Gwa Global Girls with Attitude

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882316534
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone
2169265750
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,069
Expenses
$14,716
Assets
$12,451

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erica Marks (Executive Director, President)
  • Jakimah Dye (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Erica Marks (Executive Director, President)
  • Jakimah Dye (Vice President)
  • Kiyla Cooper (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

GWA Global Girls With Attitude is a 501c3 nonprofit whose primary exempt purpose is youth development, specifically, empowering inner-city adolescent girls through literacy, the arts, and movement.

What it reported doing in 2025

With a $5,000 grant from Neighborhood Connections, GWA Global Girls With Attitude hosted our Girls Go Global summer camp, serving young women in East Cleveland, OH. Over one week, we engaged more than 15 young ladies in exploring countries and cultures from around the world. Each day blended literacy, the arts, and movement, the core pillars of GWA's mission, to broaden the girls' worldview and build their confidence. The week included a visit to Kent State University, where participants explored fashion and culture while gaining exposure to a college campus. The camp culminated in a capstone trip to New York City, where the girls experienced the arts firsthand and applied what they had learned. For many, it was their first time traveling outside of Ohio. Neighborhood Connections' support made this experience possible, from transportation and meals to program supplies and admissions. Because of this grant, 15 plus young women from East Cleveland gained access to enriching programming, new horizons, and a stronger belief in their potential as future leaders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.3%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 50.2%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 103.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 133% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 147.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.3% of revenue deployed · 50.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.