Long Island Women's Empowerment Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270169183
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Central Islip, NY, USA
Phone
6312739800
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,898,102
Expenses
$7,570,280
Assets
$2,419,093
Liabilities
$1,237,457

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE LEVINE (PRESIDENT)
  • ALFRED ROGERS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JULIE LEVINE (PRESIDENT): $115,000 total reported compensation
  • ALFRED ROGERS (VICE PRESIDENT): $80,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing temporary shelter for displaced families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 51
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 60%; rating input score 60; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 45.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 82.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 77.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $115K · 5 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $2.1M reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.