrorism, sanctions, tariffs, natural disasters, outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues, general outlook for corporate earnings, or adverse investor sentiment generally. Certain events may cause instability across global markets, including

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reduced liquidity and disruptions in trading markets, while some events may affect certain geographic regions, countries, sectors and industries more significantly than others. These adverse developments may cause broad declines in an issuer's value due to short-term market movements or for significantly longer periods during more prolonged market downturns.

***Sector Risk*** - The Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in companies within a particular sector, and its performance may suffer if that sector underperforms the overall market.

***Growth Stock Risk*** - A growth style of investing is subject to the risk that returns on growth stocks are less than returns on other styles of investing or the overall stock market. Growth stocks can be volatile for several reasons. Since they usually reinvest a high proportion of earnings in their own business, they may not pay the dividends usually associated with value stocks that can cushion their decline in a falling market. Also, since investors buy these stocks because of the expected superior earnings growth, earnings disappointments may result in sharp price declines.

***Large-Size Company Risk*** - Large-size companies are generally more mature and may be unable to respond as quickly as smaller companies to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer tastes, and may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

***Foreign Securities Risk*** - Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, geopolitical (including war or armed conflict), regulatory, market, currency valuation, or economic or other developments, and can perform differently than the U.S. market. Current tariffs, sanctions, or the threat of potential tariffs, sanctions or similar measures may also impair the value or liquidity of affected securities and negatively impact the Fund.

***Emerging Markets Risk*** - Emerging market countries generally have economic structures that are less diverse and mature, and political systems that are less stable, than those of developed countries. The economies of countries with emerging markets may be based predominantly on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from limited reliable access to capital, extreme debt burdens, less established financial market operations or volatile inflation rates. The securities markets of emerging market countries may be subject to manipulation and have historically been extremely volatile and less liquid than more developed markets. These market conditions may continue or worsen. Investments in these countries may be subject to heightened political, geopolitical (including war or armed conflict), economic, legal, market, currency and tariff risks, as well as other adverse local or regional developments, including heightened risk of war and ethnic, religious and racial conflicts. The imposition of sanctions, exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), confiscations, trade restrictions (including tariffs), and other government restrictions by the U.S. and other governments, as well as problems in share registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. Differences in regulatory, accounting, auditing, and financial reporting and recordkeeping standards could impede the availability of reliable information to evaluate and monitor local companies and impact the Fund's performance. There is also the risk of adverse foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

***Currency Risk*** - Adverse fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and other currencies may cause the Fund to lose money on investments denominated in foreign currencies.

***Derivatives Risk*** - The use of derivatives, including but not limited to futures contracts, may expose the Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. These risks include imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund's other portfolio holdings, magnified losses resulting from leverage, counterparty risk, high price volatility, liquidity risk, segregation risk, valuation risk and legal restrictions.

***Management Risk*** - A strategy, investment decision, technique, analysis, or model used by the portfolio managers may fail to produce the intended results, or imperfections, errors or limitations in the tools and data used by the portfolio managers may cause unintended results. Therefore, the Fund could underperform in comparison to other funds with similar objectives and investment strategies and may generate losses even in a favorable market.

***Multi-Manager Risk*** - Because the Sub-Advisers make investment decisions independently, it is possible that their security selection processes may not complement one another, and the Fund may have buy and sell transactions in the same security on the same day.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank, is not insured, endorsed or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any government agency, and is subject to the possible loss of your original investment.

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**Performance**

The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risk of investment in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the Fund's Investor Class shares for the last ten calendar years and by comparing the Fund's average annual total returns to the performance of a broad-based securities market index and an additional index with investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund. The returns shown below are historical and are not an indication of future performance. Total return figures assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and include the effect of the Fund's recurring expenses, but do not include the fees and expenses of any Permitted Account. If the fees and expenses of any Permitted Account were reflected, the performance shown would be lower.

Updated performance information may be obtained at www.empower.com/investments/empower-funds/fund-documents (the website does not form a part of this Prospectus).

**Calendar Year Total Returns**![](g33644lcgf.jpg)

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|  | **Quarter Ended** | **Total Return** |
| **Best Quarter** | June 30, 2020 | 30.13% |
| **Worst Quarter** | June 30, 2022 | -18.13% |

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**Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2025** 

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|  | **One**<br> **Year**<br>| **Five**<br> **Years**<br>| **Ten**<br> **Years**<br>|
| Institutional Class | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.44% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.52% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16.61% |
| Investor Class | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13.98% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.14% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16.21% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Russell 1000<sup>®</sup> Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 17.37% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13.59% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.59% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Russell 1000<sup>®</sup> Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.56% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15.32% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.13% |

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**Investment Adviser**

ECM

**Sub-Advisers**

JPMorgan and Victory Capital

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**Portfolio Managers** 

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| **Name** | **Title** | **Portfolio Manager of the** <br> **Fund Since**<br>|
| **JPMorgan** | **JPMorgan** | **JPMorgan** |
| Giri Devulapally, CFA | Managing Director | 2013 |
| Larry Lee | Managing Director | 2020 |
| Holly Morris | Managing Director | 2020 |
| Joseph Wilson | Managing Director | 2020 |
| Robert Maloney | Executive Director | 2023 |
| **Victory Capital** | **Victory Capital** | **Victory Capital** |
| Andrew Acheson | Managing Director, Director of Large Cap Growth | 2013 |
| Yves Raymond | Senior Vice President | 2021 |
| David Chamberlain | Senior Vice President | 2021 |

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**Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares**

The Fund is not sold directly to the general public, but instead may be offered as an underlying investment for Permitted Accounts. Permitted Accounts may place orders on any business day to purchase and redeem shares of the Fund based on instructions received from owners of variable contracts or IRAs, or from participants of retirement plans or college savings programs. Please contact your registered representative, IRA custodian or trustee, retirement plan sponsor or administrator, or college savings program for information concerning the procedures for purchasing and redeeming shares of the Fund.

The Fund does not have any initial or subsequent investment minimums. However, Permitted Accounts may impose investment minimums.

**Tax Information**

Currently, Permitted Accounts generally are not subject to federal income tax on any Fund distributions. Owners of variable contracts, retirement plan participants and IRA owners are also generally not subject to federal income tax on Fund distributions until such amounts are withdrawn from the variable contract, retirement plan or IRA. Distributions from a college savings program generally are not taxed provided that they are used to pay for qualified higher education expenses. More information regarding federal taxation of Permitted Account owners may be found in the prospectus or disclosure documents for that Permitted Account.

**Payments to Insurers, Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries**

Companies related to the Fund may make payments to insurance companies, broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries for the sale of Fund shares and other services. These payments may be a factor that an insurance company, broker-dealer or other financial intermediary considers when including the Fund as an investment option in a Permitted Account. These payments also may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson, visit your financial intermediary's website, or consult the variable contract prospectus for more information.

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