Gathering for Women - Monterey
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Gathering for Women - Monterey's (GFW) mission is to provide homeless women on the Monterey Peninsula supportive resources and a caring community.
- Income
- $1.4 million
- Spending
- $1.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 70%
- Reserves
- 1.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 87%
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 75
- Highest pay
- $112,975, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 68 out of 100. Higher than 42% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.7 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 27% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 27% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1569% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 14 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $871,451 spent. GFW operates a day center for homeless and housing insecure women (guests) on the Monterey Peninsula. Women receive supportive services, including hot meals, take away food, warm showers, clothing and personal hygiene items; and can take personal enrichment classes like painting, meditation, mindful journaling, and laughter yoga. Women also receive assistance with laundry, gas, and bus vouchers; and access through our community partners to mental and physical health services, equine therapy as well as legal services. All services are centered around case management to assess each individuals needs and to provide connections to other service providers. In 2024, Gathering for Women provided services to 385 individuals, including 19,469 hot or take-away meals, 1,198 visits to the clothes closet, 1,354 hot showers, and 877 case management sessions. Seventeen guests were housed in 2024.
- $99,446 spent. Gathering for Women also partners with another local agency (Community Human Services) to provide services to Casa de Noche Buena, a housing first 90-day emergency shelter for single women and families with children, which opened in January 2021. Guests are assigned a room for the duration of their residency. Gathering for Women provides case management and housing navigation for the single women and meals seven days a week for all guests at the shelter, and Community Human Services provides case management for the families and oversees the shelter operations. The partnership draws on both organizations past success. Two hundred twenty-three shelter guests including children have been served and 107 of those guests have been housed since opening in 2021.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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