Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
275133111
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Lincoln, NE, USA
Phone
4025123610
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Autism

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,683,945
Expenses
$1,387,401
Assets
$1,492,170
Liabilities
$41,060

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CORINA BECKER (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA HORVATH WILLIAMS (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • SHARON DAVANPORT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHARON DAVANPORT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $97,593 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 mission of autistic women & nonbinary network (awn) is to provide community, support & resources for autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, and all others of marginalized genders. In fulfillment of our mission, awn self-published 2 anthologies: all the weight of our dreams: on living racialized autism & what every autistic girl wishes her parents knew. The latter has been picked up by beacon publishing for republication in 2021. Awn hosts educational events, autism acceptance events, seminars and conferences with the focus on multiply marginalized disabled people, book readings and discussions centering on autism and disability, and social gathering meetups which provides community connection. Awn sponsors a fund which provides direct financial support to autistic people of color through micro-grants.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fiscal sponsorships (a): disability intersectionality summit (dis) activity: a fiscally sponsored biennial national community conference that centers the multiple oppressions that shape the lived experiences of disabled individuals, as told by disabled people, in a setting organized by disabled activists description: in 2021, dis held its first ever book discussion series. The three-part discussion delved into the life and legacy of fannie lou hamer, a disabled black civil rights leader and was led by a panel of cross-disability and cross-disciplinary black disabled women. Dis is recognized as a trusted disability community space that moves beyond inclusion towards intersectionality. Organizing structure and deeply held disability justice principles have enabled it to be a place where many disabled bipoc leaders recognize it platform. (b): autistic people of color fund (apoc) activity: as a safe, equitable, intersectional, and empowering fiscally sponsored micro-grant program, providing direct financial support to autistic people of color description: apoc provides direct financial support to autistic people of color through individual microgrants between $100 to $500 the fund is for community reparations for autistic people of color's interdependence, survival, and empowerment exists to provide direct support, mutual aid, and reparations by and for autistic people of color. (c): haymarket polke collective: is a collective which shares a common vision of their labor liberated from all oppressive structures. Hmpc is a grassroots organization based in portland, Oregon. They focus on advocating for safe and equitable home and workspaces for black, brown, indigenous, and or lgbtqia2s+ sex workers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $514.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 84.7%; rating input score 85; 36th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.6%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.