Women in Research Ltd
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473355131
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Bend, OR, USA
- Phone
- 3107136622
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Leadership Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $567,629
- Expenses
- $602,087
- Assets
- $557,312
- Liabilities
- $456
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTIN LUCK (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHELLE ANDRE (GLOBAL BOARD ADVISOR): $121,969 total reported compensation
- KRISTIN LUCK (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER): $59,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Women in research is working to improve gender equality in the marketing measurement industry. Our mission is to inspire and facilitate leadership, entrepreneurship, and mentoring in order to further develop women's careers and cultivate the necessary resources, tools and networks.
What it reported doing in 2024
During 2024, women in research "wire" was able to serve more than 17,000 people in our community worldwide through programs like our annual webinar series, virtual and live educational events and online communities. We also celebrated the 9th year of our award-winning one-to-one mentoring program, growth of our "wire in color" program, and other programs and partnerships to support women in the market research sector.
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 98% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.1%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 55.4%; rating input score 55
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.1% of revenue deployed · 55.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $334K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.