Idaho Womens Charitable Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 820527986
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Boise, ID, USA
- Phone
- 2083434923
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $617,906
- Expenses
- $557,310
- Assets
- $1,754,572
- Liabilities
- $10,612
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NICOLE PATTERSON (PRESIDENT)
- MOLLY HARDER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JENNIFER SAMPSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EVIN BASK (BOARD MEMBER)
- JEAN BISHOP (BOARD MEMBER)
- SHERRY BITHELL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Idaho women's charitable foundation (iwcf) educates members about community needs and inspires them to positively impact the community through educated philanthropy. Iwcf consists of 422 members. Many of these members serve on the grants committee, a seven-month collaborative effort to research and recommend to the entire membership, potential grant recipients who will provide maximum positive impact with the pooled-fund grants collected for the period. Grants are awarded in each of six interest areas (basic needs, cultural arts, education, environment, health, and rural communities) based on an annual iwcf membership vote. By collaborating on grant-funding decisions and attending iwcf-sponsored educational events, members develop the skills and knowledge necessary to make informed grant choices. Some members will choose an option to direct $500 of their annual member contributions to outside 501c3 organizations.
What it reported doing in 2024
The grant cycle for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025 resulted in pooled distributions of $265,134 to 20 Idaho nonprofit organizations. During that period, members also directed distributions of $110,500 to individually selected nonprofit organizations. Idaho women's charitable foundation (iwcf) educates members about community needs and inspires them to positively impact the community through educated philanthropy. Nearly all iwcf members participate in a collaborative effort to identify and distribute grants to Idaho nonprofit organizations providing services to the community in the areas of basic needs, cultural arts, education, environment, health and rural communities. By collaborating on grant funding decisions and participating in iwcf-sponsored education events and service activities, members develop the skills and knowledge necessary to make informed philanthropic decisions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 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: 9.8%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.15; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.2% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $497K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 17 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.