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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WNY WOMENS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$699,491
Total expenses
$674,537
Contributions and grants received
$750,691
Grants paid
$39,635
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$13,881
Other revenue
-$65,081
Total assets, end of year
$3,942,958
Total liabilities, end of year
$166,539
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,776,419
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$417,372
Management and general expenses
$96,702
Fundraising expenses
$160,463
Program service expenses (Part III)
$417,372

Program services were 61.9% 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

    $212,788

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $105,376

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $432,527

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $160,435

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,881 · excluded $13,881

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $71,558

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

    $212,788

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $136,639

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$65,081 · excluded -$65,081

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $39,635 · program services $39,635

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $166,615 · program services $108,427 · management and general $15,546 · fundraising $42,642

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $278,328 · program services $181,124 · management and general $25,968 · fundraising $71,236

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,975 · program services $7,793 · management and general $1,117 · fundraising $3,065

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,819 · program services $26,564 · management and general $3,809 · fundraising $10,446

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $57,227 · program services $23,654 · management and general $25,892 · fundraising $7,681

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,685 · program services $2,242 · management and general $5,195 · fundraising $6,248

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,121 · program services $13,745 · management and general $1,971 · fundraising $5,405

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,640 · program services $1,971 · management and general $74 · fundraising $595

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,831 · program services $852 · management and general $4,804 · fundraising $175

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,013 · program services $4,564 · management and general $654 · fundraising $1,795

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,577 · management and general $2,577

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $27,071 · program services $6,801 · management and general $9,095 · fundraising $11,175

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,057,398 · end of year $827,779

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $513,487 · end of year $787,367

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $114,696 · end of year $55,496

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,233 · end of year $9,016

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

    $86,705

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

    $23,296

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,910 · end of year $63,409

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,868,935 · end of year $2,199,891

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $48,731 · end of year $68,635

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $97,904

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,009,835 · end of year $3,376,676

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $510,093 · end of year $399,743

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION (WNYWF) TRANSFORMS SYSTEMS, CULTURE, AND POLICY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH WOMAN TO THRIVE

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN WNY THROUGH ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.

  • IN 2022, WNYWF REBRANDED ITS SUCCESSFUL MOMS: FROM EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT (R) INITIATIVE, INFORMED BY PARTICIPANTS, TO MPOWER. WNYWF'S MOMS: FROM EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT (R) EVOLVED IN 2020 FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVELEDUCATION TO INCLUDE WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE SHORTER DURATION, HIGH SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT ENTRY CERTIFICATIONS. THE CURRENT WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION FOCUS SUPPORTS WNYWF'SHEALTHCARE HUB - PART OF THE 2022 LAUNCHED WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTPATHWAY (WEMP). THE WEMP IS A PERSON-CENTERED, TRAUMA FOCUSED AND DATA INFORMED COMPREHENSIVE, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO HELP WOMEN BE THE SUCCESS THEY ARE MOST DESERVING OF BEING. WE TARGET THE CITY OF BUFFALO'S 53.5% OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL WHICH ARE HEADED BY WOMEN WELL AHEAD OF NATIONAL, STATE, AND ERIE COUNTY AVERAGES.THIS INITIATIVE IS ENHANCED BY WNYWF'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO SECURE POLICY AND FUNDING,ESPECIALLY AROUND CHILD CARE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY. IN 2023, THERE WERE 2 COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND 2 WORKFORCE PARTNERS. OVER 750 WOMEN AND 1200 OF THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THESE PROGRAMS SINCE 2014.

    Expenses $416,734 · Grants $39,635

  • ALL IN COLLABORATES WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO INVEST IN PURPOSEFUL EFFORTS TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE AND ILLUMINATE THE PATHWAYS FOR WOMEN TO LEAD. A DATA-DRIVEN, DEIB INITIATIVE, ALL IN TAKES AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO ADVANCING INTERSECTIONAL GENDER EQUITY IN WESTERN NEW YORK. ALL IN CONSISTS OF THREE MAIN COMPONENTS: EMPLOYER PATHWAY: ENGAGE EMPLOYERS TO TAKE PURPOSEFUL STEPS TO MOVE WOMEN AND GENDER MINORITIES INTO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND IMPROVE COMPANY CULTURE USING AN INTERSECTIONAL GENDER-BASED LENS. ASPIRING LEADER PATHWAY: READY, SET, LEAD! CULTIVATE ASPIRING LEADERS THROUGH MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS, BUILDING A STRONG NETWORK OF LEADERS IN A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY. ENTREPRENEUR PATHWAY: ELEVATE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY PROMOTING, ENDORSING, AND COLLABORATING WITH WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. THIS INITIATIVE IS ENHANCED BY WNYWF'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO SECURE POLICY AND FUNDING,ESPECIALLY AROUND CHILD CARE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY, PAY EQUITY AND PAID FAMILY LEAVE

    Expenses $395

  • WNYWF AMPLIFIES WOMEN'S VOICES TO ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY THROUGH DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. AS A CREDIBLE SOURCE OF DATA AND INFORMATION, WE CENTER WOMEN'S VOICES THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL GENDER LENS. RELYING ON DEEP, TRUSTED CONNECTIONS, OUR ORGANIZATION RAISES AWARENESS OF THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH DATA THAT TELLS A STORY AND ELEVATES WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES. WNYWF IS THE GO-TO SOURCE FOR DATA AND INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES IMPACTING WOMEN, INCLUDING GENDER EQUITY, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND CHILD CARE AS AN ESSENTIAL WORKFORCE SUPPORT. THIS DATA INFLUENCES KEY DECISION MAKERS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. IN ADDITION, THE WNYWF IS FREQUENTLY SOUGHT BY THE MEDIA. THIS INVALUABLE EXPOSURE HAS HELPED CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS, AS WE LIFTED OUR VOICE TO DRIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES BARRING WOMEN FROM ACHIEVING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

    Expenses $107

  • WNYWF EDUCATES AND ENGAGES DECISION MAKERS TO ADVANCE POLICIES AND FUNDING, ACCELERATING THE PACE OF CHANGE FOR ISSUES IMPACTING WOMEN. WE ARE A RESPECTED AND TRUSTED APOLITICAL PARTNER WITH A STRONG TRACKRECORD FOR BUILDING COLLABORATIONS AND DRIVING POLICY AND FUNDING. WE FACILITATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEENFUNDERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ADDRESS THE CHANGING SOCIETAL NEEDS OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED WOMEN. WNYWF HAS PROVIDED LEADERSHIP TO A COALITION THAT SECURED A RECORD, TRANSFORMATIONAL STATE INVESTMENT IN THE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE AND BUSINESSES, AND INCREASED ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR THOUGHT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS OFTEN SOUGHT-OUT FOR GUIDANCE FOR REPORTS, LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS, ADVOCACY INITIATIVES, TASK FORCE APPOINTMENTS AND ADVISEMENT TO PARTNERS, DECISION MAKERS AND COALITIONS.

    Expenses $136

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

Listed in Part VII

  • TERESA BAIR ESQ

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • HELEN CAPPUCCINO MD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HON LENORA FOOTE-BEAVERS ESQ

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NATALIE FISCHER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • CATHERINE EARLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • TIFFANY ADAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA BAKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMIE BATT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ODIE BRANT PORTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR ALLISON BRASHEAR MD MBA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JODY BRIANDI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHONDA BROCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EMILY BURNS PERRYMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETSY CONSTANTINE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY COX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BREAUNA CRUMPLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JACKIE SANCHEZ CULLITON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICIA FARRELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICKOLE GARRISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROLYN HUMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALICE JACOBS ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNE E JOYNT ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LINDA ANGERT KAHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CRYSTAL RODRIQUEZ-DABNEY ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSANNA SCHENK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SIOBHAN SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CARMEN SNELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHERI L SCAVONE

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $153,301
    From this org
    $138,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,538
    Hours/week
    70

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442959349301104

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