Global Womens Innovation Network

Overview

Mission

GlobalWIN provides a bipartisan forum for women who are passionate about innovation. We have a network of executives & thought leaders, who work in innovation-driven fields. GlobalWIN provides a forum for female leaders to grow while contributing to key policy debates.

What it reported doing in 2024

GlobalWIN highlights the important role of women in innovation through three programming silos: 1. Monthly Events & Anniversary Innovation Celebration in Washington, DC: GlobalWIN features leaders in government, academia and business who have made significant contributions in STEM related fields to educate our audience on policy issues associated with global innovation. 2. Career Development: GlobalWIN provides opportunities and support for women both entering into and advancing within innovation fields. 3. Global Partnership Building: Through educational trips, GlobalWIN builds cooperative partnerships with like-minded organizations, learns from counterparts in innovation driven fields, and meets with government leaders from the U.S. and abroad.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271428117
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025480021
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Employment Procurement Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,064,705
Expenses
$1,545,038
Assets
$4,129,988
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.9%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 60.7%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $653.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 49.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.67; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.9% of revenue deployed · 60.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $938K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $664K reported
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2013 to 2024
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • HELEN MILBY (PRESIDENT)
  • NICOLE MORTIER (CHAIR)
  • ROSALYN KUMAR (VICE CHAIR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.