The Transition Network Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 134116831
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3477356035
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Personal Social Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $716,893
- Expenses
- $595,158
- Assets
- $1,001,048
- Liabilities
- $31,633
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN ROGGEMAN (PRESIDENT)
- SHERI STICKLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DARLA HASTINGS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DARLA HASTINGS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $113,522 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The transition network, d/b/a women's connection is an organization of women over 50 who are exploring "what's next" in their professional and personal lives.seek new connections, resources and opportunities. Through small group interactions, programs and workshops, members inspire and support each.the transition network, d/b/a women's connection is an inclusive community of professional women, 50 and forward, whose changing life situations lead them to seek new connections, resources and opportunities. Through small group interactions, programs and workshops, members inspire and support each other.at the end of 2025, the transition network, d/b/a women's connection had 16 fully operating chapters serving approximately 3,000 members. Our extended community of active contacts (those receiving our communications or active in the organization as non-members) exceeded 11,000.
What it reported doing in 2025
The transition network, d/b/a women's connection is an organization of women over 50 who are exploring "what's next" in their professional and personal lives. The transition networked/b/a women's connection is an inclusive community of professional women, 50 and forward, whose changing life situations lead them to seek new connections, resources and opportunities. Through small group interactions, programs and workshops, members inspire and support each other. At the end of 2025, the transition network, d/b/a women's connection had 16 fully operating chapters serving approximately 3,000 members. Our extended community of active contacts (those receiving our communications or active in the organization as non-members) exceeded 11,000.the transition network, d/b/a women's connection is part of the larger "positive aging industry" comprised of organizations focused on baby boomers as they enter the post-career phase of their lives. The transition network, d/b/a women's connection, has three sets of offerings that support members through their transitions: (1) small groups: transition peer groups and special interest groups, (2) workshops, and (3) events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.4%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $142.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 19.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.4% of revenue deployed · 71.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $426K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.