Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,025,056

Total expenses

$1,160,442

Contributions and grants received

$906,152

Grants paid

$3,052

Program service revenue

$115,452

Investment income

$1,017

Other revenue

$2,435

Total assets, end of year

$1,238,720

Total liabilities, end of year

$212,350

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,026,370

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$964,219

Management and general expenses

$196,223

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$964,219

Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• GENERATION W IS AN EVER GROWING AND ENTHUSIASTIC COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACES THE GUIDING TENETS OF EDUCATION, INSPIRATION, AND CONNECTION AND THE POWER OF WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE SERVICE OF BUILDING COMMUNITY. GENERATION W INCLUDES FOUR KEY ELEMENTS: GENERATION W, GENERATION WOW, GENERATION WORKS, AND THE BEST-SELLING BOOK AND ACCOMPANYING CURRICULUM, "WOWSDOM! THE GIRL'S GUIDE TO THE POSITIVE AND THE POSSIBLE." SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES/EVENTS:GENERATION W'S SIGNATURE EVENT IS A CATALYST FOR CONNECTING AND INSPIRING CHANGEMAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS, INNOVATORS AND INFLUENCERS. DRAWING A NATIONAL AUDIENCE, GENERATION W IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT CREATES GREATER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELEVANT AND RESONANT ISSUES OF THE DAY AND IDENTIFIES THE ACTION STEPS AVAILABLE TO AFFECT CHANGE. ON APRIL 1ST, 2022, GENERATION W 2022 BROUGHT OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE TOGETHER IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY FOR AN INSIGHTFUL DAY FOCUSED ON PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. ATTENDEES SPANNED VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND PROFESSIONS INCLUDING HEALTHCARE, FINANCE, RETAIL, GROCERY, CONSULTING, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEURS, AND MORE.2022 WAS THE YEAR OF CONNECTION. GRADUALLY EMERGING FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE GIVEN NEW LENSES THROUGH WHICH TO APPRECIATE THE IMPACT THAT TOGETHERNESS CAN BRING AND CHERISH EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF GESTURES LIKE A WARM SMILE FROM A FRIEND OR STRANGER. TAKING THE LEARNINGS AND LESSONS THAT CARRIED US THROUGH THE UNCERTAINTY, OR SWIRL, AS WE AT GENERATION W HAVE COME TO CALL IT, WE DISCOVERED THAT DESPITE OUR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES, THERE IS AN ELECTRIFYING ENERGY THAT TRANSPIRES BETWEEN PEOPLE WHEN THEY FEEL GENUINELY SEEN, HEARD, AND VALUED. AT GENERATION W, WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CONNECTION. SINCE APRIL 2012, GENERATION W HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF OVER 25,000 WOMEN AND GIRLS. WE ARE HUMBLY GRATEFUL AND INSPIRED BY THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT IS TO COME AS WE CONTINUE TO LISTEN, LEARN, AND COME TOGETHER FOR IMPACT, GROWTH, AND CHANGEWE CONTINUED OUR VIRTUAL SERIES, "REFRESH", VIRTUAL WHICH PROVIDED A BI-WEEKLY DOSE OF CURATED CONTENT TO HELP CONNECT PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE. REFRESH HELPS PEOPLE CONNECT, BE INSPIRED AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW THROUGH ENGAGING AND TIMELY CONVERSATIONS.GENERATION WOW IS GIRL INSPIRED MOVEMENT THAT EXPOSES GIRLS TO THE POSITIVE AND THE POSSIBLE BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING, INSPIRATION, AND MENTOR CONNECTIONS WITH WOMEN LEADERS. TO DATE, GENERATION WOW HAS REACHED THOUSANDS OF GIRLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLATFORM THAT INCLUDES: A YEAR-ROUND CURRICULUM, NATIONAL LEADERSHIP EVENTS, WOW CLUBS, QUARTERLY EVENTS, LEARNING EXCURSIONS, DEDICATED MENTORSHIP, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS. IN 2022, GENERATION WOW EXPANDED THE PROGRAMMING AND HOSTED EVENTS IN ORLANDO, FL, PORTLAND, OR AND JACKSONVILLE, FL.WE CONTINUED THE WORK WITH THE GIRLS THROUGH THE POSITIVELY POSSIBLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WITH 80 GIRLS FROM SIX TITLE I HIGH SCHOOLS IN DUVAL AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES. THE GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN A YEAR OF LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES FOCUSED ON BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY WITH A CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON LEADERSHIP, MENTAL WELL-BEING, FINANCIAL LITERACY AND COLLEGE/CAREERPLANNING. GENERATION W WAS INVITED FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR BY TOURNAMENT ORGANIZERS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH PROGRAMMING FOR OVER 50 FEMALE GOLFERS COMPETING IN THE PXG WOMEN'S MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP. ENRICHED BY THE PRESENCE OF MENTORS FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES, THE 4-HOUR INTIMATE GATHERING FOCUSED ON THE POWER OF CONNECTION AND SELF-EXPLORATION. IT WAS A DAY FILLED WITH PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS THAT EXPLORED THE MANY WAYS WE CONNECT AND HOW TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND CREATE POWERFUL CONNECTIONS IN OUR LIVES."WOWSDOM! THE GIRL'S GUIDE TO THE POSITIVE AND THE POSSIBLE UNITES THE WOW OF GIRLS WITH THE WISDOM OF WOMEN. USING THE POWER OF AUTHENTIC STORYTELLING, WOWSDOM! PROVIDES ENCOURAGEMENT AND OFFERS REAL-WORLD ADVICE TO HELP YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS PREPARE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES THEY WILL FACE IN THEIR LIFETIMES. THE MESSAGES OF SELF-LOVE, RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP, HEALTHY CHOICES AND MORE, RESONATE WITH ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS AND ARE DESIGNED TO INSPIRE READERS BY REMINDING THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS WORLD. THE LETTERS AND LESSONS IN WOWSDOM! SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE WOWSDOM! CURRICULUM THAT IS CURRENTLY UTILIZED IN WOW CLUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  Expenses $964,219 · Grants $3,052 · Revenue $117,887

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

13 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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