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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WOMENS INITIATIVE FOR SELF- EMPOWERMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$862,646
Total expenses
$836,955
Contributions and grants received
$854,053
Grants paid
$342
Program service revenue
$290
Investment income
$13
Other revenue
$8,290
Total assets, end of year
$164,003
Total liabilities, end of year
$151,298
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,705
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$722,947
Management and general expenses
$92,380
Fundraising expenses
$21,628
Program service expenses (Part III)
$722,947

Program services were 86.4% 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)

    $713,993

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $140,060

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $290 · related or exempt $290

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13 · excluded $13

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $8,290 · excluded $8,290

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,290

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $342 · program services $342

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $84,223 · program services $75,034 · management and general $7,545 · fundraising $1,644

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $342,731 · program services $304,962 · management and general $30,878 · fundraising $6,891

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,287 · program services $18,938 · management and general $1,919 · fundraising $430

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,018 · program services $34,273 · management and general $3,217 · fundraising $528

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,816 · program services $9,816

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $188,288 · program services $168,478 · management and general $7,924 · fundraising $11,886

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,756 · management and general $18,756

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,915 · program services $20,624 · management and general $2,291

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,796 · program services $32,492 · management and general $4,304

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,498 · program services $10,118 · management and general $1,380

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,238 · program services $1,560 · management and general $4,678

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,159 · program services $10,159

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,714 · program services $1,714

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $843 · program services $314 · management and general $280 · fundraising $249

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM FEES

    total $18,465 · program services $18,465

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $8,887 · program services $8,887

  • 24c · Other expenses: STIPENDS

    total $6,010 · program services $6,010

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE FEES

    total $5,173 · management and general $5,173

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,796 · program services $761 · management and general $4,035

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $22,581

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $76,913 · end of year $127,663

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

    $44,845

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

    $31,086

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,231 · end of year $13,759

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,491 · end of year $30,176

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $61,579 · end of year $121,122

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,060

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $12,705

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$12,986

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE WOMEN, GIRLS AND THOSE ON THE FEMININE GENDER SPECTRUM IN THEIR JOURNEY OF SELF-ACTUALIZATION THROUGH CULTURALLY- RESPONSIVE EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, SYSTEMS CHANGE AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.

  • OVW - THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN TO PROVIDE PREVENTION THROUGH INTERVENTION SERVICES IN RELATION TO DATING VIOLENCE/STALKING/SEXUAL ASSAULT/SEX TRAFFICKING/CYBERBULLYING FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL IN ST. PAUL, MN. IT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL, WISE AND TRANSFORMING GENERATIONS, A HMONG-COMMUNITY BASED VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TRAINING STUDENTS AND SCHOOL STAFF ON ACTIVE BYSTANDER INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, REVIEWING AND REVISING SCHOOL POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS IN RESPONSE TO INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, GENERAL AND LEGAL ADVOCACY SERVICES TO YOUTH VICTIMS/SURVIVORS, AND TRAINING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT/JUDICIARY/PROBATION/SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ON TRAUMA-INFORMED VICTIM-CENTERED RESPONSES TO YOUTH VICTIMS/SURVIVORS OF THESE CRIMES.

    Expenses $177,962 · Revenue $290

  • GIRLS GETTING AHEAD IN LEADERSHIP (GGAL) WORKS WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL IMMIGRANT/REFUGEE GIRLS ON COLLEGE PREP, TUTORING, CAREER EXPLORATION, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND LIFE SKILLS.

    Expenses $81,689 · Grants $342

  • HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WHICH FOCUSES ON EDUCATING GGAL AND WELEAD PARTICIPANTS ON THE ASPECTS OF BUILDING A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION BUILT ON MUTUAL RESPECT/SUPPORT - THIS PROGRAM'S RESOURCES ARE DIRECTED TOWARD PREVENTION OF DATING VIOLENCE, STALKING/CYBERSTALKING AND TRAFFICKING.

    Expenses $59,947

  • WELEAD, WHERE GGAL ALUMS AND OTHER IMMIGRANT/REFUGEE WOMEN ENROLLED IN POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS RECEIVE HOMEWORK HELP, CAREER GUIDANCE, SCHOLARSHIPS, INTERNSHIP/PRACTICUM PLACEMENT, AND ASSISTANCE WITH ENROLLING/TRANSFERRING/ SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS/FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS.

    Expenses $403,349

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pamela Zeller

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $84,222
    From this org
    $75,876
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,346
    Hours/week
    40
  • Javiera Monardez

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Lee

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amanda Bolton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melany Guzman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chia Lor

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Celia Nguyen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anahita Champion

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Choua Yang

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fanny Fernandez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alexandria Phipps

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Veronica Deenanth

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2024
Filed
30 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202522139349300937

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