Sociologists for Women in Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232162891
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
South Glastonbury, CT, USA
Phone
8609895651
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,223,629
Expenses
$923,342
Assets
$5,141,802
Liabilities
$1,778

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELANIE HEATH (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • MARY OSIRIM (Co-PRESIDENT)
  • VERONICA MONTES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SYLVANNA FALCON (President - Elect)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARRET KATUNA (EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $135,919 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The professional feminist organization is dedicated to: (1) transforming the academy and professional organizations, including our own, by actively supporting feminist leadership and advancing career development of feminist scholars; (2) advocating and encouraging the development of sociological feminist theory rooted in intersectionality and cutting-edge research for publication and dissemination; and (3) promoting social justice research within local, national, and international activist spaces by supporting scholar-activist communitites seeking to dismantle intersecting systems of opression.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hosted a winter meeting where participants networked and presented their research. Hosted a summer rebuilding retreat where sws leaders reviewed governance materials and organizational operations. And a summer meeting where participants networked and presented their research. Provide mentoring opportunities throughout the year at meetings and through our listserv. Assist individuals who are facing discrimination in their institutional settings through letters of support and menotring. Provide scholarships and support for individuals who are doing gender-related work and research. Support the journal, "gender & society," that publishes research on gender-related issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.5%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.57; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.7%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 77.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $712K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $136K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.