Brazilian Women's Group Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Immigrants rights/civic engagement this program provides services and referrals for immigrants. Bwg organizes weekly live events on its social media to provide legal assistance and information on immigration and on family affairs, health, housing, job placement, among other topics. In 2024 bwg helped 12 students to renew daca eligibility (deferred action for childhood arrivals). Bwg also helped 72 brazilians to renew their brazilian passports and apply for power of attorney, in addition to providing many walk-in services, such as translation of 48 documents. Bwg continues to work to find and support immigrants in detention, and continues to organize grassroots support for immigration reform, including driver's licenses, the dream act, in-state tuition for immigrant residents of Massachusetts, the safe communities act, language justice legislation, and the keep families together - stop deportations campaign. Bwg promotes participation in elections through: citizenship classes; voter registration; and its ongoing outreach program of community meetings, articles, interviews and public service announcements in the portuguese-language media. Other programming: 1) vida verde cooperative the co-op provides trainings on making and using green (non-toxic) housecleaning products, encourages healthy work practices, and promotes a sense of community among its members. Bwg produced a podcast of stories of domestic workers in partnership with the faxina podcast. Since 2006, bwg has sponsored the co-op, providing the members help with client communications and referrals, in addition to professional training, and education about use of safe cleaning products. The women's cooperative has been transitioning into a training center and has offered a six-month training program in partnership with the umass-lowell turi (toxic use reduction institute). The co-op still links co-op members to clients, but the focus has been on planning training for housecleaners with the goal of educating domestic workers on the risks of cleaning with chemicals, and on cooperatives as a sustainable way of working. In 2024 we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the passing of the ma domestic workers bill of rights (bor) at the state house. For the last year and a half, the women's coop has been strengthening its education about the law since a survey conducted by boston college pointed out that 75% of domestic workers do not know about the bor.2) facebook live eventsstarted in 2020 to inform and educate the community about covid-19, this program continues to expand. In 2024 bwg presented 107 live streaming events on facebook and instagram, viewed by 18,657. These programs discussed topics such as health, women's health, immigration and family-related legal issues, immigrant rights, mental health, housing security, food insecurity, financial education, workers' rights, among others. Presenters were doctors, lawyers, teachers, community leaders, community members, and bwg staff and members.3) mental health supportprovided mental health referrals and support to staff members and members of the community. 4) radio showbwg continues to produce a weekly portuguese-language radio show addressing a wide range of topics of concern to immigrant workers. 5) communications bwg continues to:- maintain a bilingual website and distribute regular "e-newsletters" to a list of about 900 people. - maintain two whatsapp groups to facilitate communication with the community, with 5,777 combined membership.- screen free monthly brazilian films by zoom, in partnership with digaa, a cultural website.- maintain a small lending library. 6) additional services staff and volunteers are available daily, on a walk-in basis and by phone, to respond to requests for information and help in a wide variety of areas including: immigration; housing; health care; employment; workers' rights; domestic violence; sexual harassment and violence; education (early childhood through university), translation, and c

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 53%; rating input score 53
• Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $23.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • 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: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 37.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.76; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 18%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings