Count Me in for Womens Economic Independence Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133200666
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6465490854
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Small Business Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $87,077
- Expenses
- $80,310
- Assets
- $16,106
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NELL MERLINO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- NELL MERLINO (PRESIDENT)
- GARNETT NEWCOMBE (SECRETARY)
- CLAIRE MERLINO (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
Count me in for women's economic independence, inc. Is the leading nonprofit provider of resources, business education and community support for women entrepreneurs to grow micro businesses to million dollar enterprises. Count me in's proven method of providing women business owners with coaching, confidence and community allows them to build strong, stable businesses while achieving business and personal goals.
What it reported doing in 2024
Through count me in's signature program, make mine a million $ business, women business owners are challenged to reach $1 million in revenue and are provided the business tools and education resources they need to get there. Through live events across the country and a wealth of on-line resources, cmi accelerates business growth with coaching, marketing, technology assistance and a suite of business-building offerings.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.1% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 14 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.