Women Involved in Nurturing Giving Sharing Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742920912
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2109469464
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Reported finances

Revenue
$708,499
Expenses
$813,801
Assets
$98,359
Liabilities
$14,014

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANDRA R JOLLA (PRESIDENT)
  • NELLIE TIJERINA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RUTH M GONZALES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • RUTH M GONZALES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $127,304 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 enroll low-income, uninsured women in central and south Texas in a no-cost program to pay all charges related to breast cancer treatment and lifetime follow-up care.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wings for life programming provides a wide array of program topics and benefits for all wings participants. To ensure all enrolled receive as many no-cost benefits and services available in the community to support their overall wellness, wings partners with sister-like community partners who provide adjunct products and services via their charity programs. Wings' fosters strong long-term community partnerships that collaborate to serve women diagnosed with breast cancer, in need of services wings does not provide to support their general-health, other focused medical care and treatment, educational workshops, and referral resources. Over the course year, wings has partnered with prevent blindness; licensed professional counselors; the american heart association-san antonio chapter, san antonio food bank, uthealth, methodist health system, baptist health system, wesley nurses, slew, thrivewell, and other community partners supplement wings for life benefits and programming. Wings produces uniquely focused programming activities that stimulate patient engagement with a diversity of topics fostering meaningful conversations about breast cancer, breast cancer care (pre-post surgery and procedures) treatment navigation, holistic health, and the overall cancer issues that impact them, as well as, their families. In addition to the educational tools, resources, and services provided, participants enjoy a multitude of fellowship activies that provide camaraderie along with lots of joy filled moments! These programming activations are important elements of the healing process. Wings' goal is to empower the women served, providing her a place to heal and be at home-away-from-home.client testimonialsshare at least one example, client testimonial, or quote that illustrates the impact of the grant funding.sandra - wings i patient: "wings paid for my surgery, check-ups and every medical expense related to breast cancer. Without wings, i wouldn't have been able to make it. Wings is my family-they didn't let me give up!"marlene - wings i - metastatic patient: "i was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. I was undergoing treatment when i lost my job and insurance. My sister found the wings program. They welcomed me with open arms and helped me along my way. I am forever grateful without the ladies i would not be alive."ana - wings i patient - "i can't die. Who will take care of my babies?" yomara - wings i patient - "wings has given me a second chance of life!"maria - wings i patient - "i was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019. I was referred to wings and had my mastectomy, chemo, and radiation. Thanks to wings i am alive today."

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th 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: Limited
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $749K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $127K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.