Awesome Leaders Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824030772
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
2242928812
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$932,283
Expenses
$1,690,250
Assets
$4,584,807
Liabilities
$554,149

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHELLE DILLEY (CEO)
  • ANN M DRAKE (President)
  • NANCY NIX (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE DILLEY (CEO): $393,015 total reported compensation
  • Casey Stelletello (Sr Dir Mktg & Com): $126,175 total reported compensation
  • DAVID COPELAND (CFO): $28,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Awesome (achieving women's excellence in supply chain operations, management & education)is the supply chain industry's most active and prominent organization focused on advancing women's supply chain leadership. Involving senior executives in a wide range of supply chain roles, awesome provides opportunities for women's development and collaboration by:-enhancing visibility for the accomplishments and expertise of senior supply chain leaders,-collaborating with others in the profession to improve the climate for advancing women,-inspiring and encouraging the development of emerging leaders and young professionals,-disseminating content related to women's leadership development to the network of more than 1000 women in supply chain,-recognizing anually the accomplishments of outstanding women supply chain leaders through the awesome legendary leadership (all) award,-supporting future women supply chain leaders through the granting of awesome excellence in education scholarships present

What it reported doing in 2024

Awesome hosts a variety of events both virtually and in person designed to discuss innovation, transformation, strategies, and address challenges currently impacting opportunities for women in the supply chain field. The transformative leadership panels, lightning rounds, cross-industry collaborations, and other workshops are dedicated to raising the visibility of women's leadership throughout the supply chain industry. By engaging leaders to serve as expert speakers and panelists to lead these events, it fosters collaborations with others in the profession to improve the climate for advancing women.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 60
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 64.2%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 40%; rating input score 40; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -81.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.71; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -32.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 64.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $393K · 6 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.