Women for Western New York Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 992676954
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: N Tonawanda, NY, USA
Rating: 79
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue: $39,493
Expenses: $32,989
Assets: $6,504

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Kayel Scolla (President)
Tiffany Palmeri (Vice President)

People named in this filing

Kayel Scolla (President)
Tiffany Palmeri (Vice President)
Charlotte Colby (Secretary)

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

Empowering our community through collaborative fundraising efforts to support local charities and create lasting change our mission at Women for Western New York Inc is to leverage the power of teamwork and community involvement by hosting impactful events that raise funds for local charities. We plan to bring our hospitality skills to benefit local nonprofits by devoting our time talent and resources to special events. We are passionately dedicated to giving back to our community and we strive to make a meaningful difference in our region. Our immediate focus is to support Hope Rises and their Shine Gold campaign for pediatric cancer through our Ivory Affair gala with a goal of supporting the WNY community through collaboration.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ivory Affair event- raised over $30,000 to benefit Hope Rises Shine Gold campaign benefiting a a large number of individuals each year.

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 88
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 44
Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: 16.5%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 16; 16th 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: Limited
Revenue growth: Limited
Asset growth: Limited

Details

Where the money goes: 82.2% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.