Womens Center of Wake County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581316004
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Phone
9198293711
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Womens' Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,676,337
Expenses
$1,539,109
Assets
$3,004,294
Liabilities
$2,244,827

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMY SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $110,353 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The women's center is a multi-service crisis intervention, safety, and stabilization center dedicated to serving and assisting marginalized, at-risk, and homeless women. We work with each woman to break the cycle of trauma, abuse, violence, and homelessness.

What it reported doing in 2025

The women's center addresses the critical, lifesaving needs of at-risk and homeless women in the triangle, 365 days a year. The women's center's (wc) unwavering goal is to provide the support services, tools, and enrichment that empower each individual to break cycles of poverty, homelessness, and unmanaged mental health.these services and programs include showers, laundry services, clinical and case management, physical, behavioral, and women's healthcare, meals, hygiene supplies, clothing, enrichment classes, and access to housing programsincluding emergency transitional units and our integrative permanent community supportive housing, garden view.providing housing units in safe neighborhoods is essential for a population of at-risk women with disabilities who are especially vulnerable. All of our clients have diagnoses of ptsd resulting from sexual assault, rape or trafficking, domestic violence, interpersonal violence, and homelessness. Many also suffer from severe and persistent mental illness (spmi), mobility challenges, intellectual disabilities, medical fragility, and ocular issues.through the women's center urban farm and social enterprise collaborations, women engage in therapeutic enrichment, gain job skills and employment, and build relationships within the communityenhancing their sense of belonging and overall well-being, which contributes to housing stability and longevity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.3%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.95; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.75; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.3% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.