Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1988.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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; $84K paid to officers and key staff.
Katherine Wojtan’s $89K as Executive Director is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1031 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Wojtan | $88,722 | $83,917 | $79,404 | $77,122 | $74,900 |
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.
See Mary's Pence executive salaries →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
Programs and updates
Funds women's community projects and collaborations across the Americas for social change.
Questions for Mary's Pence
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The espera program partners with women's organizations in central america and mexico on economic autonomy and empowerment. A key focus is economic security though development of small economic enterprises. We provide funding for locally owned lending pools, training on business skills, and coaching of small businesses.
Mary's pence funds women's organizations in the us that are working within their local community to create long-term systemic change. The organizations we fund are all small, with budgets under $250,000.
Our education and outreach efforts are based on catholic social teaching principles. Mary's pence shares information on the issues of justice, women's rights and human rights and other issues faced by women and families in poverty - here in the U.S. As well as in latin america.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $208K | $215K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $511K | $443K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $742K | $815K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $44K | $149K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $698K | $666K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $174K | $174K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $104K | $104K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $106K | $90K | $5K | $11K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $219K | $140K | $22K | $57K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $6K | $3K | $647 | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $14K | $11K | $939 | $2K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $24K | $15K | $2K | $7K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $8K | $8K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $701 | $701 | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $115K | $107K | $2K | $5K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $9K | $9K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $23K | $19K | $580 | $3K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $25K | $21K | $1K | $3K |
| TravelLn 17 | $33K | $31K | $17 | $2K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $10K | $8K | $482 | $974 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $1K | $1K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $5K | $4K | $265 | $557 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $30K | $22K | $4K | $4K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $2K | $286 | $104 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $907K | $751K | $50K | $106K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 3, 2025 | $931K | $1.1M | −$123K | $530K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 21, 2024 | $863K | $907K | −$44K | $666K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 12, 2023 | $764K | $838K | −$73K | $698K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 17, 2022 | $845K | $670K | $175K | $771K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Oct 5, 2021 | $761K | $630K | $131K | $647K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $863,225 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $863,225 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $906,877 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $815,257 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $666,271 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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