Women on Boards Project

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San Francisco, CA501(c)(6)Since 2019Community DevelopmentEIN 84-4500913Revenue $221K in FY2025

On file with the IRSwobproject.com39 Mesa St Ste 310, 94129-1019 · San Francisco, CATax-exempt since Oct 2020

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Empowering female business leaders and improving diversity and inclusion at the board of directors level in the consumer products and services industry.

Run by 20 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list 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
Pay to officers and key staff
$105K
to officers and key staff · 46% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 59% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 46% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$221K
+40% vs prior year
Spent
$227K
Net assets
$149K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$221K
FY2025▲ +40%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$82K
FY2023$71K
FY2024$158K
FY2025$221K
Net assets
$149K
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$74K
FY2023$83K
FY2024$154K
FY2025$149K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 2020.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $105K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$83,885Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director & Board
$20,667Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary & Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
CFO & Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kierstin Rielly’s $84K as CEO is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Kierstin Rielly$83,885—
Cassie Burr$20,667$8,000

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

Women on Boards Project is a business league or trade association based in San Francisco, CA, formed in 2019.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Women on boards project, in partnership with leading private equity firms and other private consumer companies, helped these businesses, pro bono, identify and place strong, diverse women candidates for their governing boards.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$221K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$221K
Money outPt IX
$227K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$149K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$150K
Total assetsLn 16$150K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$221K
Total revenueLn 12$221K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$150K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$150K
Total assetsLn 16$150K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$149K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$154K$150K
Total assetsLn 16$154K$150K
LiabilitiesLn 26$350$2K
Net assetsLn 32$154K$149K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$105K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$53K
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K
Office expensesLn 13$5K
TravelLn 17$10K
InsuranceLn 23$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$17K
All other expensesLn 24e$325
Total functional expensesLn 25$227K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $221K$227K−$5K$149K 990 PDF
FY2024 $158K$154K 990 PDF
FY2023 $71K$83K 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $82K$74K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $221,269 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $157,985$221,269
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $157,985$221,269
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,000$166,937
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $78,708$59,655
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $86,708$226,592
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $71,277−$5,323
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $221,269 across 3 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$221,269
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$221,269
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$221,269
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $226,592 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$104,552
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$3,000
IX-9 Other employee benefits$52,854
IX-10 Payroll taxes$6,531
IX-11c Accounting fees$1,575
IX-11g Other fees for services$5,577
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$17,953
IX-13 Office expenses$5,198
IX-17 Travel$9,892
IX-23 Insurance$2,156
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$16,979
IX-24e All other expenses$325
IX-25 Total functional expenses$226,592
Part X · Balance sheet $150,293 assets, 6 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $154,252$150,293
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $154,252$150,293
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $350$1,714
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $350$1,714
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $153,902$148,579
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $154,252$150,293
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $148,579 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$221,269
XI-2 Total expenses$226,592
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,323
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$153,902
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$148,579

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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