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.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$91K 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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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$91K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.1 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
$14K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$574K
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$594K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$637K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$574K
FY2022▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$463K
FY2021$550K
FY2022$574K
FY2023$479K
FY2024$564K
FY2025$624K
Expenses
$594K
FY2022▲ +44%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$356K
FY2021$412K
FY2022$594K
FY2023$667K
FY2024$462K
FY2025$612K
Net assets
$637K
FY2022▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$518K
FY2021$657K
FY2022$637K
FY2023$450K
FY2024$552K
FY2025$564K

From the FY2022 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 2006.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $526K Management & general 6% · $34K Fundraising 6% · $33K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $91K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Corp President and CEO
$85,000Pt VII · Sec A
Corp Treasurer
$5,720Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice Chair - Corp Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board & Corp Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$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

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

Programs and updates

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

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3 programs · $526K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

The Economic Program serves to provide economic empowerment thorough microfinance and small business training. 5163 women were serve through the SowHope Economic Program in 2022 including funding 12 projects in 7 developing nations.

$259Kprogram expense
02

The Education Program serves the Literacy needs of illiterate women. Additionally, we funded vocational and technical training. 1847 women were served through the SowHope Education Program of 2022. This includes 10 projects in 9 developing nations.

$162Kprogram expense
03

The Wellness Program serves the physical and emotional needs of women whose health is at risk. 3959 women were impacted through 6 projects in 6 developing countries. the projects in 2022 included maternal healthcare, AIDS care and prevention, fistula repair, cataract surgery, escape and recovery from forced prostitution, rape, armed…

$106Kprogram expense

Funders

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 FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$574K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$572K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$594K
Ln 25
Programscol B$526K
Managementcol C$34K
Fundraisingcol D$33K
Owns and owesPt X
$637K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$648K
Total assetsLn 16$652K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$572K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$7K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$574K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$192K
SavingsLn 2$456K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$648K
Total assetsLn 16$652K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K
Net assetsLn 32$637K
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$679K$648K
Total assetsLn 16$680K$652K
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K$14K
Net assetsLn 32$657K$637K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$88K$88K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$262K$262K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$85K$68K$11K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$48K$38K$6K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K$9K$1K$754
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$10K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13K$11K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$18K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$1K$343
OccupancyLn 16$6K$5K$1K
TravelLn 17$21K$17K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$23K$210$52$23K
Total functional expensesLn 25$594K$526K$34K$33K

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 Viewing $574K$594K−$20K$637K 990 PDF
FY2021 $550K$412K$138K$657K 990 PDF
FY2020 $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 $573,959 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $549,429$572,227
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $994$1,732
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $550,423$573,959
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $230,510$350,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $135,388$143,687
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $46,141$99,926
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $412,039$593,613
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $138,384−$19,654
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $573,959 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$480,357
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$7,061
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$572,227
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,732 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,732
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,732 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$573,959
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $593,613 across 13 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $87,673$87,673
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $262,327$262,327
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $68,000 · Management $11,050 · Fundraising $5,950$85,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $38,333 · Management $6,229 · Fundraising $3,354$47,916
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,617 · Management $1,400 · Fundraising $754$10,771
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $9,536 · Management $2,384$11,920
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,694 · Management $2,674$13,368
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $17,658 · Management $4,413$22,071
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,373 · Management $343$1,716
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,855 · Management $1,214$6,069
IX-17 TravelPrograms $17,180 · Management $4,295$21,475
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $210 · Management $52 · Fundraising $23,045$23,307
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $526,456 · Management $34,054 · Fundraising $33,103$593,613
Part X · Balance sheet $651,585 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $498,963$192,248
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $179,911$455,757
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,193$3,580
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $680,067$651,585
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,416$14,456
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $23,284$14,456
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $656,783$637,129
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $656,783$637,129
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $680,067$651,585
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $637,129 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$573,959
XI-2 Total expenses$593,613
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$19,654
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$656,783
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$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$637,129

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