Center of Wellness for Urban Women Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204788681
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3172039292
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $956,274
- Expenses
- $879,742
- Assets
- $768,725
- Liabilities
- $38,960
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RHONDA BAYLESS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- RHONDA BAYLESS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $82,701 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 purpose of cwuw is to improve the quality of health for urban women. Cwuw empowers women to become proactive in their health through education, advocacy, care and prevention--mind, body and spirit.
What it reported doing in 2024
Early connection: early connection is cwuw's wellness and leadership program designed specifically for young women ages 18-24. Modeled after our successful connection 4 wellness framework, early connection offers wraparound wellness services alongside leadership development, advocacy training, and social support tailored to the unique experiences of young women.in 2024, the program has trained over 30 young women and engaged more than 175 participants through workshops, mentorship, and community events.at the heart of early connection is the young women's advisory council (ywac) - a dynamic group of emerging leaders who represent cwuw as part of a national network of young women's programs. Ywac members receive intensive training in civic engagement, policy advocacy, and community leadership, positioning them to be powerful voices for change.early connection builds the foundation for lifelong wellness, confidence, and community leadership among the next generation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.5%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: $109.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 51.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 42.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 43% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.5% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $856K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $83K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.