Sepa Mujer Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 113369566
IRS 990 coverage: 2016–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2011
Location: Patchogue, NY, USA
Phone: 6319802555
Rating: 88
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $3,827,977
Expenses: $3,209,383
Assets: $2,523,888
Liabilities: $1,176,635

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

MARTHA MAFFEI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
RON FISHER (PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD)
VANESSA GONZALEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

MARTHA MAFFEI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $130,376 total reported compensation
MARTHA REYES (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $88,750 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sepa mujer has been serving immigrant women in long island, ny since 1993. We bring together community members and advocates. Together we speak out against injustice, provide access to opportunities and services. We stand against domestic violence and push for social change.

What it reported doing in 2025

EQUITY AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (ECEP): SEPA Mujers Equity and Community Empowerment Program (ECEP) serves the immigrant community on Long Island through education, leadership development, and essential resources for migrant families. Our Education and Outreach initiatives focus on building collective power by addressing critical social justice issues such as gender violenceencompassing domestic violence, sexual assault, and human traffickingas well as workers rights, including wage theft prevention and health equity. Our GIRLS A.C.T. (Activist. Creating. Transforming) Program provides Latina youth aged 14-20 in Suffolk County with a supportive space for mentorship and leadership. Participants engaged in activities such as college tours and hands-on experiences with our staff, fostering their creativity and commitment to social justice. The Uplift NY program provided job readiness, vocational training and employment support.

Operating model

Revenue model: Grant-funded. 77% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model: Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 43% for direct work, and 57% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 83
Transparency & Controls: 90
Accountability: 100
Sustainability: 47
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 77.5%; rating input score 78
Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 92
Fundraising efficiency: $49.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 16.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 28.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 77.5% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 8 people listed
Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
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.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.