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← DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,386,211
Total expenses
$15,167,490
Contributions and grants received
$13,989,328
Grants paid
$1,934,953
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,345,976
Management and general expenses
$1,688,760
Fundraising expenses
$1,132,754
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,345,976

Program services were 81.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • ELENA KIAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY CUSICK DROPCHINSKI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERICA FRONTERO

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RENEE LAROCHE-MORRIS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELONY BUTLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANU AIYENGAR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JANESSA COX-IRVIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LORETTA MARCOCCIA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • FRANK AQUILA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DIERDRE FITZGERALD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SACHIN NANAVATI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TRACY NOLAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DALE BORNSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • FELICIA HALE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AMI PALAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARION MENZIES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHERYL KERN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOYCE RUSSELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEAN SELDEN GREENE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BART SHULDMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JENNIFER WINDBECK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHELE MEYER-SHIPP

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $435,042
    From this org
    $435,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $385,000
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42
    Filer's total
    $435,042

  • ARLENE LOZANO

    CHIEF AFFILIATE IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $248,339
    From this org
    $227,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,501
    Bonus
    $15,400
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,354
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,084
    Filer's total
    $248,339

  • ELIZABETH CAREY

    CHIEF AFFILIATE & SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $242,784
    From this org
    $228,685
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,099
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,450
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $57,235
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,099
    Filer's total
    $242,784

  • TONYA PECK

    DIRECTOR PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION

    Total calculated
    $176,213
    From this org
    $141,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,370
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,843
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,370
    Filer's total
    $176,213

  • JOANNE LEIGHTON

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $150,367
    From this org
    $122,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,487
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,947
    Bonus
    $7,933
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,530
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,957
    Filer's total
    $150,367

  • JENNIFER WUERZ

    INTERIM DIRECTOR NYC

    Total calculated
    $141,389
    From this org
    $120,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,098
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERTO SCHIATTINO FIGUEROA

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $129,948
    From this org
    $111,043
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,905
    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 — 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON PART VII, SECTION A, RECEIVED BONUSES IN THE BELOW AMOUNTS: MICHELE MEYER-SHIPP, CEO - $50,000 ARLENE LOZANO, CHIEF AFFILIATE IMPACT OFFICER - $15,400 REBECCA MANTEY, CHIEF DEVELOPEMENT OFFICER - $4,113 ARMINE ARUSTAMYAN, COO - $3,815 JOANNA LEIGHTON, CONTROLLER - $7,933 JENNIFER WUERZ, INTERIM DIRECTOR NYC - $8,521 ROBERTO SCHIATTINO FIGUEROA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS - $7,561

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502889349301110

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