Women in Manufacturing Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473472686
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone
2165035700
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,960,715
Expenses
$4,895,838
Assets
$5,136,234
Liabilities
$1,456,574

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALLISON GREALIS (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER)
  • GRETCHEN MOORE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WIMEF)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALLISON GREALIS (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER): $410,950 total reported compensation
  • GRETCHEN MOORE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WIMEF): $131,377 total reported compensation
  • SUSAN HUNTER-VAZINSKI (DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMM.): $115,127 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support, promote, & inspire women in manufacturing through various activities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Corporate member leadership conferences - wim holds two annual conferences, summer leadership conference and winter workforce conference, offered exclusively to wim's corporate member companies and members of the national board of directors. In 2025, wim's winter leadership conference took place in clearwater beach, fl and welcomed 235 attendees. Additionally, the summer leadership conference was held virtually and hosted 335 participants who enjoyed networking, benchmarking, and idea sharing on key industry and association topics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $411K · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.7M reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.