Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311813545
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-PF 2013
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125771200
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$636,592
Expenses
$507,160
Assets
$1,742,679
Liabilities
$691,039

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIZZIANA BLADENEBRO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF FEB 2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • TIZZIANA BLADENEBRO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF FEB 2024)): $136,048 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Advancing the knowledge and recognition of women's contributions to architecture.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bwaf advances its mission to acknowledge, cultivate, and value women's contributions to the built environment through diverse programming. The bevy leadership awards convene leaders across the industry to honor individuals who exemplify bwaf's mission. Built by women drives recognition through a juried mapping project that celebrates the work of women architects, landscape architects, engineers, contractors, and developers in select cities.bwaf cultivates leadership and opportunity through professional programs that support women from early career to industry leadership. The emerging leaders program provides cohort-based professional development that builds confidence and long-term networks. The emerging firms program offers skill-building and networking that empower firms to lead cultural change in the building industry. Community-building initiatives such as friends of bwaf create spaces for connection across disciplines, while the industry leaders roundtable equips firms with research and action-oriented strategies to advance institutional change.bwaf works to value women's contributions by documenting and sharing their stories through public facing programming. The pioneering women of american architecture website and new angle: voice podcast highlight historically overlooked female architects and their work.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.6%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 52.1%; rating input score 52
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th 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: Limited
  • 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.3%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.44; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.6% of revenue deployed · 52.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $264K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $136K · 26 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.