Association for Women in Mathematics Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237354959
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Providence, RI, USA
Phone
4014554042
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Societal Benefit

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,139,952
Expenses
$1,101,047
Assets
$1,524,889
Liabilities
$127,017

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARLA KREMER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • RAEGAN HIGGINS (PRESIDENT)
  • TALITHA WASHINGTON (IMMED. PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DARLA KREMER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $97,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The association for women in matematics creates a community in which women and girls can thrive in their mathematical endeavors and to promote equitable opportunity and gender-inclusivity across the mathematical sciences.

What it reported doing in 2024

Awm organizes special conferences and special sessions at national meetings of other organizations for women to meet, discuss their progress in the field, and collaborate on research. The most prominent event is the awm research symposium held at the university of Wisconsin which hosted 350-400 participants, including over 150 graduate students. In addition to organizing its own biennial research symposium, awm sponors workshops at national mathematics meetings (of the american mathematical society, the society for industrial and applied mathematics, and the mathematical association of america). These workshops include poster sessions for graduate students, scientific sessions for working mathematicians, panels on current topics of interest to students and professional mathematicians, named lectures given by women mathematicians, and a mentoring program connecting the students with researchers in their fields. The workshops showcase the work of early career mathematicians and provide opportunities for participants to discuss their research with career level women mathematicians. 90-100 women were supported to attend these workshops. Additionally, an awm lecturer series to honor womens achievement in mathematical sciences and education are presented at these coincident meetings. The emmy noether lecture is held at the joint mathematics meeting; the etta b. Falconer leture is held at the maa meeting; and the sonia kovalevsky lecture is held at the siam meeting. The lecturer for each annual lecture is selected based on the outstanding quality of their research. Approximately 200-300 attendees, both women and men, attend the lectures. Awm supports establishing research networks for women by fostering research collaborations at conferences and awm workshops.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 68.9%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 68.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $759K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 16 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $179K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.