Women Against Gun Violence

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954738754
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3102042348
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Crime Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,143
Expenses
$158,013
Assets
$0

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Lauren Lieb (Chair Person)
  • Diana Georger (Director)
  • Rhonda Foster (Director)

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

Founded in 1993, the mission of Women Against Gun Violence is to prevent gun violence by educating individuals and policy makers about the human, public health and financial consequences of this epidemic and by mobilizing communities to act against the dangers of firearms.

What it reported doing in 2024

Women Against Gun Violence (WAGV) is a Los Angeles based-nonprofit organization launched in 1993. "By engaging the public and families of victims, our mission is to educate our communities about the devastating effects of firearms, advocate for sensible gun laws, and to promote youth violence prevention programs." The WAGV Speakers Bureau delivers WAGV's violence prevention workshops and outreach activities to high-risk youth and their families in communities throughout LA County. WAGV's publication "How to Talk to Kids About Guns," in English and Spanish are for parents discussing gun violence with youth. We distribute these booklets at the workshops, and also for free in schools, law enforcement and CBOs. Our Online Victims Memorial on the WAGV website provides a place (free) where the lives of those lost to gun violence can be celebrated. We educate and inform policymakers on sensible legislation that limits the accessibility of guns and ammunition to youth, criminals, and the mentally ill.

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 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 78.1%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -684.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $123K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.