Women Donors Network Action

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823733951
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4158141333
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,721,215
Expenses
$12,992,131
Assets
$7,295,574
Liabilities
$756,513

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEENA BARAKAT (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LEENA BARAKAT (PRESIDENT & CEO): $177,076 total reported compensation
  • LAUREL POTTER HUERTA (MANAGING DIRECTOR): $166,020 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To channel collective power and resources in solidarity with movements to advance the organization's vision of creating a just and sustainable world where everyone can safely and freely determine their own futures.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy & educational activities. The organization offered educational programs related to its grantmaking and advocacy strategy online during 2024. As part of its educational outreach to engage women donors in its strategy, the organization held sessions during the women donors network's annual conference in denver, Colorado in november 2024. These sessions were attended by approximately 140 donors and movement leaders who learned about the organization's strategy and heard directly from wdn action grant recipients about the impact of their work.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $52.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 17.4%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $11.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $177K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $144K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 75 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 73 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.