Womens Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 050381031
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Newport, RI, USA
- Phone
- 4018465263
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Violence Shelters
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,379,985
- Expenses
- $2,241,295
- Assets
- $2,981,135
- Liabilities
- $298,893
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEATHER JENSEN (PRESIDENT)
- LAUREN HALEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JESSICA WALSH (EXECUTIVE DIRCTOR): $98,235 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The women's resource center empowers survivors by providing trauma-informed services with equity and compassion while working collaboratively with the community to eliminate the root causes of interpersonal abuse.
What it reported doing in 2024
Court advocacy- our first interaction with domestic violence victims is often in the court system. Advocates support victims by guiding them through the completion of complicated paperwork; educating them on the inner workings of the legal system; and connecting them to a variety of community services so they can achieve desired independence. In 2021, our court advocates provided victim and prosecution support with 2,366 sessions to 478 clients. Law enforcement advocacy. The law enforcement advocate collaborates with law enforcement to provide improved responses to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking to victims. The advocate works directly with 5 local police departments, including tiverton police department, to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, referrals and information including but not limited to the criminal justice system. In 2021, our law enforcement advocate supported 345 clients with 737 sessions from five police departments.crisis intervention. We provide a range of emergency and crisis services for domestic violence victims and their children. Our emergency shelter program meets the critical needs of victims by providing shelter, food, and other basic human needs. Shelter clients are also able to meet with a counselor within 24 hours, to assess their critical mental health needs. Other crisis services include a 24-hour hotline, walk-in services, advocacy, and referrals. In 2021, our staff answered 1,748 hotline calls.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.6%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $23.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.6% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.