Wild West Women Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954466970
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Van Nuys, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8189700097
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Film, Video
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $41,821
- Expenses
- $59,537
- Assets
- $12,086
- Liabilities
- $1,036
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VIRGINIA CARTER (Board President)
People named in this filing
- MARTHA WHEELOCK (Exec Dir, Treas)
- VIRGINIA CARTER (Board President)
- KAY WEAVER (Board,Co-Foundr)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to increase public awareness of women's achievements and their roles in history and to provide positive public images of women and girls. To fulfill these purposes, Wild West Women, Inc. will, with a particular emphasis on films concerning women's issues, history and creators: 1. Produce, distribute, and present educational films and accompanying educational materials, like study guides; input and share on social media. 2. Provide training in independent filmmaking, with spatial efforts to include women and girls of diverse cultures; 3. Collaborate with other organizations, artists, and filmmakers, through sponsorship, fiscal conduit, and coproduction; 4. Establish workshops and classes.
What it reported doing in 2024
CREATED FILMS AND RAN WORKSHOPS - In addition, did the following: a. Monthly newsletters and web postings to the public about Womens History News. Encouraged Voting in 2024.b. Co-produced with National Womens History Alliance: 4 webinars on Womens Equality Day and Womens History Monthc. Produced essays for 2 magazines on events in Womens Historyd. Assisted with other organizations, on their presentations on womens history. Answered questions and needs from the public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -42.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.