Pivoting in Heels Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 831970569
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Phone: 7737337140
Rating: 54
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Women's Rights

Reported finances

Revenue: $21,806
Expenses: $49,595
Assets: $63,769
Liabilities: $332

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

ARABEL A ROSALES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

ARABEL A ROSALES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
ALINA PATRICE ROSALES (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pivoting in heels, nfp is a digital not for profit dedicated to empowering women and providing them with the insight and professional tips to pivot through every area of their lives successfully

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization operates a scholarship program that provides financial assistance to young women pursuing undergraduate or graduate education.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 36
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 28
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 45.9%; rating input score 46
Program expense ratio: 20.2%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -127.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 120% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -36.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 45.9% of revenue deployed · 20.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.