YWCA Southeast Wisconsin
Legal name: Young Womens Christian Association Southeast Wisconsin
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 390806258
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, United States
- Phone
- (414) 374-1800
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,680,293
- Expenses
- $3,018,299
- Assets
- $3,305,689
- Liabilities
- $1,796,669
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BREGETTA WILSON (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- BREGETTA WILSON (CEO): $145,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
YWCA Southeast Wisconsin (SEW) is part of a national network on a mission to eliminate racism and empower women. Support YWCA SEW: Join us in our mission to eliminate racism and empower women by supporting YWCA SEW. Your contribution will help us continue our vital work in advocating for social and racial justice, and promoting economic empowerment. Click this button to make a donation and learn more about how you can support us. to support us. Join us in our mission to eliminate racism and empower women by supporting YWCA SEW. to support us YWCA SEW.
What it reported doing in 2024
Racial justice and gender equity programming ywca sew racial justice and gender equity programming has been execute 2024 through convenings, education/learning, coaching, consulting and advocacy. The programming has been focusing on addressing social determinants of health while driving towards justice focused employment and educating the general population about racism, gender equity and intersectionality. Sessions are focused on addessing access and opportunity for families/communities of color whose live experiences impact thier life expectancy and more, while also educating people to understand racism, gender equity, living wage and intersectionality
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 85
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 67.5%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $38.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -12.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 67.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.