Ywca Northeastern Massachusetts Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042130847
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lawrence, MA, USA
Phone
9786870331
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,172,119
Expenses
$10,552,056
Assets
$14,677,536
Liabilities
$5,852,856

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUANA SIEKIERA-NAVEO (PRESIDENT)
  • PERLA ORTIZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN STAPLES (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN STAPLES (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $260,834 total reported compensation
  • MARICELIS ORTIZ (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $175,224 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN SHERMAN (CFO (UNTIL 2/7/2025)): $174,242 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 ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

In addition to the domestic violence emergency shelter and transitional programs the ywca offers two single resident occupancy programs [sro] in haverhill and lawrence. The sro programs are a permanent housing option for single women who have become homeless as a result of domestic and/or sexual violence, mental health issues or substance abuse, and who do not have children living with them.the sro programs consist of 10-private rooms at each of our two locations, with shared kitchen, living room and bathroom facilities. Women living in this residence program receive vocation counseling and case management services and may live there permanently.also at the ywca fina house, we offer seven apartment-style units specifically for qualified, low-income residents. Two of these units are specially designed to accommodate persons with special needs or disabilities. All seven apartments are available as permanent housing for residents, which may include single or double head-of-household families.being a resident of fina house, residents may choose to participate in community-building events and celebrations, as well as receive offered social services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.1%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • 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; 72nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.6%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.39; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.1% of revenue deployed · 89.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $9.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $261K · 22 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 55/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.