Women of the Dream Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463649951
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Westampton, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 6099688961
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $166,275
- Expenses
- $198,795
- Assets
- $144,050
- Liabilities
- $80,914
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LESLIE MORRIS (FOUNDER/CEO)
People named in this filing
- LESLIE MORRIS (FOUNDER/CEO)
- MICHAEL BROWN (BOARD MEMBER)
- NINA LEWIS (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Women of the dream (wod) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that serves girls in grades 7-12 in camden through a strategic partnership with the camden city school district. Considered a significant vendor for the public school district, wod partners with four high schools (creative arts, brimm, big picture learning academy, and camden hs) and a middle school (veterans memorial family school), all located in the city of camden. Our mission is to empower, cultivate, and inspire young women in camden to succeed in every aspect of their lives. Our vision is that all girls and young women, regardless of race, ethnicity, income level, or social status, are nurtured and empowered to reach their fullest potential. Our mission and vision are wholly aligned with our overall purpose. We strive to position our girls for future success through program services focusing on character building, life skills, college prep & workforce readiness, scholarships, and trauma-informed services. Wod is de
What it reported doing in 2025
College prep, career, and workforce readiness program the college prep, career, and workforce readiness program (empower) targets girls in grades 11 and 12 and prepares them for college, trade school, and the workforce. Close to 100% of our girls live below the poverty level, which is consistent with the statistical profile of camden. Camden has the highest poverty rate in the state and camden county for families with children under eighteen. An essential feature of our program is the hands-on assistance provided to participants and their families to ensure that all deadlines are met and all paperwork is completed as our participants prepare to enter college, trade school, or the workforce. Empower begins with girls in 11th grade to prepare for a successful experience during their senior year. We assist the girls with preparing for the sats, laying the foundation for writing their college essays, preparing resumes for the workforce, and other activities. The girls make a smooth transition into the 12th grade empower program where they meet weekly for 1.5 hours beginning in october and ending in may. The robust curriculum focuses on various activities, from completing financial aid and college applications scholarship applications, attending workshops on leadership and success, and touring colleges. An essential feature of the program is the wod scholarship program. All 12th-grade girls enrolled in empower receive a wod scholarship. The girls are assisted with the application process, the essays, and other aspects. This is an essential feature because it guarantees financial assistance to girls from families living below the poverty level and needing help pursuing higher education. Each year in june, wod sponsors a scholarship event in honor of our empower graduates and scholarship recipients. Since 2017, wod has provided scholarships to eighty-one girls totaling nearly 200,000 (https://womenofthedream.org/scholarship-recipients/
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 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -19.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.56; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $173K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.