Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$255,473

Total expenses

$313,284

Contributions and grants received

$255,471

Grants paid

$17,366

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$2

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$66,720

Total liabilities, end of year

$23,714

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$43,006

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$223,408

Management and general expenses

$53,218

Fundraising expenses

$36,658

Program service expenses (Part III)

$223,408

Program services were 71.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2019, WOMEN FORWARD INTERNATIONAL HAS DEVELOPED PROGRAMS TO MEET ITS CORE MISSION TO ADVANCE WOMEN FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMANITY THROUGH UNITY, COLLABORATION, AND SERVICE.WFI HAS ESTABLISHED A STRONG TRACK RECORD WITH PROGRAMS IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND MEN IN FIFTEEN COUNTRIES ACROSS FOUR CONTINENTS AND TWELVE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS. NOW THAT WFI HAS IDENTIFIED ROOT CAUSES OF GENER INEQUITIES AS WELL AS WHERE IT CAN BEST ADDRESS THESE CAUSES, IT IS FOCUSING ON EXPANDING ITS PROGRAMS IN THREE MAIN IMPACT AREAS OF UNIVERSAL RELEVANCE FOR GENDER EQUITY:1) CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING, INCLUDING FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, THE MOST VULNERABLE DEMOGRAPHIC TO FOOD INSECURITY2) WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ARTISANSHIP, AN INDUSTRY IN WHICH WOMENS' LABOR IS UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERCOMPENSATED GLOBALLY3) WOMENS AND GIRLS' EDUCATION THROUGH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS WHERE THEY OFTEN HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO VOCATIONAL RESOURCESTO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT, WFI IS CULTIVATING TWO MAJOR PROGRAMS: ONE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH NEW YORK UNIVERSITY IN ABU DHABI AND THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD TRUST THAT WILL ESTABLISH A TEMPLATE FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING AND GENDER EQUITY IN A REGION THAT IS TAKING LEADERSHIP IN COP28; AND ONE IN MEXICO WITH THE AUTONOMOUS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO AND WHITE PONY EXPRESS THAT IS PILOTING A FOOD RESCUE AND SHARED ABUNDANCE PROGRAM IN VERACRUZ, ONE OF THE MOST IMPOVERISHED REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY, TO BUILD OUT A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM OF VOLUNTEER-DRIVE FOOD RESCUE.TO ADDRESS WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, WFI IS BUILDING OUT ITS CRAFTSVILLAGE FOR INDIAN WOMEN ARTISANS IN AURANGABAD OF THE HIMROO WEAVING TRADITION, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF INDIA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE DATING FROM THE 12TH CENTURY. WFI HAS ESTABLISHED MULTIPLE SKILLS BUILDING AND FUNDING PARTNERS WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAINING AND BUILDING OF THE CRAFTSVILLAGE AS WELL AS HELP OPEN THE US MARKET TO THESE GOODS THROUGH WFI'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN IN NEW YORK.WFI IS ALSO PARTNERING PERSONS WITH TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN IN AFGHANISTAN TO BENEFIT AFGHAN WOMEN CARPET WEAVERS. WFI WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CRAFTSWOMEN OF JAMAICA, WHOSE COLLECTIVE IS ALSO REDUCING GANG VIOLENCE IN THEIR CITY. FINALLY, WFI WILL CONTINUE ITS PROGRAMS WITH SCIENCES PO IN FRANCE TO UPLIFT THE LIVES OF UKRAINIAN WOMEN REFUGEES AND ARTISANS IN COLLABORATION WITH NEST.TO ADDRESS WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' EDUCATION THROUGH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, WFI HAS PARTNERED LYNN UNIVERSITY WITH THE AFGHAN INSTITUTE OF LEARNING TO BUILD OUT COMPUTER LABS, SUPPORT TELEVISION EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDE NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS REQUIRES ONGOING FUNDING SUPPORT, AND WFI HAS PRIORITIZED ITS FUNDRAISING TO ENABLE THEM TO GROW. IT IS CURRENTLY AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF FUNDRAISING FOR EACH ONE, AND IS EXPANDING ITS NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE THIS PROCESS SUCCESSFUL.

  Expenses $223,408 · Grants $17,366

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• KENT DAVIS-PACKARD

  PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $63,417

  From this org

  $63,417

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• SHARON WILKINSON

  CHAIRPERSON

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DR SEEMA ALIM

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SHAMARUKH MOHIUDDIN

  TREASURER

  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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

22 August 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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