Mary'S Pence

“The executive director reviews the form 990 to check the accuracy of specific totals, that international activities are represented, face validity, etc. Then the form 990 is given to the board for review and approval before filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Annually, board members sign the conflict policy and identify any conflicts. Any noted conflicts are monitored.”

“The board uses local comparison data when approving compensation of the executive director.”

“The board approves the compensation budget for the employees of the organization. The executive director then approves the pay of each employee based on the budget set by the board of directors.”

“Maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, south dakota, tennessee, utah, virginia, washington, west virginia, wisconsin”

“The organization make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financials available upon request.”

“Marys pence promotes catholic social justice by directing donated resources to small womens projects in north america, south america, central america and the caribbean. Marys pence is an organization serving women in the americas in order to help them improve their overall health and well-being through increased economic self-sufficiency. The focus is on ministries that directly impact the quality of life. Marys pence offers resources and training that increases womens economic power while fostering education and expanding leadership.”

“The espera program partners with women's organizations in central america and mexico on economic autonomy and empowerment. A key part of this work is the creation of community lending pools. The women own and manage the fund, the money does not return to mary's pence. The money is used by the women now and into the future, for income generating projects. Mary's pence supports the groups with coaching, encouragement, and additional funds for administration of the fund, or training and development. A recent focus has been emotional wellness; we have hosted emotional wellness retreats and developed a program called co-escucha, a series of lessons and reflections delivered to women via their phone over a 12-week period. This year we also delivered food baskets to some communities as many were hard hit by consequences of the pandemic. The espera program partners with 11 groups in 5 countries. Over 145,000 is in circulation and over 1,200 women have benefited from loans over time.”

“Mary's pence funds women's organizations in the us and canada that are working with their local community to create long-term systemic change. The organizations we fund are all small, with budgets under 200,000. Yet they collaborate with diverse populations, advocate to change unjust policies, and educate to build skills and increase capacity. Our grants act as seed money for organizations that are newly created, and as support for organizations that have been working on the grassroots level for years. In addition to providing financial support, mary's pence connects our grantees with other like-minded organizations and helpful resources. This year we gave grants to 19 organizations from across the country. We hosted 6 teleconferences connecting grantees on common issues, and we co- led a workshop with two of our grantees at a national conference. We hosted a grantee retreat/workshop in minnesota. We provided some additional funding to our grantees to provide extra support during the pandemic this year.”

“Espera 81,106 0 0 consulting 2,500 0 0 other 15,094 315 7,955 total 98,700 315 7,955”