Women's E-news

Overview

Mission

Womens enews is the defintive source of substantitive news - unavailable anywhere else, covering issues of particular concern to women and providing womens perspective of public policy. It enhances womens ability to define their own lives and to participate fully in every sector of human endeavor.

What it reported doing in 2025

Each fall, womens enews hosts an annual gala, 21 leaders for the 21 leaders for the 21st century, honoring the achievements of a reader nominated group of 20 women and one man who have bettered the lives of women and girls around the world. Womens enews hosts special events regulary hosting special events-independent and collaboratie and book discussions furthering its mission to be the definitive news source on issues of particular concern to women.

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 98% 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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010578709
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2007
Headquarters
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
9737697012
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 59.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.3% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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

2 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • LORI SOKOL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $60,833 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.