Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Women's Business Enterprise National Council
Wbenc's mission is to fuel economic growth globally by identifying, certifying, and facilitating the development of women-owned businesses.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $192,555
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $319,512
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Women's Business Enterprise National Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wbec Metro Ny and Greater Dmv Inc | $2,680,000 | 8 | 21% |
| Arizona Womens Business Enterprise Council | $1,984,768 | 8 | 26% |
| Women's Business Development Center | $1,935,178 | 8 | 5% |
| Great Lakes Women's Business Council | $1,668,629 | 8 | 16% |
| Women's Business Enterprise Center East | $1,394,831 | 8 | 25% |
| Greater Women's Business Council Inc | $1,279,944 | 8 | 23% |
| Women's Business Council - Southwest | $1,171,639 | 8 | 11% |
| Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio Inc | $1,111,392 | 8 | 2% |
| Women Business Enterprise Council South | $899,991 | 8 | 9% |
| ASTRA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL DBA Womens Business Ent Council Pacific | $891,554 | 8 | 15% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wbec Metro Ny and Greater Dmv Inc | $2,680,000 | 8 | 21% |
| Arizona Womens Business Enterprise Council | $1,984,768 | 8 | 26% |
| Women's Business Development Center | $1,935,178 | 8 | 5% |
| Great Lakes Women's Business Council | $1,668,629 | 8 | 16% |
| Women's Business Enterprise Center East | $1,394,831 | 8 | 25% |
| Greater Women's Business Council Inc | $1,279,944 | 8 | 23% |
| Women's Business Council - Southwest | $1,171,639 | 8 | 11% |
| Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio Inc | $1,111,392 | 8 | 2% |
| Women Business Enterprise Council South | $899,991 | 8 | 9% |
| ASTRA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL DBA Womens Business Ent Council Pacific | $891,554 | 8 | 15% |
| Women's Business Development Center Inc | $849,967 | 8 | 18% |
| Houston Womens Business Council Inc Dba Womens Business Enterprise Alliance | $756,310 | 8 | 12% |
| Center for Women & Enterprise Inc | $601,299 | 8 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Women's Business Enterprise National Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Women's Business Enterprise National Council
- How much does Women's Business Enterprise National Council give?
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council reported 14 itemized grants totaling $2,774,006, out of $2,998,290 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Women's Business Enterprise National Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (75%), Education (19%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Women's Business Enterprise National Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wbec Metro Ny and Greater Dmv Inc ($2.7M), Arizona Womens Business Enterprise Council ($2.0M), Women's Business Development Center ($1.9M).
- Does Women's Business Enterprise National Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Women's Business Enterprise National Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Women's Business Enterprise National Council based?
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council is based in DC.
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