Sisters Empowering Each Other

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 825392899
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2020–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location: Columbia, SC, USA
Phone: 8035213036
Rating: 54
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,637
Expenses: $3,615
Assets: $909
Liabilities: $1,273

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

PAM JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

PAM JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
ALICIA K JOHNSON (BOARD MEMBER)
BETTY HARTLEY (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Being a servant of the lord

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided feminine hygiene supplies to underserved women through community outreach efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

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: 27
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 20
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 29.9%; rating input score 30
Program expense ratio: 21.8%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -37.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.4; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 29.9% of revenue deployed · 21.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $789 in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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 30/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.