Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2014.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
69 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
24 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Sarah Costa’s $250K as Executive Director is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Costa | $249,622 | $250,747 | $251,509 | $246,468 | $238,442 | $248,851 |
| Dale Buscher | — | $203,860 | $198,147 | $191,188 | $183,660 | $186,701 |
| Melanie Nezer | $189,218 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joanna Kuebler | $188,956 | $172,820 | $165,028 | $155,494 | — | $156,392 |
| Eldar Kekic | $186,784 | $178,091 | $171,047 | $140,994 | $130,157 | $133,768 |
| Gayatri Patel | — | — | $178,087 | — | — | — |
| Joan Timoney | — | — | — | — | $172,311 | $176,233 |
| Katherine Acerra | $174,127 | — | — | — | — | — |
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
Programs and updates
Helps displaced women, children, and youth by protecting their rights and improving their lives.
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Economic Empowerment & Self Reliance
Most refugees deeply want to provide for themselves and their families-to work, to use their skills, and to make their own decisions about their finances, their lives, and their futures. The women's refugee commission works to ensure that humanitarian programs provide refugee women and youth access to cash assistance opportunities and…
Migrant Rights and Justice (mrj)
The migrants rights and justice (MRJ) program works to ensure fair access to asylum in the U.S. For those fleeing persecution and violence, promotes the use of alternatives to detention especially of asylum-seeking children and families, humane conditions in detention facilities when they are used, and access to legal services for their…
Gender and Social Inclusion
Ensuring equal access and opportunity for all requires recognizing that some groups face additional obstacles and barriers. The women's refugee commission promotes the full inclusion of traditionally marginalized groups, such as refugee women, people with disabilities, the lgbtqi community, and adolescent girls, in identifying solutions…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.9M | $1.5M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $3.7M | $2.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $30K | $8K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $8.1M | $4.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.9M | $993K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $6.1M | $3.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $130K | $130K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $530K | $241K | $236K | $52K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.6M | $1.9M | $234K | $466K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $98K | $72K | $8K | $18K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $376K | $265K | $44K | $66K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $218K | $149K | $32K | $37K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $82K | $75K | $6K | $1K |
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $30K | $30K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $932K | $847K | $71K | $13K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $2K | $81 | $2K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $114K | $41K | $25K | $48K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $161K | $64K | $31K | $67K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $658K | $341K | $214K | $104K |
| TravelLn 17 | $98K | $93K | $2K | $4K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $28K | $17K | $9K | $2K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $16K | $6K | $7K | $2K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $79K | $47K | $19K | $13K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $142K | $65K | $47K | $30K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $431 | $261 | $170 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $6.3M | $4.3M | $1.0M | $924K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 12, 2026 | $3.6M | $6.3M | −$2.7M | $3.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 26, 2025 | $6.3M | $9.1M | −$2.7M | $6.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 12, 2024 | $11.6M | $9.0M | $2.7M | $8.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 17, 2023 | $7.7M | $9.5M | −$1.8M | $5.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 9, 2022 | $8.3M | $9.8M | −$1.5M | $7.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 26, 2021 | $4.6M | $9.6M | −$5.0M | $9.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2019Filed with the IRS Aug 2, 2021 | $11.3M | $9.2M | $2.1M | $14.0M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,559,429 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 16 of 17 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,559,429 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,259,075 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,469,485 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,476,051 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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