Black Women Birthing Justice Inc
Overview
Mission
Bwbj is a grass-roots collective out of oakland, ca. We identify as black women and individuals across the african diaspora and are committed to transforming birthing experiences for black women and birthing people.
What it reported doing in 2025
Alameda alliance technical support call support and event preparation and support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 881234682
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Headquarters
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5109172783
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 49
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Accountability: 12
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.4%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 1st 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: 52.1%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 50; 50th 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: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 65.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 123.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.4% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 20 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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
3 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.