Journalism and Women Symposium
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841077803
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Grandville, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2024238637
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,193
- Expenses
- $198,328
- Assets
- $75,211
- Liabilities
- $71
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MOLLY SCHAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- SUZANNE STRUGLINSKI BROADFIELD (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- ANGELA GREILING KEANE (PRESIDENT)
- LINDA JUE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- TANY GAZDICK (PRESIDENT - ELECT)
People named in this filing
- MOLLY SCHAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- SUZANNE STRUGLINSKI BROADFIELD (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- NICOLE JUNE (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The journalism and women symposium (jaws) advances the professional empowerment and personal growth of women in journalism and advocates for more inclusive coverage of the diverse experiences and cultures that comprise our society.
What it reported doing in 2024
Jaws is in its 39th year of advancing the professional empowerment and personal growth of women in journalism and advocating for more inclusive coverage of the diverse experiences and cultures that comprise our society.our annual conference and mentoring project (camp) offers groundbreaking keynote speakers, a range of workshops and skills trainings, and conversations about the issues shaping journalism today.we meet in person and online for workshops, networking events, and much more.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% 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 and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -135.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $152K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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 6/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.