Women of Color Roar Media

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862438328
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,842
Expenses
$218,581
Assets
$40,851

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANGELA DE JOSEPH (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHLEEN HARMON (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANGELA DE JOSEPH (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHLEEN HARMON (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • ALYCE PIPKEN-ALLEN (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organizations primary purpose is to provide guidance and support for women of the African diaspora and to encourage young women to run for elected office choose a career in public service and rise to leadership positions in their community.

What it reported doing in 2025

WOMEN OF COLOR ROAR ANNUAL BREAKFAST is a San Diego annual event bringing together all racial and ethnic groups to honor women leaders in our community. Over 500 people attend of which 100 young high school and college-age women - Future Leaders are sponsored to attend as our special guests. This unique event provides young women with the opportunity to meet and connect with women in leadership and exposes them to great role models. The Women of Color Roar breakfast is a cultural exchange and transformative experience for all.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 57.5%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.7% of revenue deployed · 57.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.