Women Empowerment Training Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542166967
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7138165052
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,757
Expenses
$32,569
Assets
$1,039
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Paralee Shivers (Executive Director)
  • Eva Rose (Officer, Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Paralee Shivers (Executive Director)
  • Eva Rose (Officer, Vice President)
  • Evelyn Steptoe (Officer, 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

501(c)(3) organization provides assistance to youth, young adults, seniors, and college students in the community and nationwide as we offer various types of help, financial assistance, and support such as self-development and enrichment programs whereby we pay no taxes on goods and services purchased.

What it reported doing in 2025

The cost of operating supplies and expenses - 715 benefited - WETI shirts for new members and supporters, thank you cards to all contributors and supporters, birthday cards, get well cards, & sympathy cards to members and supporters, document frames and certificates given to Black History Month recognitions, Women History speakers, Mother's Day recognitions, Father's/Men Day recognitions, and scholarships & awards honorees, prizes & gifts + Zoom license renewal + tax PTIN renewal + tax return filing + bank fees + materials for business meetings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 48.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.2% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 8 filed program accomplishments · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.