Women Empowering Women for the Next Generation Ministries

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to provide services and resources to help individuals in their personal growth, to become self-sufficient in every area of their life. WEW, Inc., provides services that include life skills training, basic essential needs help, empowerment through our community outreach programs. These services support domestic violence, under-resourced communities, homelessness, women, and children.

What it reported doing in 2025

Over the past four years, WEW, Inc.'s Hope Project has served approximately 400 families, impacting an estimated 1,200 individuals by transforming empty living spaces into fully furnished, safe, and nurturing homes for families transitioning from domestic violence and homelessness. At WEW, Inc., we are driven by a deep commitment to restoring hope and transforming lives. Our mission is to empower individuals facing domestic violence, homelessness, and financial hardship-especially women, children, and under-resourced communities-by providing essential resources and personalized support that foster self-sufficiency. Through the Hope Project, we transform empty spaces into welcoming, beautifully furnished homes for survivors of domestic violence and families transitioning from homelessness. By providing essential furniture and household items, we alleviate financial stress and create stable environments where families can heal and thrive. Our Community Outreach program extends this support by delivering food, clothing, dental kits, and essential household items to individuals and families in need. Our Aging Support initiative provides personal care bags to seniors, while our seasonal giveaways bring comfort and joy-serving 350 individuals during Thanksgiving and distributing 2,000 toys to children during Christmas. Altogether, WEW, Inc. has impacted over 12,000 lives, serving as a lifeline for individuals and families working to regain dignity, rebuild stability, and move toward a future filled with hope.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
102314734
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Headquarters
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2142380073
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $43.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 45.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.8% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $409K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.