International Association of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831030342
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Deerfield, IL, USA
Phone
7037399001
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,613
Expenses
$165,005
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH FALKNER (PRESIDENT)
  • KELLY FIELDS (Vice President)
  • KIM BARTMANN (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)

People named in this filing

  • ELIZABETH FALKNER (PRESIDENT)
  • KELLY FIELDS (Vice President)
  • AMANDA COHEN (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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Women chefs & restaurateurs executes its mission of educating and inspiring women in the culinary industry by offering educational programming and resources, providing scholarships and mentorship opportunities, creating opportunities for connection and promoting broader awareness of the stories of female professionals in the industry stories of female professionals in the industry

What it reported doing in 2019

Scholarships and Internships - Since education is a primary tenet of WCR's mission, WCR strives to encourage its members to be lifelong learners. WCR supports this endeavor by awarding unique learning opportunities to its members who seek culinary and continuing education opportunities. WCR offers scholarships and internships throughout the United States and Canada that cover a myriad of food industry careers. WCR has awarded over 400 opportunities to members since its inception. All WCR members are eligible to apply, and a selection committee made up of professionals in the culinary industry ultimately decide who is awarded the roughly 20 annual scholarships. Mentorship Program - WCR is currently piloting a mentorship program focused on connecting women at various levels in their culinary careers to resources, individuals, and organizations that can help them navigate the landscape of the industry. Through this program, WCR brings together roughly ten mentors, talented chefs who embody the values of L.E.A.D. (Listen to your employees, Empower your team, Address harassment quickly and with repercussions, and Define the culture), and pairs them with a diverse cross-section of approximately twenty committed mentees. Partnerships with other organizations - WCR provides additional educational and hands-on training opportunities by partnering with other organizations whose missions align with that of WCR. Through these partnerships WCR can share information about various events and resources, and even offer comped attendance to some of these organizations' events. Through reciprocity relationships with allied organizations, WCR is able to offer varied opportunities to its members and share its own educational and inspiring content with a broader audience.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.7%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 42.8%; rating input score 43
  • Fundraising efficiency: $40.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -74.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -81.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -89.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.7% of revenue deployed · 42.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.