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← MS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$59,397,719
Total expenses
$18,016,461
Contributions and grants received
$56,682,357
Grants paid
$7,864,828
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,805,756
Other revenue
-$90,394
Total assets, end of year
$114,322,777
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,863,961
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$101,458,816
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,556,020
Management and general expenses
$2,680,713
Fundraising expenses
$1,779,728
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,556,020

Program services were 75.2% 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

    $341,353

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $56,341,004

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,105,816

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,504,627 · unrelated business -$24,309 · excluded $2,528,936

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $89,600

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $89,600

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $89,600 · excluded $89,600

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,154,236

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $11,853,107

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $301,129

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $301,129 · excluded $301,129

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $195,823

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

    $341,353

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $376,036

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$180,213 · excluded -$180,213

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $219 · excluded $219

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $219

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,864,828 · program services $7,864,828

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,145,742 · program services $844,051 · management and general $140,693 · fundraising $160,998

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,977,102 · program services $1,130,082 · management and general $474,643 · fundraising $372,377

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,685 · program services $13,705 · management and general $15,374 · fundraising $10,606

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $512,328 · program services $218,766 · management and general $199,589 · fundraising $93,973

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $234,351 · program services $157,780 · management and general $42,937 · fundraising $33,634

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $36,331 · program services $6,467 · management and general $20,913 · fundraising $8,951

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,000 · management and general $35,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $351,010 · fundraising $351,010

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $441,216 · management and general $441,216

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,424,149 · program services $1,721,805 · management and general $446,129 · fundraising $256,215

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $585,875 · program services $373,156 · management and general $143,391 · fundraising $69,328

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $291,277 · program services $125,336 · management and general $72,799 · fundraising $93,142

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,039,110 · program services $706,850 · management and general $174,638 · fundraising $157,622

  • 17 · Travel

    total $353,164 · program services $64,783 · management and general $212,799 · fundraising $75,582

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $92,652 · program services $62,700 · management and general $13,024 · fundraising $16,928

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $145,431 · management and general $145,431

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $78,066 · management and general $78,066

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $126,994 · program services $97,607 · management and general $21,033 · fundraising $8,354

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONVENINGS

    total $100,234 · program services $97,653 · fundraising $2,581

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAILHOUSE SERVICES

    total $68,128 · fundraising $68,128

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $62,643 · program services $62,643

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,145 · program services $7,808 · management and general $3,038 · fundraising $299

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $105,500 · end of year $250,500

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,225,742 · end of year $36,954,097

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,062,398 · end of year $14,255,248

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $204,594 · end of year $122,026

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

    $1,851,099

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

    $523,816

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $905,468 · end of year $1,327,283

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $47,160,621 · end of year $43,689,763

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $7,685,201 · end of year $7,795,404

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $140,210

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,671,272 · end of year $9,788,246

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $291,460 · end of year $295,372

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $2,692,700 · end of year $2,305,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,125,880 · end of year $10,263,089

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,313,661 · end of year $10,649,060

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $43,597,095 · end of year $90,809,756

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE'RE THE FIRST NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION. WE'RE CHANGING THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY AND TRANSFORMING OUR DEMOCRACY BY PUTTING WOMEN AND GIRLS OF COLOR FIRST. OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE POWER IN THE U.S. TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION BY INVESTING IN, AND STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF WOMEN LED MOVEMENTS TO ADVANCE MEANINGFUL SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BUILD WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE POWER IN THE U.S. TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $8,818,213 · Grants $7,864,828

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $4,731,397

  • ADVOCACY AND POLICY: THE ADVOCACY AND POLICY PROGRAM ENHANCES THE ORGANIZATION'S REACH, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGICALLY PROMOTES SOCIAL, CULTURE, AND LEGISLATIVE POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WOMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE USE THIS PLATFORM TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE CHANGE BUT ALSO TO CREATE SPACE FOR WOMEN TO FIND SYNERGY AND LEVERAGE THEIR IMPACT THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION.

    Expenses $6,410

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jenna Scanlan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yin Ling Leung

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pamela Shifman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diane Manuel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alex Busansky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Candi Castleberry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gwen Chapman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Embrey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charline Gipson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rene Redwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rinku Sen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Moodie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Carrillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary McDaniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Chen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaberi Banerjee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teresa Younger

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $331,594
    From this org
    $304,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,107
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $304,487
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,940
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,167
    Filer's total
    $331,594
  • Russatta Buford

    COO THRU MAY 2024

    Total calculated
    $248,923
    From this org
    $229,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,129
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,794
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,744
    Filer's total
    $248,923
  • Ruth McFarlane

    VP, ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $267,514
    From this org
    $227,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,929
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,585
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,899
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,030
    Filer's total
    $267,514
  • Ellen Liu

    CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $243,072
    From this org
    $189,805
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,267
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,805
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,943
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,324
    Filer's total
    $243,072
  • Bri E Barnett

    DIR. OF INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $142,424
    From this org
    $119,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,530
    Hours/week
    40
  • Angelica Garcia

    DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $155,070
    From this org
    $112,439
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,631
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,439
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,349
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,282
    Filer's total
    $155,070
  • Shawnda Chapman

    DIR., GIRLS FUND INITIATIVE

    Total calculated
    $143,576
    From this org
    $119,508
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,068
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anna Martinez

    DIR., FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $169,312
    From this org
    $123,623
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,689
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,623
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,864
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,825
    Filer's total
    $169,312
  • Calondra McArthur

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $139,387
    From this org
    $120,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,758
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • FREE TO BE FOUNDATION INC

    501(C)(3) · ENSURE CHILDREN'S WHOLENESS AS HUMAN BEINGS · NY

    Directly controlled by MS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531359349316603

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