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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WOMENS BAKERY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,623,962
Total expenses
$922,192
Contributions and grants received
$1,620,026
Grants paid
$645,100
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,936
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,271,305
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,847
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,268,458
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$733,485
Management and general expenses
$121,969
Fundraising expenses
$66,738
Program service expenses (Part III)
$733,485

Program services were 79.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,620,026

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $540,927

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,925 · excluded $8,925

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $537,065

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

    securities $542,054

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,989

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,989 · excluded -$4,989

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $645,100 · program services $645,100

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $101,861 · program services $25,466 · management and general $50,929 · fundraising $25,466

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $39,640 · program services $39,640

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,525 · program services $3,525

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,454 · program services $11,454

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,860 · management and general $4,860

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,635 · management and general $24,635

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $76,263 · management and general $40,173 · fundraising $36,090

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,182 · fundraising $5,182

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $788 · program services $788

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,609 · program services $1,609

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $350 · program services $350

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,648 · program services $2,648

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $967 · program services $967

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,818 · program services $1,818

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $1,372 · management and general $1,372

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES AND REGISTRATI

    total $120 · program services $120

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $550,530 · end of year $621,590

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $608,911

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,278 · end of year $27,033

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

    $15,712

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

    $15,712

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $966 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,128 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $10,271 · end of year $10,271

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,485 · end of year $2,847

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $566,688 · end of year $1,268,458

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WOMEN'S BAKERY IS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT EMPOWERS WOMEN THROUGH ACCREDITED TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, AND SOCIAL PROGRAMMING, AND BUILDS BAKERIES THAT SELL HIGH QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE BREADS TO EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES.

  • THE WOMEN'S BAKERY (TWB) IS MORE THAN A CONCEPT - TWB IS A VIABLE COMMITMENT TO A VISION FOR WHAT THE WORLD CAN BE: A WORLD THAT ELEVATES WOMEN FOR THEIR INHERENT POWER, AND PROMOTES BUSINESS AS A TOOL FOR LASTING, POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT. TWB HAS MADE IT THROUGH SERIOUSLY CHALLENGING TIMES. TWB HAS NOT JUST WEATHERED STORMS, BUT PERSEVERED AMIDST WAVES OF DISRUPTIONS AND SETBACKS. TWB REMAINED STRONG BECAUSE OF OUR TEAM EMPLOYEES AND GENEROUS SUPPORTERS, LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. TWB CONTINUES TO GROW - OUR BAKERIES SALES GREW FROM $112,000 IN 2023 TO $170,000 IN 2024, HELPING TO OFFSET AND BETTER SUSTAIN OUR OUR ONE BREAD PROJECT COSTS, A (PRIMARILY) DONOR-SUPPORTED SCHOOL SNACK PROGRAM. OUR ONE BREAD PROJECT GREW IN 2024 TO SERVE 22,000+ PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN EVERY SCHOOL DAY. IN 2024, TWB DIRECTLY EMPLOYED 50 PEOPLE, 48 OF WHOM ARE EAST AFRICAN AND 41 OF WHOM ARE WOMEN. ALL TWB TEAM MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, FINANCIAL LITERACY LESSONS, ON-SITE DAY CARES, AND WOMEN BAKERS HAVE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS. ALL TEAM MEMBERS HAVE COMPANY HEALTH INSURANCE, BENEFITING APPROXIMATELY 100 DEPENDENTS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING OUR TEAM MEMBERS BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND ADDRESSING HUNGER. AN INTERNAL SURVEY REVEALED THAT ONLY ONE TEAM MEMBER REPORTED OCCASIONALLY EXPERIENCING HUNGER, A REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN APPROXIMATELY 19% OF PARTICIPANTS (ROUGHLY 7 TEAM MEMBERS) REPORTED SOMETIMES GOING TO BED HUNGRY. IN 2025, WE PLAN TO IMPROVE OUR BREAD PRODUCT OFFERINGS TO SERVE A WIDER MARKET AS WELL AS INCREASE OUR INVESTMENT IN INTERNAL EMPOWERMENT.

    Expenses $733,485 · Grants $645,100

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mymoona Mohammed

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kahwa Douoguih

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Wayland

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Markey Culver

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $101,861
    From this org
    $99,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,306
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • THE WOMEN'S BAKERY LTD

    C · PROGRAM SERVICES - BAKERY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT · RW · 100% owned · share of income -$481,147 · share of assets $210,274

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531289349301743

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