Women's Federation for World Peace International

Legal name: Women's Federation for World Peace International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133796126
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6468952122
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Peace and Security

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$257,756
Expenses
$231,347
Assets
$173,724
Liabilities
$12,430

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mrs Moriko Hori (Chairwoman & President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mrs Merly Barlaan (Director & VP Administration): $40,000 total reported compensation
  • Mrs Hitoko Perrottet (Treasurer): $12,000 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 empower women and girls through education, capacity building, and advocacy, fostering a culture of heart and peace worldwide.

What it reported doing in 2024

WFWP International - 2024 Activity Report1. CSW68 Parallel Event - "Nourishing Change" (Mar 12)Hybrid 92 participants (67 in-person/25 online) with SPARK Philippines & WOCON. Speakers: Amb. Vivian Okeke (IAEA), Sen. Loren Legarda, and local leaders. Four Women's Peace Ambassador Awards presented. Impact: spotlighted women-led solutions connecting food security, livelihoods, and climate resilience; seeded new cross-regional partnerships.2. Advocacy Training (Mar 9-10, NYC)Two-day skills intensive on partnerships, UN engagement, methods of work, and culture in the digital age; aligned to SDGs/CSW68. Led by Merly Barlaan and President Moriko Hori, UN Office leadership, ISG, and UN Reps. Impact: equipped chapter leaders with actionable advocacy plans and coalition-building toolkits.3. Meeting with Samoa Delegation (Mar 18)President Hori, Carolyn Handschin, and Merly Barlaan met Hon. Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo (Minister of Women; former WFWP Samoa VP). Impact: renewed ties and explored cooperation on women's leadership and community development.4. Side Event Speaker - DOST Philippines (Mar 21)Merly B. Barlaan spoke at "Mind the GaP (Gender and Poverty)" by DOST & UN Women PH. Impact: advanced gender-responsive poverty reduction strategies bridging science, policy, and community practice.5. Parallel Event - Empowering Disadvantaged Children (Mar 15)With Taiwan Association of World Peace Women's Federation on education & performing arts. Impact: shared replicable enrichment models for learning recovery and psychosocial support.6. Parallel Event - Women, Peace & Environment in the Korean DMZFacilitated by Carolyn Handschin. Impact: mapped entry points for women's participation in ecological restoration and confidence-building across the peninsula.7. UN Luncheon - Peace & Prosperity in Asia-Pacific (May 27)Co-organized with UPF at UN. Focus: preventive diplomacy, nonviolent resolution, and inclusive growth. Impact: identified practical pathways for cross-border cooperation and people-centered development.8. Indigenous Peoples' Rights - IPRA 1997 (Apr 19)Side event during UNPFII with NCIP, PH Mission/Consulate, UNAP, JCI, IWA at Philippine Center NYC. Covered ICC/IPs' four bundles of rights; highlighted Indigenous youth. Impact: strengthened diaspora understanding and support for rights-based local governance.9. HLPF Side Event (Jul 11) - Participation & SDG13Virtual forum (75 attendees) on communities' right to participate in development cooperation as a lever for climate action. Impact: produced commitments to embed participatory design and local leadership in climate programs.10. UN Civil Society Conference, Nairobi - Offsite Side Event (May 9)Theme: women's economic empowerment, innovation, digital skills; partners JCI North Jersey, Always Forward, Headway BPO. Speakers from Bank of America and Headway BPO. Impact: linked employability pipelines and digital inclusion to SDG progress.11. Nairobi DGC Civil Society Conference (May 9-10)UN Rep Julie Hatulan attended; focus on crisis response, digital divides, peace & security, governance innovation. Impact: fed civil society inputs into Summit of the Future processes.12. Carmen, Bohol Joint Project Launch (May 13)With Municipal Agriculture Office: baseline survey and groundwork for regenerative climate action-leadership training and APPEC Permaculture Literacy & Demo Farm; $33,600 support via 10K Heroes. Impact: established a municipal anchor for women-led climate-smart agriculture.13. Bohol Consultations (Jun 19-25)With municipal agriculturists, WFWPI, 10K Heroes, APPEC on JPWESA (Women's Empowerment in Sustainable Agriculture). Impact: co-designed a multi-stakeholder program for food security and livelihoods.14. Permaculture Scholarships (Jul-Nov)With 10K Heroes: 9 scholarships (5 municipal agriculturists, 2 farmers, 2 students) to UP Open University's 6-month Permaculture Systems Design Thinking course. Impact: built local technical capacity for regenerative systems.15. Summit of th

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.8%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th 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: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 48.3%; rating input score 48; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.2%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 7 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 60.8% of revenue deployed · 67.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $156K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $40K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 33 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.