Fund for Women of the Southern Tier Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300752244
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Corning, NY, USA
Phone
6075427558
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$168,793
Expenses
$430,357
Assets
$304,854
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY TRUXON (PRESIDENT)
  • SABEEN MUKHTAR (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • AMY TRUXON (PRESIDENT)
  • SABEEN MUKHTAR (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CASSANDRA POLMANTEER (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization assists girls and women achieve economic self-sufficiency and realize life goals through grants in the areas of education, health, wellness, career, and life skills.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization assists girls and women achieve economic self-sufficiency and realize life goals through grants in the areas of education, health, wellness, career and life skills. The organization did this in five ways in 2025 1) through making grants to the fund for women endowment at the community foundation of elmira-corning and the finger lakes. The organization has a grant committee that makes recommendations to the community foundation for grant awards to individuals for education and to not-for-profits for programs for girls and women. In 2025, total grants awarded by the community foundation from the fund for women endowment amounted to $57,950.2) through the fund for women empower grant to an area non-profit. In 2025 the organization granted $50,000 to twin tiers baby bank. The twin tiers baby bank is a 100% volunteer-driven organization dedicated to ensuring that every baby and toddler in our community has the essentials they need to thrive by providing diapers, wipes, and other basic supplies to families in need. The twin tiers baby bank distributes over 165,000 diapers annually.3) through grants to the fund for women endowment at the community foundation of elmira-corning and the finder lakes to be used for grants to individuals to support those struggling with financial burdens that consistently affect their ability to receive cancer treatment and feel as self-confident as possible. Individuals may apply once per calendar year for up to $500. In 2025 the organization added $25,000 to the endowment for this purpose. In 2025, total grants awarded by the community foundation from the fund for women endowment amounted to $35,500.4) through grants to the fund for women endowment at the community foundation of elmira-corning and the finder lakes to be used for grants to non-profit organization who provide feminine hygiene products to individuals. In 2025 the organization added $15,000 to the endowment for this purpose. In 2025, total grants awarded by the community foundation from the fund for women endowment amounted to $15,100.5) through the fund for women aspire grants. In 2025 $500 grants were provided to each high school in the organizations service area to be awarded to a female student pursuing higher education and displaying core values of the fund for women. Total grants awarded amounted to $10,000.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -155%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $420K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.