International Womens Forum - Washington State

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831508112
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$195,458
Expenses
$219,293
Assets
$368,851

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nicole Grogan (President)
  • Robin Shapiro (Co-President Elect)
  • Mary Knell (Co-President Elect)

People named in this filing

  • Nicole Grogan (President)
  • Robin Shapiro (Co-President Elect)
  • Mary Knell (Co-President Elect)

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

The International Womens Forum - Washington State is an affiliate of the nonprofit International Womens Forum Inc whose mission is to assemble an extraordinary network of women to exchange ideas to learn to inspire and to build a better leadership for a changing world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Purpose: IWF-Washington State brings together accomplished women to foster communication empowerment and leadership across our community and beyond. We support the global mission of International Womens Forum Inc. IWF to advance womens leadership across cultures and continents. Activities 100% of operations: We produce programs and meetings that educate members on community and global issues build leadership skills and strengthen our network of women leaders. Typical programs run two hours and include a brief business meeting a presentation by a community leader and Q&A discussion. All events are designed and run entirely by volunteers; IWF-Washington State has no paid staff 1 paid contractor Finance and Operations Manager contractor. Funding: The organization is funded solely by membership dues. 2025 dues were $875 per member; current number of members is 189. The Washington State Forum pays the national umbrella organization $200 per member annually.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $219K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.