SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Houston Area
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742160737
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7133056242
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,031
- Expenses
- $85,169
- Assets
- $270,276
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Katherine Hoerner (President)
People named in this filing
- Katherine Hoerner (President)
- Erin Smith (VP Internal)
- Kavitha Bhat (VP External)
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
Empower women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders; expand the image of the engineering and technology professions as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity and inclusion. This includes providing opportunities for professional development, networking, and recognition. Introduce K-12 girls to STEM and encourage their interest in STEM fields.
What it reported doing in 2024
K-12 STEM outreach events, particularly tailored to get girls interested in STEM. Includes $8,747 for our signature all day event, Introduce a Girl to Engineering, targeted at middle school girls (~90 children, ~10 adults for Parent and Educator sessions, ~40 volunteers). $2,755 for other K-12 outreach activities including 4 Girl Scout badge workshops for elementary school girls (100 children total, 53 unique volunteers), and a series of 8 monthly SWENext sessions each at 2 locations for middle and high school girls (~35 children attending 1 or more sessions, 52 unique volunteers).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 40
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 37.4%; rating input score 37
- Program expense ratio: 45.8%; rating input score 46
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: 33%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.17; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 37.4% of revenue deployed · 45.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $39K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 37/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.