To inspire women around the world by promoting Wellness, (i.e. maternal and women's healthcare, fistula repair, prolapsed uterus repair, emotional care for abuse and rape, and female genital mutilation and trafficking prevention) Education, (i.e. literacy and vocational training) and Economic (i.e. micro enterprise and small business training) opportunities for impoverished women making less than $3.00 per day. In 2025, 4,466 women were empowered as SowHope funded 33 projects in 14 developing world countries.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$58K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $25K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$58K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
19 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 18.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $110K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$48K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$463K
Spent
$356K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$518K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$463K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$463K
FY2021$550K
FY2022$574K
FY2023$479K
FY2024$564K
FY2025$624K
Expenses
$356K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$356K
FY2021$412K
FY2022$594K
FY2023$667K
FY2024$462K
FY2025$612K
Net assets
$518K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$518K
FY2021$657K
FY2022$637K
FY2023$450K
FY2024$552K
FY2025$564K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2006.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $321K Management & general 7% · $25K Fundraising 3% · $11K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $58K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Corp President/CEO
$52,800Pt VII · Sec A
Corp Treasurer
$5,200Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice Chair, Corp VP
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board & Corp Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Dailey Brown’s $103K as Corp President and CEO is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M human services 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary Dailey Brown$103,335$85,000$85,000$85,000$81,849—
Mary D Brown—————$52,800
David Crawford——$5,720$5,720$5,200$5,200

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

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Promotes wellness, education, and economic opportunities to inspire women globally.

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3 programs · $321K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

The wellness program serves the physical and emotional needs of women whose health is at risk. There were 4,512 women impacted through maternal healthcare, aids care and prevention, and physical and emotional care for abused women.

$191Kprogram expense
02

The education program served the literacy, vocational, and technical training needs of 4,463 women

$72Kprogram expense
03

The economic program served to provide economic empowerment through microfinance and small business training for 1,640 women,

$58Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 16 grants · $360K · 2020–2025
Harvest BridgePA · FY2025$36,019
Hagar USA INCNC · FY2025$28,111
Support Education WorldwideWA · FY2025$24,000
Hagar USA INCNC · FY2024$17,680
Harvest BridgePA · FY2024$5,500
Harvest BridgePA · FY2023$51,500
Hagar USA INCNC · FY2023$16,284
Harvest BridgePA · FY2022$39,173
Hagar USA INCNC · FY2022$16,000
Hagar USA INCNC · FY2021$20,000
Project CureCO · FY2021$17,125
Harvest BridgePA · FY2020$17,112
Project CureCO · FY2020$12,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$463K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$462K
Investment incomeLn 3$645
Money outPt IX
$356K
Ln 25
Programscol B$321K
Managementcol C$25K
Fundraisingcol D$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$518K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$562K
Total assetsLn 16$566K
LiabilitiesLn 26$48K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$462K
Government grantsLn 1e$26K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$9K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$74K
Investment incomeLn 3$645
Total revenueLn 12$463K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$344K
SavingsLn 2$218K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$562K
Total assetsLn 16$566K
LiabilitiesLn 26$48K
Net assetsLn 32$518K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6124
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$486K$562K
Total assetsLn 16$492K$566K
LiabilitiesLn 26$80K$48K
Net assetsLn 32$412K$518K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$183K$183K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$113K$91K$15K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K$16K$3K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$4K$1K$0
Office expensesLn 13$15K$12K$3K$0
Information technologyLn 14$7K$5K$1K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$6K$5K$1K$0
TravelLn 17$6K$5K$1K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$0$0$1K
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$356K$321K$25K$11K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $624K$612K$12K$564K 990 PDF
FY2024 $564K$462K$102K$552K 990 PDF
FY2023 $479K$667K−$187K$450K 990 PDF
FY2022 $574K$594K−$20K$637K 990 PDF
FY2021 $550K$412K$138K$657K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $463K$356K$106K$518K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $462,640 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $417,282$461,995
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,092$645
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $418,374$462,640
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $157,500$182,900
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $109,320$133,276
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $70,713$40,063
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $337,533$356,239
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $80,841$106,401
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $462,640 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$73,535
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$25,683
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$362,777
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$8,890
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$461,995
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $645 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$645
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $645 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$462,640
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $356,239 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $182,900$182,900
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $90,733 · Management $14,776 · Fundraising $7,886$113,395
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,888 · Management $2,550 · Fundraising $1,443$19,881
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,336 · Management $1,084 · Fundraising $0$5,420
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,881 · Management $2,971 · Fundraising $0$14,852
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,328 · Management $1,332 · Fundraising $0$6,660
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,855 · Management $1,214 · Fundraising $0$6,069
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,634 · Management $1,158 · Fundraising $0$5,792
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $1,270$1,270
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $320,555 · Management $25,085 · Fundraising $10,599$356,239
Part X · Balance sheet $566,086 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $381,969$344,382
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $104,526$217,872
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,025$3,832
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $491,520$566,086
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,233$11,973
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,707$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $79,523$47,709
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $411,997$518,377
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $491,520$566,086
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $518,377 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$462,640
XI-2 Total expenses$356,239
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$106,401
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$411,997
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$21
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$518,377

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