Women Communicators of Austin

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742857034
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,373
Expenses
$16,514
Assets
$84,677

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Angel Leverett (President-Elect)
  • Alice Walton (Past President)
  • Michel Hudson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jaime Lee (VP-Philanthropy)
  • Caroline Eggett (VP-Engagement)
  • Cathy Edison (VP-Membership)

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

Mission: We create meaningful connections that accelerate careers develop leaders and foster friendships among communicators in Austin. Dating back to 1929 Women Communicators of Austin WCA is one of the largest professional communications organizations in Austin. Our membership includes more than 250 women and a few men! who believe in building a strong community of support for women in the industry. Over the years weve awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships to 60+ students with amounts up to $5,000 each. We offer networking peer mentoring student memberships and professional development opportunities along with programming specific to freelancers and Communicators of Color in the Central Texas area.

What it reported doing in 2024

Get Smart Annual Conference: Austins premier conference for Communications Professionals Get Smart is a half-day professional development program featuring expert speakers on a range of Communications and personal growth topics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.1%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 50%; rating input score 50

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: 63.6%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.13; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.1% of revenue deployed · 50% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.