Wonder Girls USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873887307
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Mahwah, NJ, USA
Phone
6109558828
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$233,612
Expenses
$229,140
Assets
$84,404
Liabilities
$71,643

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Natalie Maniscalco (Co-Founder and CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Natalie Maniscalco (Co-Founder and CEO): $34,000 total reported compensation
  • Irene Zervoudis (Co-Founder and COO): $34,000 total reported compensation
  • Dr Kerry-Anne Perkins (Director): $1,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wonder Girls is a 501c3 non-profit empowerment program for middle high school and college girls with a mission to build confidence leadership community spirit and the necessary business skills to succeed no matter what educational or career path they may choose.

What it reported doing in 2024

The annual Wonder Girls Career Expo is an in-person event that provides an opportunity for students to explore a variety of career opportunities and learn what it takes including the required academic route to pursue a career in a variety of industries. The program includes a keynote speaker to motivate and encourage students to aim high and pursue their aspirations followed by a series of workshops on how to in The Power of Networking Dress for Success and Professional Etiquette. Following this students engage in an interactive networking experience known as FAST TRACK where they have the opportunity to connect with more than 30 diverse professionals from various fields. 250 students attended the career expo and featured 30 speakers and mentors from a variety of industries including engineering finance education marketing healthcare and government.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 33
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.2%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 68.3%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.4%; rating input score 98; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 8.3%; rating input score 8; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 52.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.2% of revenue deployed · 68.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $157K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $34K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 44 of 45 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 1 filing year from 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.