2021-05-14T20:55:15-04:00 2020-12-31 990 2020-01-01 412172771 WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL % Paige Bradley WOME 8589223609 PO BOX 501406 SAN DIEGO CA 921501406 Teresa Wang Treasurer 2021-05-14 false 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Paige Bradley PO BOX 501406 SAN DIEGO CA 92150 376680 false X X 2005 CA Our mission is empower women with tools to work their way out of poverty, care for their families, and strengthen their communities. In partnership with high-impact non-profit organizations, Women's Empowerment (WE) funds small business loans, training, education, and other innovative poverty alleviation strategies for impoverished women. WE also serves its member constituency by offering education, engagement opportunities, and the chance to support a portfolio of carefully-researched, impactful poverty-alleviation programs benefiting vulnerable women and families. 12 12 0 50 0 0 316051 359353 0 0 1587 1006 -1375 0 316263 360359 205600 233260 0 0 90976 110411 0 0 55269 20433 23601 317009 367272 -746 -6913 255305 257368 320 9296 254985 248072 X Our mission is empower women with tools to work their way out of poverty, care for their families, and strengthen their communities. In partnership with high-impact non-profit organizations, Women's Empowerment (WE) funds small business loans, training, education, and other innovative poverty alleviation strategies for impoverished women. WE also serves its member constituency by offering education, engagement opportunities, and the chance to support a portfolio of carefully-researched, impactful poverty-alleviation programs benefiting vulnerable women and families. false false 58474 52400 0 Business services and entrepreneurship training for refugee, immigrant and low-income women in San Diego enrolled in the WE STAR Program through grants to the International Rescue Committee in San Diego. In 2020, the program enrolled 95 women clients and provided training sessions to about 480 women. The clients started 20 businesses and strengthened or expanded 44 businesses. An estimated 80 jobs were created from these activities. 49373 43300 0 Grants to Nyaka Global provided funds for loans for poor grandmothers who are each raising and supporting an average of six grandchildren in conditions of dire poverty. In 2020, WE funds supported loans to an estimated 13 grandmother groups averaging $2,300 each and benefitting approximately 1100 grandmothers. $10,000 was provided for administrative staff salaries and an additional $3,000 covered the cost of 244 water harvesting tanks for collection of fresh drinking water near grandmother dwellings. 41372 35300 0 Grants to the Adelante Foundation provided small business loans and business training to poor women in Honduras to start or strengthen their businesses. In 2020, WE funds supported about $15,000 in group solidarity loans to women entrepreneurs, averaging $385 each. $5,000 was used toward education loans to cover school fees; $20,000 in home improvement loans and business training for clients. 39632 33560 0 GRANTEE- FONKOZE USA -- Grants of $33,560 were provided. Purpose: To cover the costs of healthcare products and transportation for community health entrepreneurs who provide health products, screenings, and vital information to the rural poor in Haiti. Funds also supported the costs of transporting products to remote rural locations. WE funding allowed new CHEs to be trained and start their Boutik Sante (community health store). Besides operating their Boutik Santes the 1692 active CHEs screen children for malnutrition and refer many for treatment. CHEs also distribute a 6-month supply of multivitamins to children and prenatal vitamins to pregnant and lactating women. In 2020, CHEs served as a vital source of information about COVID-19 and how to mitigate its spread. 31072 25000 0 GRANTEE: DREAMS FOR CHANGE/DREAMS CUISINE- grants of $25,000 were provided. Purpose: To support homeless women in San Diego participating in Dreams Cuisine, an on-the-job training program focusing on building the skills necessary to work within the food industry. Funds were used to provide stipend payments to women working in the program's food trucks. Funds also supported virtual trainings and instruction offered remotely to participants during COVID. 26072 20000 0 GRANTEE: VIA INTERNATIONAL - GRANTS OF $20,000 were provided. Purpose: To provide funding for microloans and educational programs for women who are in or at risk of entering the sex trade industry in Tijuana, Mexico. The program provides resources to increase economic and social empowerment for women disproportionately burdened by poverty, lacking education and access to employment, poor health outcomes, violence and other human rights violations. Although operations were greatly impacted by the COVID lockdowns, 24 women maintained their participation in the microloan groups including two newly formed groups. Educational programs in nutrition, accounting and business expansion were added to the ongoing curriculum. 23072 17000 0 GRANTEE: PROYECTO MATRIA/LIBERA - Grants of $17,000 were provided. Purpose: To support poor women who have been victims of gender based violence (GBV) or housing insecurity and are participating in Libera, a business incubation program in Puerto Rico. The program provides stipends, training, and technical support to allow the participants to support and launch businesses. The funding provided seed capital to support the business launches of fourteen women. WE funds were also used to support the launch of Arepa Chic, a micro-franchise social enterprise that will employ women in a restaurant and enable others to purchase and sells goods via point-of-sale food carts. 12556 6700 0 GRANTEE: GIRLS INVEST - Grants of $6,700 were provided. Purpose: Funds were provided to support a financial literacy mobile application and savings program for high-risk adolescent girls in San Diego. WE funding specifically supports small incentive deposits into savings accounts for program participants who are at particular risk for food insecurity and unintended pregnancy. The development of the mobile app is complete and recruitment of program participants, delayed because of COVID-19, is now underway. 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Additionally WE monitors the use of its funds by visiting grantees on-site, when feasible, and not less than once every two years. WE maintains a written document, furnished to potential partners, that outlines WE's funding criteria Part I, line 3f | ExplanationTxt:| Accrual| Accrual| Accrual| Accrual| Part II, line 1 | ExplanationTxt:| Accrual| Accrual| Accrual| Accrual| true International Rescue Commitee 5348 University Ave Suite 205C San Diego CA 92105 135660870 501(c)(3) 52400 0 Grants for Programs Dreams for Change PO Box 16327 San Diego CA 92176 270447059 501(c)(3) 25000 0 Grants for Programs San Diego State University Research 5250 Campanile Drive San Diego CA 92182 956042721 501(c)(3) 6700 0 Programs Proyecto Matria Inc 31 Jimenez Sicardo Caguas PR 92182 660641575 501(c)(3) 17000 0 Programs 4 0 Part I Line 2 The organization maintains written, signed agreements with each grantee, outlining the grant amount, the terms of WE partnership expectations, and obligations of the grantee to furnish written progress reports at least twice a year. Additionally WE monitors the use of funds by visiting grantees on-site, when feasible, not less than once every two years. WE maintains a written document, furnished to potential partners, that outlines WE's funding criteria and grantee eligibility requirement. Part VI, Section A, Line 6 WE has only one class of members, and all members have equal rights. The members annually elect a slate of candidates for WE's governing body typically for three-year terms. The members do not approve significant decisions of the governing body, nor would they receive a share of the organization's net assets upon the organization's dissolution. If WE is dissolved, the assets of WE must first be used to pay all WE debts and then distributed to another California nonprofit corporation. Part VI, Section A, Line 7a | Class of the Person:, Nature of their rights:| Members, Member have rights to elect the board of directors. In addition, they have the sole right to approve any bylaw amendment that changes the maximum and minimum number of directors or change from a variable to a fixed number of directors.| Part VI, Section A, Line 7b | Class of the Person:, Decisions that require their approval:, Nature of their rights:| Members, Election of directors, Board of director approvals| Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 is reviewed and approved by Women Empowerment's Finance Committee prior to filing. Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The WE Conflict of Interest policy is distributed to and explained to all newly elected Directors following their election at their orientation. On an annual basis, current directors and officers receive and review the written policy and sign an annual statement that affirms they understand the policy and agree to comply with it. Part VI, Section C, Line 19 WE's bylaws, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements were available upon request in 2020. These documents will be posted on WE's website in 2021.