Whamnow INC

Tax-deductible

Greenwich, CT501(c)(3)Since 2020Human ServicesEIN 86-1256055Revenue $926K in FY2025

On file with the IRSwhamnow.org19 East Elm Street, 06830-6519 · Greenwich, CTTax-exempt since Sep 2021Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Wham works with advocates, economists, scientists, business leaders, public health experts and policy makers to: increase funding for women's health research, empower women researchers to study and share sex and gender research, and build a data-driven case for accelerating women's health research.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · 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)(3)
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
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $135K a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$225K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 99% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $140K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 21 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$926K
+20% vs prior year
Spent
$943K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$677K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$926K
FY2025▲ +20%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$996K
FY2022$484K
FY2023$745K
FY2024$769K
FY2025$926K
Expenses
$943K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$368K
FY2022$563K
FY2023$502K
FY2024$867K
FY2025$943K
Net assets
$677K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$628K
FY2022$549K
FY2023$792K
FY2024$694K
FY2025$677K

From the FY2025 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 Sep 2021.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $810K Management & general 14% · $133K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $225K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director and Chief of Staff
$175,000Pt VII · Sec A
President Thru 3/2025
$50,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair & Global Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair & Chief Scientifica Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marianne Foss-Skiftesvik’s $175K as Director and Chief of Staff is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Lori Frank$50,000$287,500———
Marianne Foss-Skiftesvik$175,000$128,958$85,000$51,752—
Susan King——$42,000——
Mary Foss-Skiftesvik————$6,270

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

Promotes women's health research funding to improve lives and boost the economy.

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1 program · $810K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Wham invests in women's health research to transform women's lives. Wham works across diseases that impact women differently and differentially brain health, heart health, immune and autoimmune health and cancer.

$810Kprogram 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 · 2 grants · $250K · 2022–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$175,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$75,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$926K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$904K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$943K
Ln 25
Programscol B$810K
Managementcol C$133K
Owns and owesPt X
$677K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$667K
Total assetsLn 16$690K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$904K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$926K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$667K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$667K
Total assetsLn 16$690K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
Net assetsLn 32$677K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
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$694K$667K
Total assetsLn 16$724K$690K
LiabilitiesLn 26$30K$12K
Net assetsLn 32$694K$677K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$14K$14K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$175K$175K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$225K$180K$45K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$84K$68K$17K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$276$221$55
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$21K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$11K$2K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$213K$213K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$10K$10K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$2K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$10K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$56K$41K$14K
TravelLn 17$59K$59K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$35K$35K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$240$240
Total functional expensesLn 25$943K$810K$133K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $926K$943K−$17K$677K 990 PDF
FY2024 $769K$867K−$98K$694K 990 PDF
FY2023 $745K$502K$243K$792K 990 PDF
FY2022 $484K$563K−$79K$549K 990 PDF
FY2021 $996K$368K$628K$628K 990 PDF
FY2020 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $926,291 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $737,992$904,464
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $29,314$20,385
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,845$1,442
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $769,151$926,291
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,250$189,350
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $465,644$336,059
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $397,000$417,657
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $866,894$943,066
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$97,743−$16,775
Part VI · Governance 21 of 22 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members21
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $926,291 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$904,464
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$904,464
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,385$20,385
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,442$1,442
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $21,827$926,291
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $943,066 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $14,350$14,350
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $175,000$175,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $180,000 · Management $45,000$225,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $67,500 · Management $16,875$84,375
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $221 · Management $55$276
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,126 · Management $5,282$26,408
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,807 · Management $8,943$10,750
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,904$14,904
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $212,819$212,819
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $10,271$10,271
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,210 · Management $7,550$9,760
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $9,733$9,733
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $41,411 · Management $14,176$55,587
IX-17 TravelPrograms $58,569$58,569
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $35,024$35,024
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $240$240
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $810,037 · Management $133,029 · Fundraising $0$943,066
Part X · Balance sheet $689,560 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $694,477$666,560
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $30,000$15,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$8,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $724,477$689,560
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $30,378$12,236
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $30,378$12,236
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $694,099$677,324
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $694,099$677,324
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $724,477$689,560
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $677,324 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$926,291
XI-2 Total expenses$943,066
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$16,775
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$694,099
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$677,324

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

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