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Womens Link Worldwide INC

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New York, NY501(c)(3)Since 2001Civil Rights & Advocacy EIN 03-0371141Revenue $3.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSwomenslinkworldwide.org99 Wall Street Suite 502, 10005-4301 · New York, NYTax-exempt since Oct 2001Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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A legal organization working to advance the rights of women, girls, and gender diverse people. We work on issues of reproductive rights, gender-based violence, climate, and racial justice in East Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $753K a year · 22% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$636K
to officers and key staff · 23% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 71% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 23% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
22 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 22.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $352K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$111K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.8M
+186% vs prior year
Spent
$2.8M
To programs
63%
Net assets
$7.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.8M
FY2025▲ +186%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$6.9M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$3.8M
Expenses
$2.8M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$2.8M
Net assets
$7.5M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$7.7M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$7.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2001.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $1.8M Management & general 19% · $536K Fundraising 17% · $485K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $636K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Jovana Rios Cisnero
Executive Director
$176,400Pt VII · Sec A
Susan Roberts
Director of Finance and Operations
$125,000Pt VII · Sec A
Charlotte Minvielle
Director of Development and Communications
$125,000Pt VII · Sec A
Gema Fernandez
Managing Attorney
$109,185Pt VII · Sec A
Agnes Nsiza Rogo
Managing Attorney
$100,700Pt VII · Sec A
Indira Goris
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Joan Roca
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Monica Kuljich
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jovana Rios Cisnero’s $176K as Executive Director is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 797 $1–10M civil rights & advocacy nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Viviana Waisman———$116,881$180,000$180,000
Jovana Rios Cisnero$176,400$147,000$147,000$125,421——
Kristen Spangler—$129,672$150,509$138,407$133,578$83,333
Susan Roberts$125,000—————
Charlotte Minvielle$125,000—————
McKensey Smith———$118,193$101,830$102,576
Gema Fernandez$109,185—————
Agnes Nsiza Rogo$100,700—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Advocates for gender equality worldwide to create lasting social change.

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1 program · $1.8M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Women's Link Worldwide is an intersectional feminist nonprofit organization that advances women's rights through legal action. We are legal experts, strategists, and activists dedicated to advancing justice for women, girls, and gender-diverse people.

$1.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$302K
New Venture FundFY2024$50K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$352K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$146K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Money outPt IX
$2.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.8M
Managementcol C$536K
Fundraisingcol D$485K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M
Total assetsLn 16$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$111K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Investment incomeLn 3$146K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$2K
Total revenueLn 12$3.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.5M
SavingsLn 2$3.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$22K
Other assetsLn 15$95K
Total assetsLn 16$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$111K
Net assetsLn 32$7.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.3M$5.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21K$22K
Total assetsLn 16$6.6M$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K$111K
Net assetsLn 32$6.5M$7.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$223K$223K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$311K$191K$60K$60K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.4M$870K$254K$274K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$27K$16K$7K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$129K$67K$27K$35K
Legal feesLn 11b$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$23K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$320K$149K$109K$62K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$299$162$137
Office expensesLn 13$43K$21K$19K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$47K$27K$13K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$13K$9K$1K$3K
TravelLn 17$191K$159K$2K$30K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$13K$12K$149
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$4K$2K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$15K$10K$3K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19K$240$16K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.8M$1.8M$536K$485K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.8M$2.8M$1.0M$7.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$2.6M−$1.3M$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.9M$2.3M$4.6M$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9M$2.7M−$743K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.0M$2.7M$1.3M$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.2M$2.6M−$388K$2.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,839,466 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,104,417$3,678,150
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $52,477$10,883
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $183,818$145,779
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,865$4,654
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,344,577$3,839,466
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $50,000$222,822
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,433,413$1,865,008
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,118,402$702,550
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,601,815$2,790,380
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,257,238$1,049,086
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,839,466 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,678,150
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,678,150
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,883$10,883
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $147,630$147,630
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$1,851−$1,851
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $4,654$4,654
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,883 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $150,433$3,839,466
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,790,380 across 17 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $222,822$222,822
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $190,988 · Management $59,882 · Fundraising $59,896$310,766
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $869,996 · Management $253,558 · Fundraising $274,287$1,397,841
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,298 · Management $6,996 · Fundraising $3,614$26,908
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $67,205 · Management $27,029 · Fundraising $35,259$129,493
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $9,801$9,801
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,370$23,370
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $149,301 · Management $108,819 · Fundraising $61,650$319,770
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $162 · Fundraising $137$299
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $20,675 · Management $18,650 · Fundraising $3,959$43,284
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $27,165 · Management $13,450 · Fundraising $6,860$47,475
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,746 · Management $1,033 · Fundraising $3,247$13,026
IX-17 TravelPrograms $158,864 · Management $2,333 · Fundraising $29,783$190,980
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,365 · Fundraising $149$12,514
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,081 · Management $2,480 · Fundraising $1,483$8,044
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,980 · Management $2,681 · Fundraising $2,234$14,895
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $240 · Management $16,132 · Fundraising $2,720$19,092
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,768,689 · Management $536,413 · Fundraising $485,278$2,790,380
Part X · Balance sheet $7,612,082 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,721,385$1,469,299
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,542,556$3,748,810
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $152,807$2,228,976
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $25,941$1,935
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $23,412$34,171
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,963$21,561
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $790$12,087
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $71,574$95,243
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,559,428$7,612,082
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $104,162$111,236
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,506$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $107,668$111,236
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,999,721$4,689,998
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,452,039$2,810,848
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,451,760$7,500,846
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,559,428$7,612,082
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,500,846 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,839,466
XI-2 Total expenses$2,790,380
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,049,086
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,451,760
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,500,846

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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