Three Wise Women

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994791784
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
North Stonington, CT, USA
Phone
8605142929
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,882
Expenses
$3,392
Assets
$3,490
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

  • Sarah Nelson (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Jen Strunk (President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarah Nelson (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Jen Strunk (President)
  • Toula Balestracci (Chief Financial Officer)

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

Three Wise Women (TWW) is dedicated to strengthening civic engagement, building community connection, and providing direct support to local families in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pediatric Cancer Family Support: TWW conducted fundraising to provide direct charitable assistance to a local family with a child undergoing pediatric cancer treatment. Assistance was distributed in the form of gift cards from donors, to support the family during treatment, consistent with the TWW's charitable purpose of aiding local families experiencing significant medical and financial hardship. TWW organized the child's treatment wish list for the community to participate and donate to.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and 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: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.7%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50.7%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 48; 48th 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: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.7% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.