Wccw Inc Washington Coalition for Comfort Women

Overview

Mission

Washington coalition for comfort women issues, inc. (wccw) was founded in Washington, dc, to advocate for the rights of wartime victims and their lawful reparation. Our mission is to contribute to the eradication and prevention of sex crimes against women by promoting public awareness and education. Wccw dedicates itself to being the voice for "comfort women," victims who were euphemistically called by japanese military to refer to women who were imprisoned and forced into sexual slavery during world war ii. Wccw believes that the japanese government must clearly acknowledge its responsibility in perpetrating the atrocity against these comfort women, give official apology, provide redress from government sources, and open all government records regarding its involvement. Until these steps are taken, wccw asserts that japan should not be permitted a permanent seat on the united nations security council.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 81
• Transparency & Controls: 80
• Accountability: 67
• Sustainability: 40
• Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
• Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 2 filed schedules
• Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2017
• 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.

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• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.