Womenstrong International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471707504
IRS 990-PF coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Phone
3019070227
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,133,970
Expenses
$3,713,805

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

Overview

Mission

International Relief

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 39 grants totaling $1,137,000. The stated grant purposes included to provide funding for action for development for support of women's economic security and opportunity in uganda., to provide funding for amal foundation for participation in the learning lab and to take advantage of the capacity strengthening support, and to provide funding for asociacion mujeres transformando for support of women's economic security and opportunity in el salvador., plus 23 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 3

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 33.6%; rating input score 34; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 2.5; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 3th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 50 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 3/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.