Public Charity

Working Wardrobes For A New Start

Working Wardrobes For A New Start is a Public Charity headquartered in Santa Ana, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $4.5M revenue, $7.2M expenses, $6.1M total assets. 108 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 330669145 Santa Ana, CA Employment Preparation & Procurement NTEE: J20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$4.5M
Total Expenses$7.2M
Total Assets$6.1M
Grant Records108
Funding Total$2.6M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

Working Wardrobes helps individuals overcome barriers to gainful employment by providing workforce readiness programs and resources that promote confidence and self-sufficiency.

Where $100 goes at Working Wardrobes For A New Start

How Working Wardrobes For A New Start divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$76 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $76 for programs

$64
Resale operations
84% of program spending
$12
Career services
16% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 7,615 clients
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE READINESS SERVICES THAT HELP LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS FIND EMPLOYMENT AND ACHIEVE ECONOMIC STABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
$25,000
2024
HUMAN SERVICES
$165,000
$78,200
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$68,789

Showing up to 5 of 108 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CEO Bonni Pomush
Board Member Brant Gresham
Board Member Carlos Oregan
Board Member Carolyn Beaver
Board Member Chris Collie
Board Member Christine Ragos

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Human & Social Services
$1,310,609 25 grants
General Support
$979,260 58 grants
Economic Development
$228,600 10 grants
Education
$96,000 4 grants
Unspecified
$15,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $4.5M $7.2M $6.1M
2023 $4.6M $4.8M $8.8M
2022 $5.4M $5.4M $7.8M
2021 $8.5M $5.9M $7.4M
2020 $7.4M $5.3M $4.9M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $7.4M to $4.5M (-39%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.1M.

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