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Center for Women & Enterprise

EIN 04-3256236Community Development Massachusetts Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Your vision. Our mission.

Established in 1995, the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) is dedicated to helping women start and grow their own businesses and is a national leader among women's business development agencies. CWE's mission is to provide opportunities for women entrepreneurs and women in business to increase professional success, personal growth, and financial independence. CWE achieves this mission by providing education, training, technical assistance, access to markets, and paths to funding to entrepreneurs at every stage of business development. With offices in Boston and Worcester MA, Providence, RI, Nashua, NH, and Vermont, CWE serves thousands of women (and men) annually, providing them with the tools they need to successfully create new income opportunities for themselves and their families, while also boosting the greater New England economy. CWE provides scholarships in order to make their services available to all clients, regardless of their ability to pay.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.58Overall score
out of 100

78.20Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,802,155

Total expenses · USD$2,797,407

Program expenses

$2,201,559.31 recorded amount

78.7%

Fundraising expenses

$349,675.88 recorded amount

12.5%

Administrative expenses

$240,577.00 recorded amount

8.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Susan Rittscher
Recorded compensation: $210,534.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.52%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center for Women & Enterprise
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1995, the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) is dedicated to helping women start and grow their own businesses and is a national leader among women's business development agencies. CWE's mission is to provide opportunities for women entrepreneurs and women in business to increase professional success, personal growth, and financial independence. CWE achieves this mission by providing education, training, technical assistance, access to markets, and paths to funding to entrepreneurs at every stage of business development. With offices in Boston and Worcester MA, Providence, RI, Nashua, NH, and Vermont, CWE serves thousands of women (and men) annually, providing them with the tools they need to successfully create new income opportunities for themselves and their families, while also boosting the greater New England economy. CWE provides scholarships in order to make their services available to all clients, regardless of their ability to pay.
`ein` EIN	04-3256236
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2797407.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.086
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.125
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.787
`fscore` Financial score	78.2
`leader` Recorded leader	Susan Rittscher
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	210534.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.07519999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Your vision. Our mission.
`name` Charity name	Center for Women & Enterprise
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2802155.0
`score` Overall score	84.58
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2201559.309
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	349675.875
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	240577.00199999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-3256236
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.