Wide World for Refugee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873024480
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kent, WA, USA
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,808
Expenses
$164,508
Assets
$300

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tshishiku Henry (Founder and CEO)
  • Nora Yahia (Board president)
  • Merna Ann Hecht (Board president)

People named in this filing

  • Tshishiku Henry (Founder and CEO)
  • Faith Waweru (Project Coordinator)
  • Nora Yahia (Board president)

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

Wide World for Refugee is dedicated to empowering and uplifting refugees and immigrants through cultural programming artistic engagement community education and advocacy. During the FY25 we organized the Refugees and Immigrants Festival which brought together more than 500 community members to celebrate and highlight the talents of refugee and immigrant artists; provided year-round cultural programming and administrative support to local refugee artists to ensure fair compensation and expanded performance opportunities; delivered youth arts workshops that strengthened leadership confidence and cultural identity among refugee and immigrant youth; and collaborated with community partners to connect families with cultural educational and artistic resources. These activities directly advanced our mission by promoting inclusion fostering cultural understanding and creating opportunities for marginalized communities to thrive.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our biggest event for FY25 was the Refugees and Immigrants Festival which serves as our primary program to support refugee and immigrant artists. Through this event we connect artists to local performance opportunities that allow them to earn income share their cultural heritage and gain visibility within the broader community. The festival also plays a vital role in bringing people together to celebrate diversity promote inclusion and strengthen community bonds. Because of its size and impact this project represents nearly 70% of our annual budget and reflects our core mission of empowering marginalized communities through cultural and artistic expression. This fund cover both the cost of event and the wage for our part time staff

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 14%; rating input score 14

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -73.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 101.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -198% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14% of revenue deployed · 14% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.