Older Womens League Owl-the Voice of Midlife and Older Women

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942686349
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2010
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
8165896780
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,025
Expenses
$20,584
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARGARET HELLIE HUYCK (President)
  • JANET PITT (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MARGARET HELLIE HUYCK (President)
  • JOAN BERNSTEIN (Treasurer)
  • BEEDIE JONES (Secretary)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

OWL was THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSEd SOLELY ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE NATION'S ESTIMATED 78 MILLION WOMEN OVER 40-ECONOMIC SECURITY, COST EFFECTIVE AND COMPRENHENSIVE HEALTH CARE, AND ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE. due to aging leadership and trouble raising funds, THE ORGANIZATION CEASED OPERATIONS IN 2017 and followed the dissolution requirements for non profit organizations.

What it reported doing in 2017

PROMOTED PROGRAMS/INNITIATIVES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE LIVES OF WOMEN OVER 40. due to aging leadership and trouble raising funds, the ORGANIZATION CEASED OPERATIONS IN 2017.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -71.2%; rating input score 9; 9th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -21.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th 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 · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.