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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$338,200
Total expenses
$407,393
Contributions and grants received
$349,171
Grants paid
$229,230
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$376
Other revenue
-$11,347
Total assets, end of year
$154,877
Total liabilities, end of year
$80
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$154,797
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$296,725
Management and general expenses
$38,816
Fundraising expenses
$71,852
Program service expenses (Part III)
$296,725

Program services were 72.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $60,970

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $288,201

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $376 · unrelated business $376

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,920

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $60,970

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $20,267

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$11,347

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $54,000 · program services $54,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $175,230 · program services $175,230

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,830 · program services $49,932 · management and general $24,966 · fundraising $49,932

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,000 · program services $2,400 · management and general $1,200 · fundraising $2,400

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,802 · program services $3,920 · management and general $1,961 · fundraising $3,921

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $17,358 · program services $7,822 · management and general $3,469 · fundraising $6,067

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,042 · program services $1,389 · management and general $424 · fundraising $3,229

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,449 · program services $431 · management and general $598 · fundraising $420

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,828 · program services $180 · fundraising $2,648

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $405 · management and general $405

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,948 · program services $1,421 · management and general $1,316 · fundraising $211

  • 24a · Other expenses: Payroll Fees

    total $685 · management and general $685

  • 24b · Other expenses: Membership Fees

    total $1,379 · management and general $1,379

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $3,095 · management and general $71 · fundraising $3,024

  • 24d · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $342 · management and general $342

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $139,952 · end of year $98,324

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $84,073 · end of year $56,553

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $80 · end of year $80

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $123,845 · end of year $85,597

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,100 · end of year $69,200

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Womens Empowerment WE funds economic empowerment programs including small business loans, training, education, and other vital poverty alleviation strategies for women experiencing poverty. More on Sched. O

  • Business services and entrepreneurship training for refugees, immigrants and low-income women in San Diego enrolled in the WE STAR Program through grants to the International Rescue Committee in San Diego. In 2023 the program enrolled 256 women clients and provided training sessions to 183 women. 69 new women-owned businesses were started or strengthened and expanded. An estimated 75 jobs were created or sustained from these activities.

    Expenses $64,782 · Grants $50,000

  • Grants to Nyaka Global provided funds for loans for poor grandmothers who are each raising and supporting an average of 4 grandchildren in conditions of dire poverty. In 2023, Nyaka grew the program to 23,037 grandmothers organized into 254 groups, who together took care of 92,145 Orphan and Vulnerable Children. Training and capacity-building initiatives equipped grandmothers with essential knowledge and skills, contributing to their well-being and that of the children they care for.

    Expenses $74,353 · Grants $57,600

  • WE funding allowed new Community Health Entrepreneurs CHEs to be trained and start their community health store and community education. CHEs receive training to screen children for malnutrition, and adults for high blood pressure. WEs grants supported the following CHEs and Fonkoze nurses have screened 30,857 children under age 5 for malnutrition in 16 communes. In addition, 3,613 pregnant and breastfeeding women were evaluated for malnutrition. 3,036 people have been trained on hygiene, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and nutritional care for malnourished children. 31 CHEs in 7 branches provided high blood pressure screening services, benefiting 4,540 people in the community.

    Expenses $43,184 · Grants $33,330

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sarah Adams

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $106,600
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,600
    Hours/week
    40

  • Debbie McGraw

    President Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Teresa Jacques

    Vice President Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bridget Burns

    Secretary Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Hocking

    Assistant Treasurer / Interim Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jan Hamilton

    Assistant Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Christy Hendrickson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Kurtz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristen Ryan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Loretta Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Hennenfent

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amina Sheik Mohamed

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Sawrey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Landen Villanueva

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jos Angel Nuncio

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Courtney Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mae Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Schultz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402859349301740

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