Women and Youth Advancement Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 933221522
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6319109944
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $195,588
- Expenses
- $195,588
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Judith Snell (Executive Director/ CEO)
People named in this filing
- Judith Snell (Executive Director/ CEO)
- Joseph Stanley (Board Member)
- Marilyn Nyborg (Board Member)
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
WOYA aids in providing empowerment opportunities, capacity building workshops and seminars free to women and youth of low economic status. It carries out its mandate through creating talking/compassion support circles (non-clinical mental wellness), small business and workforce development training and AI literacy.
What it reported doing in 2025
SECTION B - PART III: PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Women and Youth Advancement Inc. (WOYA) delivered the following programs during the 2025 tax year in furtherance of its exempt purpose: women and youth empowerment, AI literacy and adoption, small business training and career dev, non-clinical mental wellness support through compassionate circle tech- a space for non-violence and non-judgmental communication for motivation and personal evolution. All programs were free of charge to participants. Program space was provided in-kind through WOYA's partnership with Pier 57, New York City (20 sessions valued at $2,500/session FMV). Program 1 - Monthly Pathways to Empowerment Labs (Recurring) WOYA hosted monthly in-person community empowerment events throughout 2025 at Pier 57, New York City, using WOYA's proprietary WOYA Y-Method framework - an AI-integrated curriculum focused on agency building, decision-making, opportunity identification, mental wellness, and practical business skills. All sessions were free and open to the public. Pier 57 space was provided in-kind (20 sessions documented via venue booking records). Note: WOYA conducted additional monthly community programming throughout 2025 via Pier 57 venue bookings and ongoing WhatsApp/online community engagement not individually itemized here. Some documented 2025 sessions include: * AI & Inclusion Workshop - January 2025 | Pier 57, NYC | Hybrid (in-person + Zoom) | Co-presented with Sidonie Kangnama, Margo James Funds Inc. | Focus: Artificial Intelligence and disability inclusion, accessible AI tools for marginalized communities * 111 Intention Setting - January 11, 2025 | Pier 57, NYC | Focus: Holistic health, sustainable wellness practices, principles-based intention setting | Sponsored by WOYA | Collaborating partner: Hyphae Princess (Scientist & Wellness Educator) * Brain Power & The Smart Evolution - January 25, 2025 | Pier 57, NYC | Focus: AI empowerment, brain health, productivity, holistic wellness | Collaborating partners: Hyphae Princess, Subconscious Express (Holistic Health Specialist) * Collaborative AI & Transformation Lab - August 16, 2025 | Pier 57, NYC | Focus: Business strategy, AI literacy, financial planning, mindset transformation | Collaborating partners: Sovereign Life Consulting Inc., Moneyroot/MoneyTact.AI * Year-End Wellness & Empowerment Session - October 31, 2025 | Pier 57, NYC (Oyster Classroom) | Co-led by Te-Hsing Niu (MoneyTact.AI) - Financial Literacy for Young Adults; Shazia Shamaun - Mental Wellness & Compassion | Theme: Heart + Impact, year-end reflection * Year-End Pathways to Empowerment Lab - December 6, 2025 | Pier 57, NYC | Theme: Money. Mindset. Momentum. | Focus: Business clarity, financial growth tools, mindset reset, WOYA S.M.A.R.T. Evolution Pass framework | Collaborating partners: MoneyTact.AI, Sovereign Life Consulting Inc. * Additional monthly sessions delivered throughout 2025 (20 total sessions documented via Pier 57 venue booking records) Program 2 - International Women's Day Celebration & Film Screening On March 8, 2025, WOYA hosted an International Women's Day Celebration at Pier 57, New York City (Oyster Space), themed "Beijing +30: Our Legacy, Progress & Collaboration." The event included a film screening of the award-winning documentary "In Our Right Minds" by filmmaker Dale Allen, who granted WOYA special screening rights for the event. The program featured community dialogue, resource sharing, and networking. Partners/Collaborators: * Dale Allen - Award-winning filmmaker, "In Our Right Minds" (screening rights granted directly to WOYA) * Community attendees from WOYA's women's empowerment network Program 3 - UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 69) Parallel Events WOYA served as a co-organizing partner for the UN CSW 69 "Ever Widening Circles" parallel events, held March 12-15, 2025, at the UN Church Center and Pier 57, New York City. The events brought together thought leaders, activists, and change-makers
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
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: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st 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: 81.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 56% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $196K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.