East Valley Women's League Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861047832
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Tempe, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6026156550
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $167,440
- Expenses
- $130,809
- Assets
- $572,397
- Liabilities
- $15,000
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Amanda Thompson (President)
- Rosey Kerchal (Vice President)
- JoAnn Ott (Past President)
People named in this filing
- Amanda Thompson (President)
- Rosey Kerchal (Vice President)
- Louise Austin (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
East Valley Womens League is an organization, formed through friendships, to help empower and inspire underprivileged women and children in the community to lead more promising lives. The organization spearheads and supports projects through fundraising and volunteer efforts.
What it reported doing in 2024
EVWL awarded 23,000 in scholarships, which included 2 four-year scholarships.The scholarships are awarded based on financial need, community service, and academic performance to students attending Arizona universities and colleges. Many single, working mothers rely on these funds to pursue their dreams of a college education. Anything is Possible Scholarships are awarded to female students who exhibit service to the community, participate in extracurricular activities, demonstrate financial need and have a minimum grade point average of 2.5. Trade Technology Scholarships are awarded to male or female students planning to pursue further education in an accredited college trade or technology certification program. We awarded 2 1,500.00 scholarships through the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation that are awarded to single mothers of any age who maintain a 2.8 GPA and demonstrate financial need. In addition, through our scholarship endowment at Arizona State University additional scholarships were awarded. EVWL has given more than 340,300 in total scholarsips over the years.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.38; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $108K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.