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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WOMENS FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,184,044
Total expenses
$1,144,057
Contributions and grants received
$2,105,874
Grants paid
$494,760
Program service revenue
$3,801
Investment income
$73,719
Other revenue
$650
Total assets, end of year
$5,190,322
Total liabilities, end of year
$126,425
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,063,897
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$841,734
Management and general expenses
$160,234
Fundraising expenses
$142,089
Program service expenses (Part III)
$841,734

Program services were 73.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $285,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,820,874

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM EVENT TICKET S

    total $3,801 · related or exempt $3,801

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,719 · excluded $73,719

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD CASH BACK

    total $650 · excluded $650

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $650

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $494,760 · program services $494,760

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $135,633 · program services $33,908 · management and general $33,908 · fundraising $67,817

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $303,517 · program services $237,487 · management and general $27,134 · fundraising $38,896

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,786 · program services $7,902 · management and general $1,777 · fundraising $3,107

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,983 · program services $6,787 · management and general $1,527 · fundraising $2,669

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,357 · program services $24,322 · management and general $5,471 · fundraising $9,564

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,528 · management and general $19,528

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $18,543 · management and general $18,543

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,806 · program services $12,750 · management and general $10,056

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,859 · management and general $2,614 · fundraising $245

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,978 · management and general $3,988 · fundraising $3,990

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,935 · management and general $4,005 · fundraising $4,930

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,000 · management and general $3,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,138 · program services $2,263 · management and general $2,221 · fundraising $1,654

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,333 · program services $2,817 · management and general $563 · fundraising $953

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE

    total $23,698 · program services $18,738 · management and general $831 · fundraising $4,129

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $23,370 · management and general $22,237 · fundraising $1,133

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,833 · management and general $2,831 · fundraising $3,002

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $190,957 · end of year $702,711

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $145,475 · end of year $708,645

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $49,706 · end of year $236

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $25,756

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $25,756

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,989,016 · end of year $3,289,207

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $417,587 · end of year $467,081

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $21,540 · end of year $22,442

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $86,601 · end of year $126,425

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,653,101 · end of year $3,292,085

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,074,579 · end of year $1,771,812

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS MISSION IS TO RAISE FUNDS TO ADVANCE GENDER AND RACIAL EQUITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE, CONFRONT AND DISMANTLE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE WOMEN'S FUND RAISES FUNDS AND COMMISSIONS THE LATEST RESEARCH, LEVERAGES OUR CONVENING POWER, AND OUR KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL EFFORTS TOWARD GENDER EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY AND ADVANCE WOMEN AND GIRLS. OUR WORK FOCUSES ON IMPROVING ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS; GIVING WOMEN AND GIRLS THE CONFIDENCE TO TAKE ON POSITIONS OF POWER AND LEADERSHIP; AND PROMOTING SAFETY AND FREEDOM FROM GENDER-BASED SEXUAL VIOLENCE, TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS, AND POWER DYNAMICS. WE DO ALL THIS BY NURTURING A THRIVING, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WOMEN- AND GIRL-SERVING COMMUNITY TO BETTER ADVANCE GENDER AND RACIAL EQUITY.

  • ECONOMIC SECURITY HUB - A FORMAL COLLABORATION FOCUSED ON MARGINALIZED AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WOMEN AND GENDER EXPANSIVE PEOPLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS ALL THE RELATED AND INTERCONNECTED DETERMINANTS THAT CREATE OBSTACLES TO ECONOMIC SECURITY.

    Expenses $328,922 · Grants $199,760

  • GRANTMAKING - THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO CREATE A CLIMATE OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND DOES SO BY MAKING GRANTS TO WOMEN, GIRLS AND GENDER MARGNIZALIZED PEOPLE-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FOUR COUNTIES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

    Expenses $280,082 · Grants $155,000 · Revenue $3,801

  • YOUNG WOMEN'S INITIATIVE - THIS IS A SOCIAL JUSTICE AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR AND GENDER EXPANSIVE YOUTH FROM SPRINGFIELD IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS, AGED 16-24, IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO THEIR OWN SUCCESS, EXPLORE SOLUTIONS, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH MOVEMENT BUILDING AND PHILANTHROPY.

    Expenses $232,730 · Grants $140,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shela Levante

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Luzed Guzman Romano

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nancy Robinson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lynn Griesemer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Dimichele

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tahirah Amatul-Wadud

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Worth

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mia Lauer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Malissa Naylor

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annamika Nair

    MEMBER *PAST*

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robyn Newhouse

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Ranghelli

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Sharrow

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Halli Stewart

    MEMBER *PAST*

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Thibault

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna Haghighat

    CEO *PAST*

    Total calculated
    $79,210
    From this org
    $79,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Vanessa Pabon-Hernandez

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $66,511
    From this org
    $66,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513199349301331

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