Arlington VA | IRS ruling year: 2018 | EIN: 82-4369803
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An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
Organization Mission
Meet the need.
We at The Kwek Society are focused on supplying Indigenous students and their school peers the period products they need to stay in school, maintain ... (More)
Rating Information
Great
This charity's score is 100%, earning it a Four-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.
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Kwek Society Corp cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology due to only having one year of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data.
To ensure year-to-year consistency the Encompass Rating System's Accountability & Finance beacon analyzes the three-year average of some data provided through the IRS 990.
Charity Navigator currently only has one year of consecutive e-filed Forms 990 from the IRS for Kwek Society Corp under the EIN: 82-4369803.
Before Charity Navigator can evaluate Kwek Society Corp, Kwek Society Corp will need to e-file for additional fiscal years.
This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Salary of Key Persons - Data Available
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Eva Marie Carney, Founder And Executive Director
$0
Barbara B Hannigan, President
$0
Paige Willett, Vice-president
$0
Kimberly Pratt, Treasurer
$0
Kathy Meacham Webb, Secretary
$0
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2023
IRS Published Data (Business Master File) - Data Available
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
Data Sources (IRS Forms 990) - Data Available
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Impact & Measurement
Score
100
This beacon estimates the actual impact a charity has on the lives of those it serves, and determines whether it is making good use of donor resources to achieve that impact.
$114,675 total costs / $173,049 worth of goods distributed = roughly $0.66 provides a dollar's worth of essential goods to someone in need [2021 USD]
Program Context
Provision of period care items and puberty education materials: This program directly distributes goods that fulfill the basic needs of its beneficiaries.
Data Time Period
1/1/23 to 12/31/23
Benchmark for Scoring
Impact scores of goods provision programs are based on comparing the cost to distribute the goods against the market value of those goods. Programs receive an Impact score of 100 if the cost to distribute goods is less than 75% of the value of those goods and a score of 80 if it is less than 125%. If a nonprofit reports impact but doesn't meet the benchmark for cost-effectiveness, it earns a score of 65. This program provides goods for less than 75% the market value of the goods.
Methodology
This impact score was determined through the Goods Provision methodology which is fully detailed in the Charity Navigator Guide to Ratings. Analysis conducted in 2024 by Charity Navigator using data submitted by the nonprofit, theory and evidence from scientific research studies, and public datasets.
Data Source
The nonprofit submitted data on the composition and market value of the goods it distributed.
Measurement
Unscored
0% of Impact & Measurement score
Culture & Community
Score
100
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves.
Does your organization collect feedback (i.e., perceptions, opinions, concerns) from the people meant to ultimately benefit from your mission?
Yes
Feedback Usage
100 out of 100 points
How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences
To inform the development of new programs/projects
To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
To understand client needs and how we can help them achieve their desired outcomes
Practices
100 out of 100 points
Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible
We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us
We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response
Challenges
100 out of 100 points
What challenges does your organization face in collecting feedback from the people you serve?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Equity Strategies™
Unscored
0% of Culture & Community score
Leadership & Adaptability
Score
100
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission.
Meet the need.
We at The Kwek Society are focused on supplying Indigenous students and their school peers the period products they need to stay in school, maintain their good health and celebrate their strength and moon times (what many Indigenous people in North American call their period). We collaborate with schools and student-focused programs in rural areas, suburbs, and cities across the United States to eliminate period poverty. We educate about moon time as a time for celebration, and we work to support the dignity and strength of all we serve.
Vision Statement
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
Period supplies available at no cost in all school, government and public bathrooms, alongside the toilet paper and soap!
Strategy Goals
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Expand our distribution of pads, tampons and other period supplies, along with puberty education materials, through new partnerships with schools serving Native students
Goal Two: Secure partnerships with community-based organizations and Native Nations who can provide funding so we can reach more Native students and their peers at risk for period poverty
Goal Three: Draw increased attention to the inequities facing Native American youth and communities, including menstrual inequity, and highlight and celebrate the successes of indigenous North Americans
Leadership
30 out of 30 points
Full Credit
Partial Credit
No Credit
Investment in Leadership Development
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development.
We are exceedingly small (all volunteer except for a paid college intern) but we understand the need to develop our volunteers, including our board members. This summer we were able to advocate for a scholarship from UbyKotex so that our newest board member, our treasurer, could attend the 2021 Poverty and Basic Needs Conference hosted by the National Diaper Bank and the Alliance for Period Supplies. We were excited to provide our treasurer this opportunity at the start of her service to our organization.
External Focus on Mobilizing Mission
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
We are a member of the Alliance for Period Supplies. Our CEO presented at APS' conference last year and spoke to media contacts at APS's request in connection with the recent period poverty awareness day. She also spoke at the 2021 conference. We participated in a podcast presented by Days for Girls USA and have collaborated with Period, Inc. in various of its activities (Instagram Live presentation, recorded remarks to youth members to encourage participation in work to end period poverty). We have an active social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn). We keep our website current -- we are very proud of our website, especially the education portion, which features traditional (indigenous) teachings on puberty and highlights a UNICEF-developed puberty education/period tracking app. We post about our work on the NextDoor portal, to engage community members who likely know very little about Native communities, traditions, accomplishments and needs.
Adaptability
30 out of 30 points
Full Credit
Partial Credit
No Credit
Investment in Leadership Development
30 out of 30 points
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
In mid-March 2020 Covid-19 shut down all the schools we support, but our distributions did not stop. Many of our schools (located in New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming) continued to support students through food distributions and brought our supplies to the distribution sites. We resupplied those schools through the spring. We also began distributions to Navajo families through our contact with the Navajo Nation government and included masks sewn by our donors in some of those shipments. We built on our relationship with a global organization focused on ending period poverty, Days for Girls International, and facilitated DFGI’s distribution of thousands more masks to the Navajo Nation. As a result, The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development in mid-June 2020 identified us as one of a number of indigenous women-run groups doing “critical and courageous work” to assist Native communities and Native nations during the pandemic.
In the last quarter of 2020, we arranged for more mask shipments from The March of Dimes, Americans for Native Americans and The JJ Metta Memorial Foundation, and received more cloth mask donations from many community sewists. This allowed us to supply our partners with 10,756 COVID masks through 2020.
Unfortunately many of our schools and other community partners did not return to in-person operations during 2021. Accordingly, we updated our message to our partners urging them to take our supplies and distribute them to as many community members as possible. As a result, in 2021 we have been able to reach family members (parents, cousins, aunts, siblings) with needed period supplies, not only school students or individual clinic patients. As a result, in 2021 we distributed almost as many supplies as we did since our 2018 inception. We continue to message our readiness for new partners, and continue to fill the supply needs of those operating in-person.