Concerned Women for America

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Summary

Concerned Women for America (CWA) is the nation's largest public policy women's organization with a rich history of over 40 years of helping our members across the country bring Biblical principles into all levels of public policy. There's a cultural battle raging across this country and CWA is on the frontline protecting those values through prayer and action.

We focus on seven core issues: the family, the sanctity of human life, religious liberty, education, sexual exploitation, national sovereignty, and support for Israel.


Contact information

Mailing address:
Concerned Women for America
PO Box 34300
Washington, DC 20043

Website: concernedwomen.org

Phone: (202) 488-7000

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 953580834

CEO/President: Penny Young Nance

Chairman: Linda Murphy

Board size: 10

Founder: Beverly LaHaye

Ruling year: 1981

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 06/30

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 1997


Purpose

Concerned Women for America is leading a movement dedicated to impacting the culture for Christ through education and public policy.

Concerned Women for America ("CWA") strives to be the voice for women who embrace traditional family values and to educate the general public on certain non-partisan issues (i.e. abortion, human trafficking, family values, and others). CWA promotes public policy that strengthens women and the family. CWA is the nation's largest public policy women's organization, with over hundreds of thousands of members nationwide. Concerned Women for America's stated mission is to protect and promote Biblical values and Constitutional principles through prayer, education, and advocacy. Concerned Women for America is leading a movement dedicated to impacting the culture for Christ through education and public policy. Beverly LaHaye founded CWA in 1979.


Mission statement

Concerned Women for America protects and promotes Biblical values and Constitutional principles through prayer, education, and advocacy.


Statement of faith

We believe the Bible to be the verbally inspired, inerrant Word of God and the final authority on faith and practice. We believe Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died a sacrificial death, rose bodily from the dead on the third day, and ascended into Heaven from where He will come again to receive all believers unto Himself. We believe all men are fallen creations of Adam's race and in need of salvation by grace through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe it is our duty to serve God to the best of our ability and to pray for a moral and spiritual revival that will return this nation to the traditional values upon which it was founded.

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Advocacy

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating867 of 110731 of 40
Fund acquisition rating530 of 110817 of 40
Resource allocation rating625 of 110826 of 40
Asset utilization rating1057 of 110738 of 40

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
9%8%8%8%8%6%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
7%8%7%8%8%6%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
94%99%100%100%100%100%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
8%8%8%9%8%7%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
6%1%0%0%0%0%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
80%79%81%79%76%79%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
96%97%100%99%97%91%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
77%77%80%78%73%72%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
4%3%0%1%3%9%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
8%4%0%2%4%13%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
10%13%12%12%16%14%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.980.690.700.680.580.60
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.366.017.316.4310.099.58
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.834.125.144.375.815.72
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
16.147.928.026.893.563.96
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.060.130.120.150.280.25
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
5.642.542.042.351.491.57
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
20%49%51%52%51%55%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%46%48%49%48%51%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
77%74%70%71%85%76%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20242023202220212020
Cash$951,706$739,891$879,364$547,831$548,766
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$154,457$158,204$159,798$89,718$144,211
Short-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$1,106,163$898,095$1,039,162$637,549$692,977
Long-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Fixed assets$5,488,752$5,658,316$5,637,594$5,795,879$5,949,071
Other long-term assets$53,830$8,641$0$0$0
Total long-term assets$5,542,582$5,666,957$5,637,594$5,795,879$5,949,071
Total assets$6,648,745$6,565,052$6,676,756$6,433,428$6,642,048
 
Liabilities20242023202220212020
Payables and accrued expenses$139,708$112,000$150,836$179,151$175,017
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$139,708$112,000$150,836$179,151$175,017
Debt$3,082,943$3,164,677$3,243,654$3,056,235$3,397,961
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$61,312$65,139$72,982$55,128$58,349
Total long-term liabilities$3,144,255$3,229,816$3,316,636$3,111,363$3,456,310
Total liabilities$3,283,963$3,341,816$3,467,472$3,290,514$3,631,327
 
Net assets20242023202220212020
Without donor restrictions$2,714,782$2,690,736$2,919,284$3,042,914$2,850,721
With donor restrictions$650,000$532,500$290,000$100,000$160,000
Net assets$3,364,782$3,223,236$3,209,284$3,142,914$3,010,721
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20242023202220212020
Total contributions$4,673,657$4,617,804$4,600,446$3,825,117$4,347,478
Program service revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$16,362$9,356$359$584$396
Other revenue$9,336$4,936$4,686$8,974$1,323
Total other revenue$25,698$14,292$5,045$9,558$1,719
Total revenue$4,699,355$4,632,096$4,605,491$3,834,675$4,349,197
 
Expenses20242023202220212020
Program services$3,605,582$3,719,441$3,605,914$2,802,705$3,125,933
Management and general$581,892$550,892$544,490$604,036$566,710
Fundraising$370,335$347,242$388,717$295,741$272,066
Total expenses$4,557,809$4,617,575$4,539,121$3,702,482$3,964,709
 
Change in net assets20242023202220212020
Surplus (deficit)$141,546$14,521$66,370$132,193$384,488
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$141,546$14,521$66,370$132,193$384,488

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Penny NanceCEO / Presid$271,603
Denise CappuccioCFO$174,360
Annabelle RutledgeExec Vice Pr$143,765
Mario DiazGeneral Coun$140,452

Compensation data as of: 6/30/2024


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History

In 1979, Beverly LaHaye watched a television interview of Betty Friedan, founder of the National Organization for Women. Realizing that Friedan claimed to speak for the women of America, Beverly LaHaye was stirred to action. She knew the feminists' anti-God, anti-family rhetoric did not represent her beliefs, nor those of the vast majority of women.

With the vision of protecting the family through prayer and action, Beverly LaHaye founded Concerned Women for America (CWA). Its headquarters were located in San Diego, California, until January 1985, when the organization moved its national headquarters to Washington, D.C.

Today, Concerned Women for America - with members in 50 states - is the largest public policy women's organization in the nation. Although CWA is primarily a women's organization, its issues deal with the family, so men are also encouraged to join. Its membership includes women and men of all ages, various church affiliations and multiple political parties.


Program accomplishments

On Capitol Hill, CWA lobbyists work hard with members of Congress and their staffs to ensure that families have a voice in the legislative process.

Founded in 2011, Young Women for America is CWA's collegiate initiative with chapters all across the country. YWA is this generation of Christian, conservative women fighting to protect and promote Biblical values and conservative principles on campuses and in the community. These young women on college campuses around the country educate themselves on current issues; they gather to pray for our country, and they act to influence society.

Your Voice of Influence is CWA's weekly update on activities for the previous week. Your Voice of Influence is sent out by email every Saturday morning.

E-mail alerts and press releases are sent out as needed. CWA's Legislative, Legal, and International Departments send notifications of action items and other news.


Needs

To give members a voice in each community, hundreds of CWA Prayer/Action Chapters have been formed in cities and towns across America. Prayer/Action Chapters are truly the heartbeat of CWA. Lead by CWA's Field Department, these chapters consist of faithful women and men who meet on a regular basis to pray for leaders and issues, and then take action. Each of these chapters is led by a volunteer leader. And they are making a difference - keeping pornography out of the community, supporting crisis pregnancy centers and organizing voter registration drives.

Contact the CWA National Field Office for more information on how one can become involved in CWA at the local level.