Women Against Abuse Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Prevention: women against abuse also works to prevent domestic violence through community education and systems-change work. The organization provides safer (safety awareness for every relationship), a teen dating violence prevention curriculum that is empowering young people in local schools, to pursue healthy relationships and break intergenerational cycles of domestic violence. In addition, women against abuse's community educators train hundreds of first responders, law enforcement and a variety of social service professionals each year on the dynamics of domestic violence to enhance survivor safety. Lastly, women against abuse hosted its 17th annual ipledge campaign for domestic violence awareness month in october 2024. The 2024 campaign, unity, ncouraged community members to come together to prevent relationship violence, save lives, and create a safer philadelphia. Hundreds of community members, survivors and change-makers joined in this city-wide initiative. More than 6,000 people have signed women against abuse's pledge against violence through this campaign.systems-change work: in addition to these direct services, women against abuse leads the struggle to end domestic violence by advocating on behalf of survivors and the programs that serve them. The policy department participates in the legislative process at all levels of government with the goal of influencing policy that impacts survivors of domestic violence and their families. In addition to legislative advocacy, women against abuse works to eliminate barriers to care for survivors who are accessing services throughout the city. Women against abuse is the first philadelphia nonprofit to receive the prestigious lipman family prize from the university of Pennsylvania for its leadership in pioneering shared safety: philadelphia's coordinated community response to relational violence. Through shared safety, dozens of victim service providers and city systems are working together to a transform philadelphia's response to domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and reproductive coercion. Through shared safety's advocacy, former mayor kenney created a first-of-its-kind office of domestic violence strategies to coordinate and improve philadelphia's response to relational violence, and appointed women against abuse's former prevention director to oversee this work.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 95.9%; rating input score 96
• Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $27.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -5.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.72; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings