The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women.

Peace through Business Monthly Report

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Year of Class

Regular reporting is one of the best ways that the Institute measures the effectiveness of the program as well as to assist in the on-going needs of its students. We appreciate your taking a few minutes to answer the questions below, and submit to us.

Please know that your privacy is extremely important to us. Names are not published with this information and absolutely no information is given out other than in a statistical format.

Month you are reporting

Counting yourself, how many employees did you have this month?

How many employees are salary and how many are hourly wage?

How many contractors do you have working for you such as artisans working from home and pay them by the piece?

How many of these employees are women?

Not including yourself, how many employees are management?

What is the average wage of your managers

What is the average wage of your non-management employees or contractors

What is your monthly revenue

Did you receive outside funding this month?

Are you in need of outside funding?

Please explain any involvement you had this month with women's business organizations:

How often did you correspond with IEEW mentors, friends or contacts this month?

Briefly describe your marketing or advertising for the Reporting Month:

Briefly describe your community involvement and mentoring for this Reporting Month:

Briefly describe ways in which IEEW can assist you in your business

We appreciate your sending this report to us by the 5th following the Reporting Month. Based on these monthly reports, the Institute will provide briefings on a quarterly basis to its Board of Directors and Sponsors marking any milestones achieved.


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