Women Lead Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Women lead nepal continued to advance feminist leadership and youth engagement through its flagship, short-term, outreach, public engagement, and alumni programs. The lead course and young womens political leadership course (ywplc) graduated 45 young women, while short-term courses such as rise to lead and feminism now expanded access to leadership and civic education. Outreach programs in sarlahi and lamjung engaged young people in leadership, gender equality, and allyship, with alumni playing key roles as facilitators. Own it nepal 2026 brought together 254 young women for mentorship, learning, networking, and dialogue around feminist leadership. Women lead nepal also strengthened its alumni network through financial literacy, governance training, leadership opportunities, and engagement in organizational governance and decision-making. Graduation of 26 leaders during. Women leads school leadership program (slp) is one of the major highlights of the lead program, in which our lead course leaders (adolescent girls) co-lead weekly workshops for younger students over four months. Slp serves as a two-way learning process for leaders, and slp students as school-level students are guided on their leadership skills while our leaders get first-hand experience in actual program design in the field. Through the school leadership program (slp), we reached a total of 224 participants, including 58 boys and 166 girls. The participants attended 10-day sessions conducted by co-leaders who visited 13 schools in kathmandu valley. Additionally, the young womens political leadership course (ywplc), another flagship program, celebrated the graduation of 16 fellows. In addition to these flagship programs, women leads outreach efforts successfully engaged 33 young girls through the young womens leadership program and 130 young girls through y4y: allies for feminist leadership course, further expanding the organizations reach and impact.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 74%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: $40.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: 24.7%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.21; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings