The Association of Women in Business Journalism Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 332548425
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3158061650
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,492
- Expenses
- $1,992
- Assets
- $500
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Isabel O'Brien (President)
People named in this filing
- Isabel O'Brien (President)
- Jessica Hamlin (Treasurer)
- Snehal Shah (Secretary)
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
The name of the organization is The Association of Women in Business Journalism Inc. The Association of Women in Business Journalism Inc. has not been formed for the making of any profit, or personal financial gain. The assets and income of The Association of Women in Business Journalism Inc. shall not be distributable to, or benefit the trustees, Directors, or Officers or other individuals. The assets and income shall only be used to promote corporate purposes as described below. Nothing contained herein, however, shall be deemed to prohibit the payment of reasonable compensation to employees and independent contractors for services provided for the benefit of The Association of Women in Business Journalism Inc. The Association of Women in Business Journalism Inc. shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by an organization exempt from federal income tax. The Association of Women in Business Journalism Inc. shall not endorse, contribute to, work for, or
What it reported doing in 2025
Regular networking meetings for our members: meetings were held on January 20, 2025 (London); April 9, 2025 (NYC); July 16, 2025 (NYC); and September 17, 2025 (NYC). Our September meeting was larger than the intimate networking events that came before it, acting as a first anniversary party for the organization as well as an opportunity for members to network with outside supporters including PR representatives, male journalists, etc. Virtual town hall: We held a virtual town hall on February 26th to keep our members updated on the plans for 2025 and how they could get involved. Mentorship scheme: We launched a mentorship scheme on March 10th to pair women business journalists with less experience with those who have more experience. We matched about one dozen people and provided them the skills and resources needed to connect and support one another.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.2%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 60.3%; rating input score 60
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.2% of revenue deployed · 60.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.