Womens Employment Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431508734
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Kansas City, MO, USA
- Phone
- 8168228083
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Employment Procurement Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,078,535
- Expenses
- $1,308,653
- Assets
- $1,285,233
- Liabilities
- $421,509
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sherry Turner (President and CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Sherry Turner (President and CEO): $168,525 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our Mission is to help women raise their self-esteem and achieve economic independence through sustained employment. Our Vision is to advance positive change in the lives of women, their families and the community, one woman at a time.
What it reported doing in 2024
Since 1986, WEN has empowered women to build brighter futures for themselves, their families, and our shared community. We play a critical role in supporting women who are disproportionately impacted by systemic racism and patriarchal structures, helping them move beyond unemployment, underemployment, and cyclical poverty. WEN provides more than employment assistance-we promote personal growth. Our clients learn to recognize their strengths, set attainable goals, and work toward reducing debt to build long-term financial stability. We meet a vital community need by offering no-cost employment preparation and financial coaching. As the job market rapidly evolves through Applicant Tracking Systems and AI, WEN continues to adapt our tools and training to ensure successful job placement. Many clients require additional education on how modern hiring filters and technologies work, and WEN has responded by creating an introductory AI literacy certification for clients and the general public. WEN served 1,695 unduplicated clients this year (1,256 new), through both online and in-person programming. We also launched the Employers Connection program, offering small-group sessions where selected job seekers meet directly with employers twice per month. Our client demographics remain consistent: 68% live below the federal poverty level, 73% are single or divorced, and 51% identify as a person of color.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.2%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 75.7%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd 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: -21.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.2% of revenue deployed · 75.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $991K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 16 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.