Boston Womens Health Book Collective Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237274169
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Phone
6172330062
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,592
Expenses
$22,565
Assets
$88,351
Liabilities
$775

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Diana Namumbejja (Board Chair)
  • Alexandra Spadola (Board Secretary)
  • Elizabeth Levy (Board Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Inc. is a global feminist organization that distills and disseminates health information from the best scientific research available as well as women's life experiences so that individuals and communities can make informed health, reproduction and sexuality decisions.

What it reported doing in 2024

Public Voice and Action (PVA): This program advocates for public policies that promote women's health and well-being. Through publications, online content, and advocacy efforts, BWHBC critiques the excessive medicalization of women's lives as well as the unethical pursuit of profit at the expense of the public's health. BWHBC joins the personal with the political as a means of challenging the institutions and systems that sometimes devalue the lives of women and prevent them from full control over their bodies. Activists, policy makers, members of the media, and others approach BWHBC each year to seek input into public policy matters.

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 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.

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 total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 51%; rating input score 51

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -162.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.92; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -35.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -43.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -24.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 51% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.