Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2019.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
75 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
5 people listed on the 990; $105K paid to officers and key staff.
Amira Adawe’s $105K as Executive Di is at the 64th percentile of top reported officer pay among 157 $100K–1M social science 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 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amira Adawe | $105,311 | $101,934 | $85,134 | $81,984 | $82,068 | $7,350 |
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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Educates communities of color about safe beauty practices and chemical exposures.
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Young women's wellness & youth leadership we have successfully expanded the young women's wellness and leadership initiative (ywwli), which trains east african and other young women of color (ages 14-18) to lead in areas of health, advocacy, and social- emotional well-being.
We have developed the beautywell project database that addresses the problem of skin-lightening products, chemical exposures, and colorism in the cosmetics industry. This database contains skin-lightening products that beautywell has tested in labs and identified to contain harmful ingredients that pose significant risk to individual and…
Research, databases, and salon safety beautywell remains at the forefront of chemical exposure research through the beautywell project database. Laboratory testing: we tested beauty products that revealed elevated levels of mercury, lead, and arsenic, providing communities with the data needed to make informed health decisions.
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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 | $109K | $208K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $134K | $222K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $134K | $222K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $126K | $96K | $30K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $10K | $8K | $2K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $76 | $76 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $4K | $3K | $1K | |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $32K | $24K | $8K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $17K | $9K | $9K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $20K | $4K | $16K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $13K | $10K | $3K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $75K | $71K | $4K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $402 | $402 | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $298K | $224K | $73K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $382K | $298K | $84K | $222K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 14, 2025 | $352K | $246K | $106K | $134K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $131K | $178K | −$47K | $28K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 14, 2023 | $122K | $125K | −$3K | $75K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $128K | $146K | −$18K | $77K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 9, 2021 | $174K | $89K | $85K | $95K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $382,003 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $382,003 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $297,780 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $222,498 assets, 7 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $222,498 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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