Society of Women Engineers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942702183
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Phone
3478404582
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,008
Expenses
$70,326
Assets
$213,470
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Vidisha Nevatia (President)
  • Claudia Galvan (President-Elect)
  • Sowmya Kameswaran (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Vidisha Nevatia (President)
  • Claudia Galvan (President-Elect)
  • Alisa Thomas (Treasurer)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Educational - inform public of qualifications, abilities, and achievements of women engineers to improve utilization of engineering talent for economic and social benefit of humanity, and to encourage young women to enter the engineering professions and to guide them in their education programs. Awarded $21000 scholarships (grants) to 11 young women pursuing degrees in engineering or computer science. Delivered week-long summer program for GetSET (Get Science, Engr, Tech) program to about 90 high school girls yearly, as well as targeted programs throughout school year. Provided membership professional development sessions throughout year.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarship Program. From monies raised, paid 11 scholarships to graduating high school seniors, undergraduate, and masters level graduate female students pursuing degrees in engineering or computer science. In addition, 5 recipients were selected and paid from endowed scholarship accounts managed separately by the Society of Women Engineers Board of Trustees organization. Recognized their achievement virtually in social media, awarding the monies in the next fiscal year as they begin or continue college programs. Program service expenses includes the dollars paid for scholarships plus program expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.3%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.04; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.