Wholly Informed Sex Ed Dba Wise

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863220622
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2142872559
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$217,462
Expenses
$202,031
Assets
$88,788
Liabilities
$6,466

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHERRI COOK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHERRI COOK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,018 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Wise brings comprehensive and inclusive, affirming and anti-racist sexuality education to community settings in dallas, so young people and families can learn the facts and make informed decisions about their bodies and relationships, for their whole lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, wise expanded its programs and community impact, strengthening its role as a leader in youth health education in dallas. Wise provided more than 300 teaching hours, serving over 500 parents and youth, and averaging eight instructional hours per student. The organization increased staff, trained new facilitators, updated curriculum, and developed additional partnerships to enhance program delivery.during early 2024, wise hosted a trivia night fundraiser that raised awareness of its mission and built community support. In spring 2024, staff presented to local middle-school parents on effective communication with children. In summer 2024, wise returned to the upward bound programs at unt dallas, dallas college, and lnesc, providing life-skills instruction to first-generation, college-bound students.in fall 2024, wise participated in the united way community event at fair park, distributing educational materials to hundreds of parents and families on how to address sensitive topics and connecting with community partners. The organization also engaged with its founding community at the first unitarian church of dallas annual connection sunday, sharing program updates and upcoming opportunities. Wise conducted facilitator training in september 2024 to expand instructional capacity.in october 2024, wise piloted tuition-funded parent-child classes, which were successfully received. Late 2024 activities included establishing a new partnership with vogel to deliver life-skills education to unhoused parents of childcare students and contributing to big thought's opportunity youth community of practice, focusing on serving youth ages 16 to 24 who are not in school or employed.through these initiatives, wise advanced its mission to equip young people and families with the knowledge and tools necessary for lifelong wellbeing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Assets have declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.6%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 49.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -29.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.6% of revenue deployed · 78.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $158K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.