Women Advance

Overview

Mission

Women Advance is an independent nonpartisan educational institute dedicated to improving the lives of North Carolina women and families by providing education and encouraging constructive public dialogue about progressive ideas and public policy initiatives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Published 20+ original stories to amplify voices of NC women, especially women of marginalized backgrounds; Hosted career fairs and raised awareness for paid leave policy needs; Facilitated funding and structure for indi/visible programming serving MMIW in Robeson County

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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461039677
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Headquarters
Durham, NC, USA
Phone
2522292829
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Rights

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.7%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 62%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.75; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.7% of revenue deployed · 75.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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

10 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: FY2024.