Foundation for Women Writing for a Change of Jacksonville Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 831814425
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9043073047
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,793
- Expenses
- $40,397
- Assets
- $58,385
- Liabilities
- $11,179
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jennifer Wolfe (Executive Director, Facilitator)
- Shani Hall (President)
People named in this filing
- Jennifer Wolfe (Executive Director, Facilitator)
- Shani Hall (President)
- Tru Leverette Hall (Board Member)
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
Our purpose is to create more conscious communities through the art and practices of writing in community. We offer regular writing circles for women and other marginalized community members; art exhibits featuring regional women artists; publications, including an annual anthology of women writers and artists, with national distribution; special events featuring women writers, artists, and leaders; internship and fellowships for high school and college students and young professionals; leadership development programs for women leaders; and an annual book festival featuring local authors. Participants reached: writing circles (300); art exhibitions (1-2 per year, featuring more than 80 artists, with 100 attendees; publications (an annual anthology [300] featuring more than 85 participants, reaching over 300 readers nationally; special events (200 attendees); internship programs (5-15 women); leadership program (6-8 women leaders); book festival (35+ authors, 200+ attendees).
What it reported doing in 2024
PURPOSE: The purpose of our programs is to create more conscious communities through the art and practices of writing in community, exploring all aspects of feminine expression. We offer: * Regular writing circles for women and other marginalized community members, led by local and national facilitators. * Art exhibits featuring regional female artists. * Publications, including an annual anthology of women writers and artists from the region, with national distribution. * Special events highlighting regional women writers, artists, and leaders. * Internship programs for high school and college students. * Leadership development programs for regional women leaders, also led by local and national facilitators. * An annual book festival celebrating regional female and other marginalized authors. AUDIENCE: Participants reached include: * Writing circles (200+ participants). * Art exhibitions (1-2 exhibits per year, featuring more than 80 artists, with 100+ exhibit attendees). * Publications (1-2 youth publications plus an annual anthology [500 copies] featuring more than 85 participants, reaching over 200 readers nationally). * Special events (200+ attendees). * Internship programs (5-15 young women annually). * Leadership program (6-8 women leaders/youth annually). * Book festival (35+ authors, 200+ attendees).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52.7%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71
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: 26.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 52.7% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.