Women's International Study Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463008925
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Phone
5059836538
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Studies

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,578
Expenses
$31,117
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$16,631

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH MANAK (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DEE ANN MCINTYRE (DIRECTOR)
  • JOHANNA GILLIGAN (DIRECTOR)
  • ELIZABETH HUTCHISON (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inspire and enable women to achieve their goals.

What it reported doing in 2024

The women's international study center (wisc) celebrates the legacy of the women of the acequia madre house by awarding fellowships to artists, scholars, and researchers. The wisc fellowship program hosted 22 artists and scholars as fellows-in-residence. . Acequia madre house serves as the home of the women's international study center (wisc). Wisc operates its programs out of the acequia madre house and holds an office on the property. Wisc was created to carry the legacy into the future of the "three wise women" who built the acequia madre house by supporting women in arts, sciences, cultural preservation, and philanthropy. They are sister organizations that share resources and space.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.2%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 50.7%; rating input score 51

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: -12.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 57.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.2% of revenue deployed · 50.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.